xvi MinutPS of Proceedings, 



Mr. Trimen read his notes on " Some Insects Injurious to Vegetation 



on the Island of Ascension ." A collection of several species of these 



insects, which had been received from the Farm Bailiff at Ascension 



. contributed much towards the illustration of Mr. Trimen's remarks 



on them and their natural enemies. 



The thanks of the meeting were voted to Mr. Trimen. 



The President next read Mr. W. B. Tripp's papers on the Rainfall 

 : S. Africa. 1st : " Comparisons of Curves of Rainfall with those of Sun- 

 spot Energy 1842 to 1886." 2nd : " Particulars from all Stations from 

 which records of the Rainfall have been obtained for 10 complete 

 years and upwards up to the year 1886." 



The President pointed out that Mr. Tripp's giving the distances 

 between the Meteorological Stations will probably convince the public 

 of the necessity of multiplying these stations, particularly between 

 Aliwal North and Pietermaritzburg. 



A discussion ensued in which Drs. Ross and Marloth and Prof. 

 Guthrie took part. The latter remarked that it appeared useless to 

 .connect rainfall with sun-spot energy. 



The unanimous thanks of the meeting were accorded to Mr. Tripp. 



Ordinary Monthly Meeting. 

 Wednesday, January 25, 1888. 



Mr. Roland Trimen, F.R.S., in the Chair. 



Mr. Trimen exhibited on behalf of the captor, Mr. C. W. Morrison, 

 of Estcourt, Natal, a perfect example (received on loan through 

 Col. J. H. Bowker) of the extremely rare, and remarkably beautiful 

 Lyccpjiide butterfly, Aphncsus Hutchinsonii, Trimen. The species vras 

 founded on a single worn example of the male taken at Estcourt by 

 Mr. J. M. Hutchinson in 1886, and described in Trimen's " South 

 African Butterflies," Vol. II., p. 148 (1887). The type specimen 

 (presented to the South African Museum by Mr. Hutchinson) was 

 also exhibited by Mr. Trimen, together with four other South African 

 species of the genus ApJmceus. The peculiar beauty of A. 

 Hiitchinsonii (which is a considerably larger insect than most of its 

 congeners) consists in the numerous large glittering silvery or 

 pearly spots of the underside, relieved by black rings on an olive- 

 greenish ground. The nearest recorded ally of this butterfly is A. 

 Orcas (Drury) of Tropical Western Africa. 



