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Mr. C. G. Barrett exhibited for Mr. G. 0. Day of Knuts- 

 forcl, a blnck variety of Aplecta nebulosa Tr. with white cilia, 

 and an asymmetrical 9 var. of Fidonia atomaria, Linn. 



Mr. M. Jacoby exhibited an unknown specimen of the genus 

 Halticidse. 



Mrs. Nicholl exhibited a collection of Rhopalocera from 

 the Lebanon district of Syria, and Mr. H. J. Elwes, on her 

 behalf, read a paper explaining and illustrating the several 

 species included. He said that Mrs. Nicholl's expedition had 

 been both remarkable and successful. The lepidopterous 

 fauna of this region was less known than that of other parts 

 of Western Asia, and interesting inasmuch as the mountains 

 of high Lebanon contained a larger proportion of alpine species 

 than might have been expected. Our knowledge of the lepi- 

 doptera of the country was based upon the reports of Lederer, 

 Zach, and a short catalogue published in the Ibis by Von 

 Kalchberg of insects taken in the neighbourhood of Haifa, 

 together with a lithographic list of lepidoptera observed in 

 Palestine by Consul Paulus. Among other species Mr. Elwes 

 drew especial attention to the Lycenidx and the specimens of 

 Thecla myrtale which, since it was described by King in 1832, 

 has remained one of the best known members of the paloearctic 

 fauna. No examples it appears had been taken in the interval 

 until Mrs. Nicholl found it on the high mountains not uncom- 

 mon in May and June. Y. asterope was also taken commonly 

 on the coast, the species being the sole representative of its 

 family between Syria and Manchuria. The Nymphalidx also 

 showed a great range of variation. Sir John Llewellyn, Bart., 

 then made some remarks on the character of the country 

 through which Mrs. Nicholl had travelled, and, in reply to Mr. 

 Jacoby, Mrs. Nicholl said that insects are not abundant 

 generally, and the more productive spots are few and far 

 between. 



Papers. 



The following papers were communicated : — "A revision of 

 the genus Astathes, Newm., and allied genera of Longicorn 

 Coleoptera," by Mr. Charles Joseph Gahan, and "A pre- 

 liminary catalogue of the Lcpidoptera-Heteroceraof Trinidad," 

 by Mr. William James Kaye, 



