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abdomen also is strongly olive, with only a very little pink suffusion, 

 instead of being strongly pink with a little olive suffusion, as found 

 in ]-iorcellus. Several minor male characteristics are also noticeable, 

 and in general the colour tone is much more like elpenor, although 

 a majority of the characters are like those of porcellus, 



Denso says this hybrid occurs in Nature, as also does the reverse 

 cross, named standfussi. 



Mr. W. Brocklehurst exhibited a gynandromorph of Dri/as paphia 

 taken in the New Forest, July 18th, 1922, and Notodo)ita tritopJius, 

 taken at light, at Bedford, May 13th, 1907. 



Mr. W. Gifford Nash exhibited a gynandromorph of Z>. paphia 

 and valezina, taken in the New Forest, July 24th, 1922; Ari/yiuds 

 aiilaia with deficient scales ; underside vars. of Melitaea ciii.via ; 

 vars. of A. coridon from Eoyston, including a nearly black male ; 

 examples of var. pliinibescenft and gynandromorphs ; vars. of Poly- 

 owwatiis icanis, striated, obsolete, and minute ; vars. of Adopaea 

 li)ieola, pale and dark forms. 



The Rev. J. E. Tarbat exhibited a short series of Xylophaitia 

 womxjhjpha from six different localities, the most interesting being 

 a raelanic form from Mucking, Essex, intensely black, like similar 

 forms from Witherslack, Aberdeen, etc., and a very pale specimen 

 of the same species from Freshwater. He also showed a couple of 

 varietal forms of Dynstroma [Cidaria) trnncata, one with very suffused 

 grey upper wings and grey underwings, from Freshwater ; the other 

 a very beautiful form with a wide dark band on the forewing, taken 

 at Bramcot. 



Mr. L. W. Newman exhibited his 1922 captures of A;niades tJwtis, 

 showing extreme variation in colour and marking, including fine 

 striated forms ; a series of the 1921 undersides to show the contrast 

 between the hot and cold season coloration ; very varied series of 

 Melitaea atJtalia from Kent ; compared series of M. aurinia from 

 different localities ; a long series of Xylina semihrunnea bred from 

 ova after many years' attempts ; almost spotless to heavily banded 

 forms of Mitiias tiliae ; many named forms of Abraxas j/rossiilariata, 

 including exquiseta, varleyata, lacticolor, i(ichalca,ce)itripnnctata, etc.; 

 both broods of Polyr/onia c-albiini and var. /iiitc/iinso)ii; living pupae 

 and imagines of Colias cincens (edtisa), from ova laid by a September 

 caught $ ; living pupae of P. c-album from ova laid in August. 



Mr. E. T. Bowman exhibited a series of Polia clii var. nlivacea ; 

 two examples of NuDwria pulveraria, in which the outer margin of 

 the transverse bands merges into the ground colour of the sub- 



