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Plebeiiis ae(ion. — (1) Outer half of all nervures whitish, black 

 spotting very prominent ; ab. anticoradiata + ab. flavesce)ts ; (3) ab. 

 l('()(l<iriix -\- tiny marginal spots below ; (3) ab. croceopost + ab. 

 caendeocuneata + *^b. albniiiarginatna -\- ab. pastero-iiiipiinctata + 

 ab. caeriden-cuneata + pale ground with streaks towards apex of 

 forewings, ? upper ; (4) almost black J , no orange, with large 

 blue wedges on h.w. upper. — ab. n'Kjvescens + ab. caerideocnneata. 



A(jriades coridon. — (1) Border of f.w. composed of very large black 

 wedges, pointing inwardly ; (2) ab. niended-sidjuiiraiitia + ab. albi- 

 puncta + ab. f aider i, $ upper ; (3) black spots of all borders as 

 completely ringed as in ^ ab. /nntcta, J upper; (4) ab. antico- 

 jiincta ; (5) &h. cori/doiiis ; (6) ab. palUda-ohsoleta; (7) ab. bi-I-nUp'um 

 + ab. antico-siuif^tro-striata ; (8) ab. seviiamiata + ab. ]>(>stno- 

 obsoleta + almost unspotted border of h.w. below, ? ; (9) many 

 other compound abs. 



Riiiiiicia pJdaeas. — (1) ab. intennedia -\- ab. partini-schiuidtii + ab. 

 caudata, $ ; (2) ab. ignita -\- ab. candata + ab. iiiannipinu-ta -\- ab. 

 radiata + ah. caendeopiinctata-major, 9 upper; (3) and other com- 

 pound abs. 



Alicia niedon. — ab. discreta, ^ under. 



Adopaea flava. — ab. partiiu -pallida + 2 heavily scaled creamy 

 streaks on L. h.w., $ upper. 



Polijiuiniiatiis icanis. — ab. (juadripimcta-anticostriata, $ under. 



They were nearly all from Hunts and Herts. 



The Rev. G. Wheeler exhibited two large boxes of varieties and 

 aberrations, including the type specimens of Loweia siibalpina var. 

 briinnea, N. semiargus ab. striata, Albidina plieretes ab. caenilcopiinc- 

 tata, and others ; also very fine striated specimens of Glaiiropsyclie 

 cyllarnH (underside), Heodes riif/anreae var. zennattoisia and l.oweia 

 gordius (upper-side). There were also fine series of ramasxiiis optdlo 

 ab. fiifa, Apatuia iris ab. iole, A. ilia var. clytie and ab. eos, Pararge 

 viegera ab. alberti, Hesperia malvae ab. taras, etc. Many other aber- 

 rations were included showing obsolescence or excess of spotting, 

 among the former a specimen of Agriades t/ietis kh. hrodeli and one 

 of P. icarus ab. persica were the most remarkable. 



Miss L. Cheesman exhibited the "Camel-spotted Cricket," a 

 Japanese longhorned grasshopper {Diastraiimieiia luannorata), which 

 is a pest in greenhouses, where it is introduced with orchids from 

 Japan. An egg was deposited in sand directly the insect was intro- 

 duced into the case. The species belongs to the Phasgonurid 

 Locustids, and is an exception to the rule of 4-jointed tarsi, by 



