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establishment at Hayward's Heath, were shown, and the lecturer 

 paid a tribute to the memory of the late Mr, Charlesworth, who, 

 without any scientific training, successfully applied the methods of 

 the laboratory to the raising of orchids on a commercial scale, achiev- 

 ing remarkable results with Odontoijloi^i^tnii hybrids and bi- and 

 trigeneric orchids." 



MARCH 23rd, 1922. 



The death was announced of Mr. Lachlan Gibb, F.E.S., a Life- 

 Member, and during the past two years a member of the Council 

 of the Society. 



Mr. Goodman exhibited a fine aberration of Aif/ynnis aglaia, in 

 which the black blotches across the discal area of all four wings 

 were enlarged and united to form a conspicuous and irregular band. 

 It was captured last year at La Grave, in the Dauphine Alps. 



Mr. Grosvenor exhibited a short series of Callophrys avis, bred by 

 the late Dr. Chapman in 1911, and presented by the Misses Chapman 

 to the Society. 



Mr. Hy. J. Turner exhibited specimens of the remarkable silver 

 Satyrid, Aygyrnjihorus an/enteiis, from Chili. 



Mr. Jackson reported that he had seen a specimen of Sesia stella- 

 tarum in Moorgate Street. 



Mr. W. S. Bristowe read a paper on the Spiders of Oxshott and 

 neighbourhood. (See page 1.) 



APRIL ISth, 1922. 



Mr. A. A- W. Buckstone exhibited a series of strongly marked 

 forms of Bienthis etqihroxyne, taken on high ground at Horsley^ 

 Surrey, and stated that a considerable percentage of those taken had 

 the black markings much pronounced, a variation which seemed to 

 be almost absent in those taken in the valley much below. He 

 suggested that possibly the individuals of the former race were 

 subjected to greater extremes of temperature which had registered 

 in this way. Single specimens of the same species, taken at Horsley 

 and at Oxshott, had the ground colour of all the wings inclining to 

 reddish. Two further examples had irregular xanthic blotches on 

 the wings ; one from Oxshott had the ground colour a rich red- 



