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Mr. Jenner Weir exhibited HeteronyuipJia merope, Fab., 

 male and female, which he had received from Mr. F, 

 Billinghurst, of Castlemain, Victoria, and contributed the 

 following note : — 



"The sexes of this species are so totally unlike, that until 

 recently they had been deemed distinct species. The authors 

 of the "Victoria Butterflies," Messrs. Anderson and Spry, 

 state that ' the chrysalis is contained in a frail network on 

 the ground, and is not attached in any way. The genus 

 Heteroitympha'd.'s, at present constituted is very heterogeneous. 

 In H. philerope, for instance, there is an androconial patch, 

 densely clothed with scales at the base of the primaries, 

 extending over two-thirds of the discoidal cell. In H. banksii 

 the patch is very much less and would scarcely be noticed. 

 In H. vierope much the same condition obtains in the 

 primaries, but there is a large androconial patch surrounding 

 the discoidal cell of the secondaries, leaving the cell entirely 

 free from these singular scales." 



Mr. H. Williams exhibited the rare snake Coronella IcBvis 

 and contributed the following note : — 



" The snake exhibited this evening was taken by me so 

 long ago as August, 1883, and I am indebted to Mr. Jenner 

 Weir and Mr. Step for the confirmation of its identity as 

 Coronella IcBvis, Boie., a reptile concerning which a con- 

 siderable amount of doubt existed as to its being an 

 indigenous species when the first specimen was captured 

 here a comparatively few years ago. The snake in question 

 was killed on the range of heather-clad hills between 

 Camberley in Surrey and Yately in Hampshire, and it is 

 impossible to say at this time on which side of the county 

 border it was taken, but in any case it is regarded by Mr. 

 Step as being extremely interesting to have an authentic 

 capture recorded from the extreme northern division of 

 Hampshire, as its main records have previously been from 

 the south, or Bournemouth district of that county." 



Mr. Auld exhibited, on behalf of Dr. Knaggs, a working 

 model of the decoy and net described in the " Entomologist" 

 for 1893, vol. xxvi., pp. 180, 207. The animated appearance 

 of the decoy, worked at a distance of from ten to twenty 

 yards, was a remarkable feature in the exhibit. It was also 

 well demonstrated that Dr. Knaggs' net in the rapidity of 

 of its action equalled, if it did not surpass, that of a 

 photographic shutter. 



Mr. Weir remarked upon the singular attractiveness which 

 certain objects had for certain species, mentioning that the 



