<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN">
<HTML><HEAD>
<META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1">
<META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.3636" name=GENERATOR></HEAD>
<BODY
style="WORD-WRAP: break-word; webkit-nbsp-mode: space; webkit-line-break: after-white-space">
<DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader lang=en-us dir=ltr align=left><FONT
style="FONT: 12px Geneva" face=Geneva size=3>Dear butterfly biologists
everywhere!</FONT></DIV>
<DIV style="MIN-HEIGHT: 16px; MARGIN: 0px; FONT: 12px Geneva"><BR></DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px"><FONT style="FONT: 12px Geneva" face=Geneva size=3>The
6th International Conference on the Biology of Butterflies will be held at the
University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada from June 29 through July 2, 2010. This
meeting has been held at irregular intervals since 1981 and recognizes the role
that the study of butterflies has played in our understanding of both
evolutionary biology and ecology. The meeting will include Symposia,
Contributed Papers, Posters, Banquet and Field Trips.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV
style="MIN-HEIGHT: 18px; MARGIN: 0px; FONT: 16px 'Times New Roman'"><BR></DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px"><FONT style="FONT: 12px Geneva" face=Geneva size=3>For
those wishing attend this meeting, and anyone wishing to present a Contributed
Paper or a Poster, please view the Conference webpage at:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px"><FONT style="FONT: 12px Geneva; COLOR: #0021e8"
face=Geneva color=#0021e8 size=3><A
href="http://www.biology.ualberta.ca/biobutterfly2010"><U>http://www.biology.ualberta.ca/biobutterfly2010</U><U></U></A></FONT></DIV>
<DIV style="MIN-HEIGHT: 16px; MARGIN: 0px; FONT: 12px Geneva"><BR></DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px"><FONT style="FONT: 12px Geneva" face=Geneva
size=3>Deadline for lower-cost
Registration:
March 31, 2010</FONT></DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px"><FONT style="FONT: 12px Geneva" face=Geneva
size=3>Deadline for Abstract
submission:
May 17, 2010<SPAN class=848315309-01122009><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2> </FONT></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px"><FONT style="FONT: 12px Geneva" face=Geneva
size=3><SPAN class=848315309-01122009></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px"><FONT style="FONT: 12px Geneva" face=Geneva
size=3><SPAN class=848315309-01122009>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV align=left><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'NHM Ingrid'">
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'NHM Ingrid'">------------------------------------<?xml:namespace
prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office"
/><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'NHM Ingrid'">Blanca Huertas FLS DIC MSc
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'NHM Ingrid'">Curator
(Lepidoptera)<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'NHM Ingrid'">Entomology
Department<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'NHM Ingrid'"><SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'NHM Ingrid'">The <?xml:namespace prefix =
st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" /><st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Natural</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceName
w:st="on">History</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType
w:st="on">Museum</st1:PlaceType></st1:place><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><st1:Street
w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'NHM Ingrid'">Cromwell
Road</SPAN></st1:address></st1:Street><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'NHM Ingrid'"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'NHM Ingrid'">SW7 5BD, <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">London</st1:City>, <st1:country-region
w:st="on">UK</st1:country-region></st1:place>.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'NHM Ingrid'">Tel.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>+44 (0) 20 7942
6215<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'NHM Ingrid'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'NHM Ingrid'">Museum Website
www.nhm.ac.uk<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'NHM Ingrid'">TABDProject <A
href="http://www.andeanbutterflies.org/">www.andeanbutterflies.org</A></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'NHM Ingrid'"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'NHM Ingrid'"> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" align=left><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'NHM Ingrid'">***IMPORTANT INFORMATION
PLEASE READ****<o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></P>
<P><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'NHM Ingrid'; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">The
Department of Entomology is moving the entire Lepidoptera collection from
Wandsworth to the new Darwin Centre building in <st1:place w:st="on">South
Kensington</st1:place>. </SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'NHM Ingrid'"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'NHM Ingrid'; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">From
the 1st May 2009 the Lepidoptera collection will be closed to visitors, and
requests for loans and imaging will be deferred until after the move.
Please be aware that there will be a considerable backlog of requests to deal
with by then. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'NHM Ingrid'; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">There
will also be delays in responding to e-mail, telephone, postal and other
enquiries during the period of the move, for which we apologise. The move is
expected to be completed by the end of November so normal business should resume
in December 2009.</SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'NHM Ingrid'"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'NHM Ingrid'">-------------------------------------------------------------------</SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'NHM Ingrid'">***IMPORTANTE
INFORMACION****<o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></P>
<P><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'NHM Ingrid'; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">El
</SPAN><SPAN lang=ES
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'NHM Ingrid'; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: ES">departamento</SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'NHM Ingrid'; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">
de </SPAN><SPAN lang=ES
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'NHM Ingrid'; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: ES">Entomología</SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'NHM Ingrid'; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">
se encuentra en el proceso de mover sus colecciones científicas <st1:State
w:st="on">del</st1:State> edificio temporal en Wandsworth a sus nuevas
instalaciones en <st1:place w:st="on">South Kensington</st1:place>.
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'NHM Ingrid'; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">Desde
el 1ro de Mayo de 2009 la colección de Lepidoptera estará cerrada a todos
los<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>visitantes y aquellas
solicitudes de imágenes y préstamos deberán aplazarse hasta después de la
mudanza al nuevo edificio. Por favor tenga en cuenta que posterior a esta, habra
una considerable cantidad de solicitudes esperando. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'NHM Ingrid'; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">De
antemano pedimos disculpas pues tambien habrán demoras en responder sus mensajes
de correo electrónico, correspondencia, llamadas y otras solicitudes durante el
periodo de la mudanza.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Esperamos
concluir con la mudanza de las colecciones al final de Noviembre y volver a la
normalidad en Diciembre de 2009.</SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'NHM Ingrid'">
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P></SPAN></SPAN><FONT face=Arial><FONT
size=2></SPAN></DIV></FONT></FONT>
<DIV> </DIV><FONT
face="NHM Ingrid"></FONT> </SPAN></FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>