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moth. The President also stated, with reference to tlie ab 'rration of T. 

 Quercm exhibited by Mr. White, that the orange patch on the wing, as 

 possessed by T. Bctiihe, was a very common kind of ornamentation in 

 the genus Thecla and its aUies ; he was therefore disposed to think that 

 this form of marking was the oldest, and that Mr. White's insect was an 

 example of a partial case of reversion to a former character. 



In the discussion which ensued Mr. English and Mr. B. G. Cole both 

 stated, as the result of their ex]3erience in breeding He><ia fuciforini>i from 

 the caterpillar, that the possession of scales upon the wings of the fresh 

 imagos was a very variable cliaracter, not one-third of the brood having 

 them, but in some exceptional instances the clothing upon the wings was 

 quite dense. 



Mr. English communicated a list of the Fungi of Epping Forest, sup- 

 plemental to that received from Dr. Cooke at the last meeting. [The 

 species of the Family Hymenomycetes noted by Mr. English are incor- 

 porated in the list published in the ' Transactions,' ii. 181] . 



Mr. English enumerated 312 species of the larger Fungi, belonging to 

 the following Orders :— Agaricini (188), Polyporei (-18), Hydnei (8), 

 Auricularini (16), Clavariei (10), Tremellini (3), Hypogtei (1), Phalloidei 

 (2), Trichogastres (D), Myxog&stres (8), Nidulariacei (3), Elvellacei (21). 

 The author thought that the lists presented — Dr. Cooke's and his own- 

 were but tentative, and did not record anything like the number of species 

 actually existing in the Essex . woodlands. For instance, in the order 

 Agaricini, or gill-bearing Fungi, he had recorded 188 species, but in all 

 probability future work would double this number, for in the extensive 

 sub-genus Tricliolo ma only 21 species had been observed yet in the district, 

 whilst the number of British species amounted to about 60. Very little 

 attention had been paid to the Mijcena group; it consisted mostly of 

 small delicate plants, such as were represented in the Club's collection by 

 Mycena lactea ; here Mr. English could record only six species although 

 more than 70 had been catalogued as British. In the genus Cortuuirim 

 he could only give the names of 15 species with certainty, but he had 

 observed at least three times that number, most of them not yet deter- 

 mined, and the known native species exceeded 100. He was confident 

 that the record of 11 species of Hyurophorm should be doubled. From 

 some unknown cause during the last two years the Hy(jrophori had been 

 remarkably scarce, only four or five species having been seen. Many 

 species of this genus could not be overlooked ; for instance, H. virgineu.s, 

 a fungus of pearly whiteness, with gills running down the stem, loved to 

 grow in open grassy spots by the forest sides, and was always a striking 

 object. Then H. miniatus, with a brilliant crimson and orange pileus and 

 gills, grows in heathy places partly covered with bracken, with its com- 

 panion H. ceraceus, the latter of a beautiful clear yellow. At the same 

 times and places the botanist could meet with H. p.-<itt(tcinu^ or Parrot 

 Toadstool, which, when young, is of a fine green colour, pileus and stem 

 alike, but as it advances to maturity gains gradually a bright tmt of 

 orange; in all stages the plant is gluthious. The little II. Iloituhtoin* 

 fot the second time recorded as British, occurred in Loughton Forest on 

 October 1st, and was exhibited at the " Fungus Foray." Mr. English 

 also found another llyyrophorm on that day, very distinct, but scarce 



* It appears to be impossible to separate this from H. Icetus, Ft., of which it seems to 

 be only a condition, scarcely even a variety.— M.C.C. 



