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case of 1921, about ten A. caia to one A. villica. This year he 

 found in all about two dozen larvae, of which three or four died, 

 two were killed by an Apanteles parasite, and the remainder pro- 

 duced only A. villica. Mr. Newman had informed him early in the 

 year, that he had found larvae of A. caia exceedingly rare in such 

 localities as he had worked for them, but that those of A. villica 

 were unusually common ; this appeared to agree exactly with his 

 own experience as related above, and it would be interesting to know 

 whether it also agreed with that of others in other localities. 



Mr. Tonge noted that Arctia rUlica was common at Eeigate and 

 Deal. 



Mr. Ham remarked on the scarcity of Arctia caia near Oxford 

 this year, whereas it was generally common there. 



Mr. Hy. J. Turner exhibited a series of species of the Bombycine 

 genus Antomeris [Hypercldria) from North and South America; and 

 contributed the following note : — ■ 



" The genus Automeris {thjpercluria) is a characteristic feature of 

 the forest regions of South America, particularly of Brazil, where a 

 considerable number of the ninety named forms occur. Species of 

 the genus are also found south to the Argentine and north to 

 Central America and Mexico, one species, A. /<>, penetrating as far 

 as the Eastern United States and Canada. All the species have the 

 same general facies, shades of brown with a very conspicuous ocellus 

 on the hindwing, generally with contrasted rings, and the forewings 

 more or less obscurely lined or banded, with an ocellus on the under- 

 side only. A few species have bright yellow clouds on the hind- 

 wings. A. io is the only very strongly sexually dimorphic species, 

 the forewings and most of the hindwing ground of the male being 

 bright yellow. The larvae when young have very long spikes on 

 the back, those near the head being branched. Each of the terminal 

 points of these spikes is furnished with a rosette of fine spines 

 around a very long central one." 



Several species exhibited were sent over by Mr. F. Lindeman, 

 from Cordova, San Paulo, and Rio. 



Mr. Carr reported Colias crocens (^editsa) at Oxshott, apparently 

 freshly emerged. Other members had also met with the species. 



Mr. Ham reported that Poh/f/onia c-albuni continued not only to 

 maintain itself around Oxford, but had appeared even in the city 

 itself. 



