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illustrating his remarks with a large number of coloured diagrams- 

 and a series of lantern slides. (See page 12.) 



NOVEMBER 25th, 1920. 

 Annual Exhibition of Varieties. 



Mr. G. D. Morison, Bedford Pk., W. 4 ; Mr. D. Watson, Graves- 

 end ; Mr. G. W. Young, F.G.S., F.R.M.S., Barnes, S.W. ; Mr. W, 

 West, Brockley, S.E.; Mr. F. H. Simms, Stourbridge ; and Mr. H. 

 M. Simms, Stourbridge, were elected members. 



Short series of Acidalia [Leptomeris) itinnorata and Ino {Rha- 

 gades) (jlohidaricc from Sussex, were presented to the Society's col- 

 lection by Mr. F. G. S. Brarawell, of Brighton, They were from 

 Lewes and Falmer respectively. The donor in his letter referred to 

 the bad season of the past summer for the rearing of larvae, although 

 there were plenty of imagines to be obtained, including Colias edusa 

 with var. helice, Theretra porcelliis, etc. Of 400 larvse of Sphinx 

 lirjutitri quite half went oflf when full fed, while last year (1919) 

 practical lly all pupated and produced imagines. 



Lord Rothschild exhibited the series of 1,277 specimens of 

 Abraxas grossiilariata, Linn., from the British collection of the 

 Tring Museum. They consisted of the series from the Bright and 

 Gibbs collection and those collected by himself. The larger number 

 of the more extreme varieties, as will be well known to the members 

 present, have been bred by the Rev. Gilbert Raynor. Most of the 

 named forms were included, and some unnamed ones were indicated. 



Mr. C. H. Williams exhibited a drawer of varieties of the sasme 

 species, including ab. lacticolor, ab. fidvapicata, ab. liitea, and ab. 

 seinilntea. 



Mr. Hy. J. Turner exhibited several store-boxes containing 

 lepidoptera from all parts of the Pahisarctic Region outside of the 

 strictly European area. The insects exhibited were either extra- 

 European forms of well-known species or were species closely 

 allied to those in the European area, and were from Asia Minor, 

 Transcaspia, Turkestan, The Altai, S. Siberia, Mongolia, The Amur, 

 Palestine, Algeria, &c. 



Mr. H. S. Leeds exhibited aberrations captured during the 

 present year of the following species : — Melanargia ijalathea, heavily 

 marked with black, rich cream-coloured ground and others ; Cneno- 

 nyinplui jiamp/iiliifi, pale and dark bordered forms ; Ruviicia p/daeas 



