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Dr. William Steer Riding, B.A., M.D., of Buckerell, Honiton, Devon, 

 were elected Fellows of the Society. 



The Hon. Walter Rothschild exhibited male and female specimens of 

 Omiihoptera para&isea, Stdgr., from Finisterre Mountains, New Guinea; 

 0. trojana, Stdgr., from Palawan ; 0. andromache, Stdgr., from Kina Balu, 

 Borneo; (Enetus mirabilis, Rothsch., from Cedar Bay, Queensland; and a 

 few other splendid species from the Upper Amazons. The President, 

 Mr. J. J. Walker, Mr. Osbert Salvin, Lord Walsingham, Colonel Lang, 

 Mr. Champion, and Mr. Hampson made remarks on the geographical 

 distribution of some of the species and the elevation at which they were 

 taken. 



Mr. H. Goss exhibited, for Mr. G. A. J. Rothney, several specimens of 

 a species of Hemiptera (Serinetha augur, Fab.), and of a species of Lepi- 

 doptera (Phauda flammans, Walk.), the latter of which closely resembled 

 and mimicked the former. He said that Mr. Rothney had found both species 

 abundantly on the roots and trunks of trees in Mysore, in November last, 

 in company with Ants (several species of Camponotus and Cremastogaster). 

 The Hemiptera appeared to be distasteful to the Ants, as they were never 

 molested by them, and he thought that the species of Lepidoptera was 

 undoubtedly protected from attack by its close imitation of the Hemipteron. 

 Mr. Goss said he was indebted to Mr. C. J. Gahan for determining the 

 species. A discussion followed on the mimicking species, in which the 

 President, Mr. Waterhouse, Mr. J. J. Walker, Colonel Swinhoe, Mr. 

 Hampson, and others took part. 



Mr. J. W. Tutt exhibited (1) a typical specimen of Lyccena corydon, 

 captured in July, 1893 ; (2) a hybrid male (L. corydon and L. adonis), taken 

 in copula with a typical female L. adonis, May 20th, 1893 ; (3) a typical 

 male L. adonis, May 20th, 1893 ; (4) a female L. adonis, the pigment 

 failing in one hind wing ; (5) a pale var. of L. corydon, probably to be 

 referred to var. apennina of Zeller, usually taken in Italian mountains, or 

 var. albicans, H. S., taken in Andalusia. Mr. Tutt remarked that, of the 

 first, Staudinger (Cat. p. 12) says " pallidior," of the latter "albicans." 

 He also remarked that the hybrid retains the external features of the 

 species corydon, but has taken on to a great extent the coloration of 

 L. adonis. It was captured in copula with a female L. adonis, at a time 

 when L. adonis was very abundant, and some weeks before L. corydon 

 occurred (vide Ent. Record, iv. p. 230). 



The question having been raised by the President as to the number of 

 meetings of the Society which it was desirable to hold during the year, 

 and the most convenient dates for such meetings, a long discussion on the 

 subject ensued, in which Mr. Waterhouse, Mr. Salvin, the Hon. Walter 

 Rothschild, the Rev. T. Wood, Mr. S. Stevens, the Rev. J. S. St. John, and 

 others took part. — H. Goss, Hon. Secretary. 



