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Mr. Carr also exhibited a box of Lepidoptera, collected in North Staf- 

 fordshire last June, including a series of Adscita {leryon: a very small 

 pair of E'uchloe cardaininfn : a short series of H i/drioinena impluviata, 

 including some dark forms ; a Kidi/jie hastata : a series of Tephrosia 

 punct Ilia via from Cannock Chase, includmg some rather pretty forms ; 

 and a series of T. oejjiisciilaria, including both pale and dark forms, 

 nearly all taken in the same wood. One female has both forewings 

 and right hindwing of the typical dark form, but left hindwing of 

 the typical light form and very strongly marked. 



Mr. H. Leeds exhibited aberrant examples of the following 

 species : — 



Di/sstroiiia citrata {iiinnanata) from Hunts and Loch Lomond. 



Acronicta leporina var. hradijporina, usual British form, and the 

 type leporina from the Norfolk Broads, July 17th, 1915. 



Ayriopis aprilina, with the central area heavily marked with 

 black. Herts, Sept. 25th, 1914. 



Polia chi, with wedge-shaped markings inside margin, large and 

 very distinct. Loch Lomond, Aug. 1910. 



Xylophasia inonof/lypha, 5 aberrations from Hunts, including an 

 extreme infiiscata form approaching at/tiojis. 



'raeniocaiiipa ynthica of various forms. 



Dinjcla 00, seven specimens from Hunts, including ab. renago. 



Mr. B. S. Williams exhibited a photograph of a fasciated stem of 

 a tulip bearing three flowers and a painting of the rare orchid 

 Cypripediinii fairieanuiii. 



Mr. F. H. Stallman exhibited a most unusual aberration of the 

 Coleopteron Rhagium hifaficiatiim, in which the whole of the surface 

 of the elytra was of a unicolorous pale buff colour. It was not an 

 immature specimen and came from Leith Hill, taken on March 19th. 



Mr. Curwen exhibited a box of European Lepidoptera showing 

 extremes of size. The following were the measurements of the 

 various species shown : — 



[Figures are mm., those in brackets previous records taken from 

 Wheeler's " Butt, of Switz."] 



Parnassim apollo, $ , Zermatt, 64. ? , Digne, 100. 



Pierh rapce, England, 40 (37). Mickleham, 56 (58). 



Pieris napi, 3 , England, 86 ; $ , Woodstock, 40. J , Folkestone, 

 60. 



Knchloe cardaminea, S , England, 36 (31). $ , Beaconsfield, 

 48 (49). 



Colias ediisa, ? , Iidice, England, 46 (32). $ , La Roche, 60 (52). 



