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 MARCH 9th, 1916. 



Mr. L. W. Newman, on behalf of A. Home, Esq., of Aberdeen, 

 exhibited specimens of Pieris hra.'isirae bred from wild Aberdeen- 

 shire larvae, showing a very distinct pink tint all over the wings 

 and especially noticeable in the males. The aberrational colour 

 was of the same character, but not so pronounced, as that of the 

 remarkable male of the same species exhibited by Mr. Percy 

 Bright at the Special Exhibition of the Society in November last. 

 Mr. Newman also showed a Noctuid taken wild in Aberdeenshire, 

 generally considered as a dwarf and varietal form of Ma)nest)a 

 thalamna, which species it resembled closely in all basal and discal 

 markings. The outer marginal markings, fringe, etc., were very 

 indistinct and suffused, while the insect was barely two-thirds the 

 size of normal M. thalassina. 



Mr. G. T. Porritt exhibited some half a dozen fine aberrations of 

 Abraxas f/wstiiilariata bred from wild larvfB taken near Huddersfield, 

 including (1) an extraordinary lead and j-ellow coloured specimen 

 having a large conspicuous star-shaped pale mark on the right fore- 

 wing, (2) a female ab. varleyata with a black body, the only one 

 with that form of abnormality he had ever bred or even heard of, 

 as hitherto this aberration had always a constantly normal body, 

 (3) two examples in which the yellow band of the forewings was 

 complete and much emphasised over the black markings, one 

 specimen had almost spotless hindwings. 



Mr. Robert Adkin exhibited dwarf specimens of several species of 

 butterflies, they were all captured, not bred examples, there was 

 therefore no question of their size having been artificially reduced. 

 In the following list of the species the wing expanse is given in 

 millimetres and the place of capture quoted : — 



Pieri>i rapcE, $ 33mm., Colchester. 



Pieru napi, 2 38mm., Colchester. 2 39 mm., Braemar. 



Eiu'hloe cardaniines, ^ 32mm., Royden. $ 34mm., Colchester. 



Melitaa athalia, 35mm., Dfedham. 



At/lais iirtica; 38mm., Dundee. 



Epinepliele jurtina, 3 37mm., Newport, I.W. 3 38mm., 

 Eastbourne. 



Polj/oiinnatiis icarm, g 22mm,, Eastbourne. 



AijriaJeK cnridon, 3 30mm., Eastbourne. 3 32mm., Eastbourne. 



Mr. Adkin said that although several of the above specimens 

 were of much less wing expanse than generally recognised as a 

 minimum for the species, notably P. rajHr, K. cardawines, A. iirtictr 



