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among his captures were Ptycholoma lecheana, several Bittalis 

 senescens, and a few Micropteryx seppella, while Mr. Turner closes 

 the list of small fry with Chnjsoclista aurifrontella. 



The day had been very fine and warm, and by half -past six the 

 members were glad to adjourn to the Bull Hotel in Otford village, 

 where a meat tea was awaiting them, to which just a dozen sat 

 down, and at its conclusion the meeting was brought to a close. 



JUNE 24th, 1915. 



Mr. Fagg, of Lewisham, was elected a member. 



Mr. Stanley Edwards, on behalf of Mr. G. Dawson, exhibited the 

 following remarkable aberrations of European butterflies : — 



Polyomwatiis escheri, underside, in which the whole of the sub- 

 marginal black spots were considerably, but not uniformly, elongated. 



Melitaea dictynna, underside, nearly the whole of the markings 

 on the hindwings were elongated and much confused, while those 

 on the forewings were much suffused and unrecognisable. The 

 upperside of this specimen was almost wholly black with a light 

 sub-marginal narrow band to forewings as the only easily apparent 

 marking. 



Brenthis pales, upperside, very suffused, scarcely a trace of the 

 usual definite black spotting on the forewings, quite comparable to 

 the race found in the Heuthal, Bernina Pass. The underside was 

 quite normal in marking and colour. 



Epinephele jurtina,a, xanthic form, with hindwings almost wholly 

 pale and forewings largely pale in colour. 



Polyouimatns hylas, underside, with the outer marginal areas on 

 all the wings very uniformly pale in colour, the orange eye spots 

 very strongly emphasised, and the rest of the markings very clearly 

 developed. 



Melitaea didyma, underside, with nearly all the markings 

 elongated. 



All but the last species came from the Rhone Valley, Switzer- 

 land ; the last came from Digne. (See Plate I.) 



Mr. Edwards also exhibited nests of the humble-bee, Bomlnis 

 lapidarins, from which the perfect' insects were emerging. They 

 were obtained a day or two before in Worcestershire. 



Mr. W. West (Greenwich), exhibited the following uncommon 

 species of Coleoptera taken by him in late May and early June in 

 the New Forest : — 



