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Lyc^na (Zizera) zera, sp. n. 



Hah. Tounglioo, Burma (June). 



Nearly allied to L. {Z.) marginata from China, but differs in 

 the discal row of fuscous spots of the fore wing being fainter and 

 more regular on the underside, and in the black border of the 

 upperside being more even in its inner edge and bending inwards 

 on the costa. 



Lyc^ena (JSTiphanda) marcia, sp, n. 

 Hah. Tounghoo, Burma (June). 



Allied to JV". tessellata Moore, from Penang, but differs in its 

 much less heavy markings on the underside. 



COLIAS BERYLLA, Sp. n. 



Hah. Khamba Jong, Thibet, 15,000 ft. elevation. 



This species belongs to the G. hyale section of Colias, and is 

 nearest to G. erschoffi Alpheraky, from Thian Shan Mts,, but 

 differs in the greater melanism of hind wing. 



Colias nina, sp. n. 



Hah. Khamba Jong, Thibet, 15,000 feet elevation. 

 This species appears to be a transition between the G. hyale and 

 G. eclusa sections of Colias. 



Dr. A. G. Butler, F.Z.S., contributed a paper " On Seasonal 

 Phases in Butterflies," in which he stated that so-called " seasonal 

 forms " were only the variations of polymorphic species adapted 

 to seasons, by the gradual elimination of those varieties which 

 wei-e unsuited to the environment of those seasons. This adapta- 

 tion being incomplete in the case of many species, it was absurd 

 to express astonishment if forms characteristic of the wet and dry 

 seasons sometimes appeared simultaneously. Because they did some- 

 times appear together, the author had some years since proposed 

 the term "seasonal phase " to supersede that of "seasonal form." 



Capt. Richard Crawshay, F.Z.S., contributed a note on the 

 Prey of the Lion, showing that the popular belief of the Lion 

 being a fastidious feeder was incorrect, but that he ate carrion not 

 killed by himself in all stages of putrefaction, and was not averse 

 to preying on such very small game as the smaller rodents. The 

 tips of a Porcupine's quills found buried in a Lion's fore paw were 

 exhibited, together with the skull and complete skin of the Lion. 



Attention was drawn to the filthy state of this Lion's claws, 

 which enabled it to be realised how it was that septic poisoning 

 so often terminated fatally with persons mauled by Lions. 



Mr. F. E. Beddard, F.R.S., read the following three papers 

 based on observations he had made in the Society's Prosectorium : 

 (1) " Note on an apparently Abnormal Position of the ' Brephos' 

 within the Body of a Skink {Ghalcides Uneatus)" ; (2) "Contribu- 

 tions to the Knowledge of the Visceral Anatomy of the Pelagic 

 Serpents Hyclrus platyurits and Platyuriis cohcmhinus " ; and (3) 

 " On the Presence of a Pai"asternum in the Lacertilian Genus 

 Tiliqua arid on the Poststernal Ribs in that Genus." 



