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punctata, L., from Madagascar, and Anthia sex-guttata, L., 

 from India. With reference to this last species, Mr. Billups 

 said it belonged to the family of Carabidce, or ground beetles, 

 which delight in arid and sandy soils, in which they form 

 shallow excavations and lie in wait for their prey. In manner 

 and even in the figure of their bodies, they very closely 

 resemble Broscus cephalotes, L., which is found so abundantly 

 on the sandy shores of our own ccasts. The species appeared 

 to be confined to certain districts of Asia and the African 

 continent, and, although in many parts of the southern 

 shores of Europe the vegetable and animal productions 

 become strongly assimilated to those of Africa, up to the 

 present, we have had no European example recorded. 



Mr. R. South exhibited specimens of Vanessa callirho'e, 

 Fab., and stated, that this species was closely allied to V. 

 atalanta, L., and was found in India, China, Japan, and the 

 Canary Islands. It was especially abundant in the Himalayas, 

 occurring at an elevation of from five thousand to ten thousand 

 feet. It had been introduced into Andalusia and the south 

 of Portugal, and was consequently considered a European 

 insect. The larva fed on the nettle, and, he had been in- 

 formed, was very similar to that of V. atalanta, which species 

 occurred sparingly in the Canaries ; but as far as he knew, not 

 in China or Japan. The pair exhibited were bred, among 

 others, by Mr. J. H. Leech, who found the larvae at Teneriffe, 

 one of the Canary Islands. They were Godhart's vulcanica, 

 and differed from eastern specimens in the tone of the red 

 markings. The Indian insect, or atalanta-indica of Herbst, 

 has orange-red bands. 



Mr. Wellman exhibited dark forms of Hypsipetes sordi- 

 data, Fb., from Barnsley, and said the larvae had probably fed 

 on heather. 



Mr. A. W. Mera exhibited dwarf forms of Lycana cegon, 

 Schiff., L. icarus, Rott, and Vanessa cardui, L. 



Mr. R. Ad kin exhibited reddish forms of Toeniocampa 

 gracilis, Fb., which, he said, he understood were bred from 



