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Fb., and P. trophonius, Westw., with intermediate forms ; the three 

 species of Danaidae mimicked by the above, viz. Amauris echeria, 

 Stoll., A. clominicanus, Trim., and Danais chrysippus, L. ; the closely- 

 allied species P. meriones^ male, from Madagascar, and P. merope, 

 Doub., male and female, from W. Africa, with Amauris mavins, which 

 the latter mimicked ; and also Bladeina misippus, L., and D. anthedon^ 

 Bdv., which mimics D. chrysippus and A. dominicanus respectively. 

 Mr. Hy. J. Turner read a paper on the ahove exhibit, entitled 

 " Mimicry as exemplified by the S. African butterfly Papilio cenea, 

 Stoll., its varieties and allied species." — Hy. J.Turner, Hon. Report Sec. 



Birmingham Entomological Society. — November 19th, 1895. — Mr. 

 P. W. Abbott, V.-P., in the chair. The chairman appealed to the 

 members for material, specimens, &c., for a local collection it was 

 proposed to make in connection with the Society, and for which a 

 cabinet had been given by Mr. G. H. Kenrick. He asked chiefly for 

 local species, of which good series were wanted, and asked for them to 

 be carefully labelled. Exhibits : — By Mr. E. C. Bradley, sea-shore 

 Muscidse : Actora cestivum (Barmouth), Orygma luctuosum (Barmouth), 

 Ccelopa eximia (Nevin, and of Portland), and C. pilipes (Barmouth). 

 He called attention to the flat shape of the Ccelopa^ and remarked that 

 they lived among the stones, and dodged under them when an attempt 

 was made to capture them. By Mr. P. W. Abbott, a pair of Sphinx 

 pinastri from Sussex, where he said it had been taken in some numbers 

 recently. By Mr. A. H. Martineau, Sphinx convolvuli from Solihull. 

 By Mr. W. Harrison, a series of Erebia blandina from Witherslack 

 Moss, and Macroglossa fuciforniis from New Forest ; also larvae of 

 Liparis auriflua, in the small white cocoons in which they undergo 

 hybernation, found under the bark of a willow at Hanbury Park. By 

 Mr. J. W. Smallwood, a number of Lepidoptera taken in S. Derbyshire, 

 including Acronycta alni, Cosmia affinis, Cirrhcedia xerampeli7ia, Eupi- 

 thecia vaierianata, Anticlea rubidata, and Trichiwa cratcegi. By Mr. C. 

 J. Wainwright, Asteroscopus sphinx from Hanbury Park, and a fine 

 dark specimen of Hibernia defoliaria from the same place, with an 

 olive shade on its wings. By Mr. R. W. FitzGerald, a number of 

 insects collected by him at Dursley near Gloucester, on the south-west 

 slopes of the Cotswolds ; they included Xanthia aurago (common, but 

 worn when taken), Xylocampa lithoriza (a series on sugar), a long and 

 varied series of Scopelosoma satellitia, Orthosia macilenta ; Himera pen- 

 naria (one from a dug pupa), a specimen of Camptogramma billneata, the 

 black markings of which had increased so as to form a well-marked 

 black band on each wing. By Mr. Wainwright, a list of captures made 

 by Mr. C. A. E. Rodgers at Malvern Wells, and remarked upon a 

 resemblance between that insect fauna and that of Dursley on the 

 opposite side of the Severn Valley, amongst other insects taken on 

 both sides being Procris geryon, Xanthia aurago, Orthosia macilenta, &c. ; 

 both Mr. Rodgers and Mr. FitzGerald took 0. macilenta commonly on 

 the hills, and no 0. lota; while Mr. Rodgers said that on the plains 

 below Malvern the Rev. E. C. Dobree Fox found 0. lota plentiful, and 

 no macilenta. Mr. R. W. FitzGerald knew, however, of larva of O. lota 

 having been taken on the hills. — Colbran J. Wainwright, Ldon. Sec. 



Reading Natural History Society. — A meeting, the first of the 

 winter session, was held on November 7th, 1895. Mr. Hamm exhi- 



