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'The moth was figured in 1782 by the well-known Dutch author, 

 Cramer, on pi. 286 of his " Uitlanclische Kapellen (Papillons Exo- 

 tiques)." (Specimen probably collected by J. A. Ange, botanical 

 collector on an expedition in Grovernor Tulbagh's time (latter died in 

 1771), who is known to have collected many of the insects then first 

 sent to Europe.) Cramer is quite enthusiastic on the splendour of its 

 silver markings ; but he was not contented with its extremely short 

 antennae (a characteristic feature of the family) and therefore made 

 .them in his figure of (what he judges to be) a suitable length ! A 

 tolerable wood cut of the moth is given on pi. 8 of Vol. II. of the 

 "Papillons" of Chenu's "Encyclopedic d' Histoire Naturelle " 

 (1857), but no good figure of this grand moth has yet been published. 



Mr. Bolus suggested that in all probability its habitat was deter- 

 .mined by the meteorological conditions of the Knysna. 



Mr. Periuguey exhibited some beetles from the neighbourhooi of 

 Walfisch Bay — a set of three which he had only received a few days 

 previously from Mr. Carrington Wilmer had enabled him to settle the 

 identity of Eurymorplia Cyanipes with Eurymorpha Moiiffieti, He 

 also exhibited a specimen of the extremely rare Mantichora Ludovici, 

 which seems to be represented in European collections by one example 

 only. He also exhibited a small tiger beetle, Ciandela, nilotica, iound 

 (for the first time in South Africa) by Mr. Carrington Wilmer : this 

 insect has been found from Cairo to the Blue Nile, in Senegambia, and 

 now in South Africa. 



The President then read Mr. H. C. Schunke's paper " On a Method 

 of preparing Silhouettes for the purposes of Anthropology." 



In the discussion that ensued Messrs. Peringuey, Bolus, MacOwan, 

 Finlay and Fisk took part and the proceedings closed with the usual 

 vote of thanks. 



Ordinary Monthly Meeting. » 



Wednesday, April 24, 1889. 



Pkofessor Guthrie, LL.B., in the Chair. 



The undermentioned presents were announced, and the thanks of 

 the Society voted to the donors : 



Victorian Year Book, 1887-8. 



