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4. 2 • Extra spot, and straw-coloured streak on each forewing. 

 Upperside. Devon, August 5th, 1916, 



5. (? . Complete absence of black spot from each forewing. 

 Underside. Herts, August 20th, 1916. 



6. 2 • Two very large additional ocellated spots on each fore- 

 wing. Upperside. Devon, August 5th, 1916. 



7. ? . Ab. iiiincki (yellow) with an extra black dot on each fore- 

 wing. Underside. Devon, August 3rd, 1916. 



8. ? . Small black streak beneath usual spot on each forewing, 

 ground colour ochreous, borders pale. Underside. Devon, August 

 1st, 1916. 



Mr. L. W. Newman, on behalf of Mr. Percy Richards, exhibited 

 a very fine collection of preserved larviC of Macro-lepidoptera con- 

 taining about half the British species. The larvaa after being blown 

 were hand-painted by Mr. Richards, so that they appear in their 

 natural colours. 



On behalf of Mr. G. B. Oliver, of Wolverhampton, Mr. L. W. 

 Newman exhibited a fine series of varieties of Agriades thetis {ado)iis), 

 including a fine ab. obsuleta, two ab. aemi-obsoleta, a ver}^ fine ? 

 underside forewings obsoleta, and hindwings beautifully striated, and 

 the whole of the ground colour creamy white, a <? underside of the 

 snow-white ground colour, and other interesting undersides. A 

 leaden coloured upperside J , a 3" having the leaden colour and 

 normal blue colour mixed, and a fine <? with ground colour 

 about half way between normal and leaden. 



A series of Polyommatus icarus, $ s, showing considerable varia- 

 tion, a fine ^ ab. obsoleta, large spotted and other forms, and 



Cimonytiipha panqJiilus imderside spotless, and one with extra 

 spots. 



On behalf of Signior Piazzo, Mr. Newman exhibited a fine 

 example of the decoraria (subroseata) form of Zonnsonia pendtdaria, 

 but having a white line behind the dark outer border between 

 it and the red suli'asion. 



Mr. Newman's own exhibits were : — 



1. A series of Celerio (jallii, bred from North Cornish parents. 



2. A series of hybrid ocellatiis x populi showing considerable 

 variation. 



3. A long series of Amorpha populi aberrations from extremely 

 pale to rich pink, and also some pretty mottled and some dark forms. 



4. Unicolorous black specimens of Eupitliecia lariciata from 

 Warwickshire. 



