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Danainge, insects usually considered distasteful. Asilid Diptera 

 killed butterflies indiscriminately. It was concluded : — 



i. That in Ceylon, with the exception of the Wood-Swallow, 



birds are not formidable enemies to butterflies ; 

 ii. That owing to the propensity of the Wood-Swallow for 

 members of the genera Danais and Euj^loea, a resemblance 

 to them would be not a safeguard but a danger. 



The next Meeting of the Society for Scientific Business will be 

 held on Tuesday, May 20th, 1913, at half-past Eight o'clock p.m., 

 when the following communications will be made : — 



EXHIBTTIONS AND ISToTICES. 



The Rev. T. R. R. Stebbing, M.A., F.R.S., F.Z.S. 



ISTotice of some important works on Zoological Nomenclature 

 now in progress. 



Dr. R, Broom, C.M.Z.S. 



Observations on the South African Rhynchocephaloid Reptile 

 Eiiparkeria and allied Genera. 



E. G. BOULENGEB, F.Z.S. 



Experiments on the Metamorphosis of the Axolotl (Ambly- 

 stoma tigrinum) conducted in the Society's Gardens. 



G. E. BULLEN. 



On some cases of Blindness in Marine Fishes. 



Dr. R. W. Shufeldt, C.M.Z.S. 



On the Patella in the Phalacrocoracidse. 



The following papers will be taken at the Scientific Meeting on 

 June 3rd, 1913, which closes the session : — 



Sir Arthur H. Church, K.C.Y.O., M.A., D.Sc, F.R.S. , F.S.A. 

 Notes on Turacin and Tnracin- bearers. 



