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The females were extremely rich in coloration both on the upper 

 and undersides. The spots on the underside of the hindwings were 

 only faintly present in two examples. The apical spot of the fore- 

 wings was bipupillate in two uppersides and in three undersides. 

 In one of the latter on that side only. 



He also showed a long series of Adscifa f/eri/on, from the neigh- 

 bourhood of Tring, where it had been exceedingly common this 

 year. 



Mr. K. G. Blair exhibited two specimens of a black aberration of 

 Ct'tonia aurata, from St. Mary's, Scilly, where it had been met with 

 on thrift, blackberry, wild carrot, etc. The males were noted as 

 being- very scarce, while the females were abundant. He was 

 unaware of the species being recorded previously from Scilly. 



Mr. A. W. Butcher exhibited Aclopmx flava {thainnas), dark female, 

 taken freshly emerged at BoxHill, August 18th, 1918 and Aphantopus 

 Inijicrantus, undersides showing considerable variation in ground 

 colour and spots. They were from Oxshott, Hythe, Clandon, Byfleet 

 and Hayton Moss, and included ab. arete and intermediates. He 

 remarked that in July last he had 41 pup^e of Cosi/nthia [Flplujra) 

 jiendularia. Thirty-five emerged, the remaining pupfe, which are 

 alive, showed no signs of the moth developing, and will probably 

 not do so until next spring. Also that of ten pupse of Tephroda 

 luridata, three moths emerged last June, the remainder showing no 

 signs of emergence, though they were ascertained to be alive. He 

 had not heard of this species going over a second winter in pupa. 



Mr. Bunnett exhibited specimens of Acronicta leporina and Hijlo- 

 pliila prasinana (bred), from Chiselhurat. 



In a discussion on the present season it was stated that Xoctiuc 

 were very scarce, that sugaring in the New Forest was a failure, and 

 el sewhero had produced little result, that the quantity of honeydew 

 was detrimental to larvte, most of them dying of constipation, that 

 cuckoo-spit was also a cause of death to larvte. In many parts the 

 white butterflies had been very scarce, and there had also been a 

 scarcity of Pubjoiinnatus icarus. Mr. Buckstone stated that Af/riades 

 coridon had been extremely scarce ; no doubt the sharp frost, which 

 occurred in early July, had been very destructive to insects ; by the 

 end of July but few had emerged. Mr. B. S. Williams reported 

 taking A. coridon in a salt-marsh among rushes, near Hengistbury 

 Head, Hants. 



