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blotch from the hind-wing, the red spots and lunules being left, and 
in no way extended, but in some specimens restricted in area. This 
form in turn bears a striking likeness to another of the polydorus group, 
viz., P. antiphus. This form also has fully developed spatulate tails. 
There is another very local form from Banjarmassing, Borneo, 
which Wallace considered to be an isolated modification. It is 
characterised by, and has been described under, the name P. melanides. 
It is a tailed form. In the Celebes, Moluccas, and Philippines, there 
occur male specimens, scarcely to be distinguished from P. the-seus, 
except by their larger size, by the fact that the caudal tooth of the 
hind-wing is hardly perceptible, and by the marginal lunules on the 
underside being white instead of red. This form of the male has 
been named P. alphenor. In the different parts of the range of this 
variation of the male, there are found no less than three forms of the 
female. The first form, which has the same distribution as the male, 
differs from it in having the white blotch and red marking of the 
hind-wings considerably blended and more prominent. It is termed 
the alphenor form. A second form of the female is only to be found 
in the Philippine Islands. It has a brown tinge, and the anal lunule 
is very obscure. The name P. Udebouria has been applied to it. 
While these two forms are very constant, there is a third form to 
which the name of P. elyros has been given, by no means so constant, 
in which the white patch of the lower wings is either reduced to a 
spot or altogether absent. This form, like the last, is confined to the 
Philippines, and all the three forms have much shorter tails than any 
which have been previously referred to; in fact, they are toothed. 
We now come to a form described as P. nicanor, taken in Batchian, 
Gilolo, and Morty Island, in which both the males and females are 
without tails. In the former, the band of white spots on the hind- 
wings is broader and more regular, and there is a row of white sub¬ 
marginal lunules, while on the underside, the white spots ai\d lunules 
are larger and more distinct. In the female, the ocellus is scarcely 
distinguishable as such, and is separate from the central patch, both 
on the upper- and under-sides. Several other varieties, races, sub¬ 
species, or closely allied species, have been given in the table of 
species, but I have, so far, been unable to find sufficiently reliable 
material to include in this paper.” 
A hearty vote of thanks to Mr. Edwards terminated the pro¬ 
ceedings. 
December 7th, 1897.—Exhibits.—Mr. E. M. Dadd: specimens of Cato- 
cala nupta, C. elocata and C.fraxini, on which he read some interesting 
notes. Mr. May : three Plusia moneta, bred this year, from Wey- 
bridge larvae, and a short variable series of Bryophila muralis, taken at 
Sandown last July. Rake Coleoptera. —Mr. H. Heasler: Aleochara 
succicola, from Highgate and Richmond Park, and Homalota pndnosa, 
taken by Mr. Elliman at Chesham, the latter species new to the British 
list. 
One of the Secretaries, Mr. Tremayne, then read the following 
SECRETARIES’ REPORT. 
The Secretaries’ Report for 1897 may be a short one, but it can hardly 
be described as a sweet one. If the Society has not executed any very 
