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APRIL 10th, 1919. 



Mr. Leeds exhibited an example of L'olias ednm from Heme Bay, 

 showing a curious discoloration of the apex of the forewing. 



The remainder of the exhibits were of Acidalia manjinepunctata, 

 brought by members in anticipation of the paper to be read by Mr. 

 R. Adkin. 



Mr. Buckstone showed the species from Paignton and East- 

 bourne. 



Mr. Tonge exhibited short series from Sussex, taken at Midhurst, 

 Uckfield, Chichester, Bolney, Eastbourne, Lewes, and Brighton, 

 and single examples from Kent — Deal; Suffolk — Southwold; Hants. 

 — Sandown, I. of W. 



Mr. Ashdown exhibited a Swiss specimen (Jura) for comparison. 



Mr. Mera exhibited his series, including specimens from many 

 localities on the coast from Suffolk to Cornwall. 



Mr. Bowman referred to the Lewes examples in his series as 

 having noticeably paler ground colour. 



Mr. B. W. Adkin exhibited a large number of specimens, includ- 

 ing a long series from the Scilly Isles, among them being some very 

 beautifully marked forms and several melanic examples ; others had 

 a dark basal mark. 



Mr. Robert Adkin exhibited long series from the Sussex coast, 

 with specimens from the Isle of Man and other localities, and read 

 a short paper on the synonymy, life-history, and variation of the 

 species. (See page 3.) 



Several members remarked on the season. It was considered to 

 be late, although some species were quite up to their usual period of 

 emergence. Anticlea badiata, Pac/iys strataria {prodromaria), and 

 Tephrosia histortata had been met with. Celastrina aryiolns was out, 

 and at the end of March Vanessa io, Aylais urtica, and Gonepteryx 

 rhamni were out of hibernation. Brephos parthenias had been abun- 

 dant at Wimbledon Common at the end of March, and G. rhamni 

 was abundant m places. Mr. Frohawk said that frogs were still in 

 their winter quarters, and that larvfe had not yet begun to move. 

 He called attention to a peculiar habit of the green woodpecker 

 which during a shower had attached itself to a tree-trunk, but when 

 the drops of rain came on it, it slipped down the bark and subse- 

 quently changed its position by springing off and on again repeatedly. 

 Mr. Step said that vegetation generally was very backward. 



