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Mr. A. A. W. Buckstone showed a long series of Kiiiatiinia 

 atowaria from the following southern localities, W. Wickham, and 

 Otford, in Kent ; Wanborough, Oxshott, Horsley, Betchworth, 

 Gomshall, Ranmore and Peaslake, in Surrey ; Wendover in Bucks ; 

 and Epping Forest, Essex ; with the form var. unicolorata from 

 Burnley in Lancashire. Several of the Gomshall species approached 

 var. nnicolnrata, and this form is also taken at Horsley. Those 

 from Otford are of an extremely pale yellow with only slight 

 indications of the usual transverse lines. It was stated that the 

 Lancashire dark form was taken at a considerable elevation. 



Mr. Barnett exhibited the larvfe of Arctia villica from Reigate ; 

 and a long series of very variable forms of Riimicia phlaeas, in- 

 cluding a straw-coloured example. 



Captain Crocker exhibited long series of ]\lalacosoiiia neustria, 

 the results of two pairings from Oxford. The first set were all 

 light with an unusually narrow band, ..hile the second consisted of 

 mixed light and dark forms. He also showed a very long series of 

 aberrations of Riiviicia pJdaeas taken during the past season, 

 including a very large ab. alba, the pure white form, ab. i<niita a 

 rich fiery red, a brassy form ab. inteniwdia, ab. ohliterata forms with 

 the spots reduced in size to almost obsolescence, ab. caeruleo- 

 piiurtata, ab. radiata with the hindwing marginal band broken into 

 blotches, ab. jimrea with the spots of forewing united to form an 

 irregular band, a form with greatly enlarged spots ab. wafpiipuncta, 

 some approaching var. tKrciciis often called eleits in error, other 

 dark forms which have been called ab. sitif'iisa ; others with wide 

 border to forewings, narrow border to forewing, hindwing almost 

 wholly black ; forms with albinistic patches, others with sagittate 

 spots on forewings, one with a light disc in the hindwing (a very 

 rare form), with the hindwing band streaked into the disc of the 

 wing; females having the dark costa (usually a male character), 

 narrow and wide marginal bands in the hindwings ; also aberrations 

 of the underside. 



Mr. 0. R. Goodman exhibited the dark form ab. naran'iia of 

 Melitaea athalia and a form of Polyo)iniiatn:i cucheri both from St. 

 Martin Vesubie, France. 



Mr. Dennis exhibited photographs of the Bed-bug, Cimex 

 lectnlarius to compare with a photograph of the tropical C. 

 rotmidatus ; and pointed out that the latter had more conspicuous 

 sculpturing. 



Mr. Hy. J. Turner read the following extract from a letter 



