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Mr. 0. R. Goodman exhibited (1) an example of Parnassius apollo 

 var. provincialis, taken in July, 1921, at St. Martin Vesubie. This 

 race is densely scaled with white, all the black markings and spots 

 being much more reduced than in the type. The marginal band of 

 the hindwings is absent, and is much reduced in the forewings. It 

 approaches in appearance to Parnassini^ delitis, but without the red 

 pupils in the black spots at the tip of the forewings. The stalk of 

 the antenna is sparsely ringed with black. (2) An example of Par- 

 nassius deliits, probably from Pontresina. The general colour is 

 faint yellowish white, with the black markings smaller than in 

 apollo, and without a marginal band to the hindwings. Two of 

 the black spots at the tip of the forewing are pupilled in red. Stalk 

 of the antenna markedly ringed in black. (3) An example of Par- 

 nassius, probably from Pontresina, which he considered might be a 

 hybrid apollo xdelius. All the wings were heavily scaled in black 

 and with pronounced marginal bands to both wings, as in typical 

 apollo. The three black spots at the tip of the forewings were all 

 pupilled in red ; also the spot on the hind margin. The antennae 

 were almost identical with those of delius, and differed very much 

 from those of apollo, both in marking and shape. 



Mr. Syms exhibited a larva of Ruralis betulae, spun up for pupa- 

 tion, and a full fed larva of the Coleopteron Onthophfujus vacca in 

 its cell. 



JULY I3th, 1922. 



Major Stuart Maples, of Monkswood, Huntingdon, and Messrs. 

 Henry Candler, of Broad Eaves, Ashtead, and Eric Branston Watson, 

 of Winthorpe Grange, Newark, were elected members. 



Mr. Robert Adkin exhibited three specimens of Graunnesia tri- 

 fp-amiiiica {trili7iea), from Abbot's Wood, where, he said, the species 

 had been taken unusually commonly at sugar in June this year, and 

 had shown considerable variation. Two of the specimens shown 

 were dark grey in colour, having a decided melanic tendency, with 

 indistinct, pale, transverse lines, while the third example was 

 reddish brown, with darker red-brown lines. 



Mr. A. A. W. Buckstone exhibited living larvae and pupae of 

 Pip-anieis cardui, and called attention to the variation of the pupae 

 both in ground colour and in the colour of the spots. The ground 

 colour varied from pale grey to blackish; the spots were silvery on 



