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var. fowleri from Swana,ge ; Nuojiiades ta<ies and Hesperia iiwlvae, 

 light and dai'k forms, and a Hesperiid taken in Surrey on June 1st, 

 1919, which could not be placed under any British species (but was 

 subsequently identified by Mr. Eiley as H. si/richtits, an American 

 species) ; Dnjaa paphia, showing intermediate forms between type 

 female and ab. valesina ; Anti/nnia oiflaia, showing graduation in 

 colouring to ab. Hiiff'n)>a, both female and male; A. cijdipiie, showing 

 absence of spots ; Brenthis selene and J3. eirphrosyne, showing 

 increase in black in basal areas. They also showed the following 

 series taken in July, 1920, m the Rhone Valley, Switzerland, and 

 in the Italian Alps, containing: — ■Paruassiiis apollo, a series showing 

 variation in the size of the red spots ; Melitaea didi/ina, M. triria, 

 M. phoebe, M. cijntJua, Brenthis aiiuit/iufiia, I), ino, B. dapJine, 

 Issoria lathonia, Argipinis niohe and var. <;r/.s, Satynis alcyone, 

 Syittoinix phet/ea, and Zyyaena carniol'u-a. 



Mr. Stanley Edwards exhibited some mimetic species of Papilio 

 and several species of Parthenos. 



Mr. Douglas H. Pearson exhibited Rhopalocera from Biar'itz, 

 Gavarnie, Luchon, etc.: — Paniafisiits apollo, showing very fine red 

 spots; Pararye niaera, race adfcista ; Coenoiiytii/iha oedipus, a var., 

 upper wing without ocelli ; Pycaena avion, one unspotted, with var. 

 obscura ; Melitaea did y nut, J J , strongly bordered with black ; 

 2 2 , var. alpina, or nearer to ineridionalis ? ; two ? ? , very dark, 

 nearly black, forewings of most of them grey-green, with no sign 

 of the normal ground colour; two light specimens from J!^orthern 

 France for comparison ; P<nc('ia (Chrysup/tanns) dorilis var. caeruleo- 

 punctata ; An/yniiia cydi]>pe [adijtpe) strongly spotted, with one var. 

 cleoduxa ; A. aylaia, large $ , one pale hindwings (Dorset) ; A. niobe, 

 large and strongly marked ; Palyonnnatns liylas and J^. escheri, 

 small ; C aryiolns, dwarf ; Lanipides bueticns ; A. coridon, pale 

 undersides, and vars. ; M. dictxjnna, very pale forms, etc. 



Mr. Robert Adkin exhibited an aberration of Melitaea cinxia, in 

 which on the upperside of all the wings the black markings of the 

 basal area were much intensified, and the margins of the hindwings 

 clouded with black. On the underside the central portion of the 

 hindwings was occupied by a row of strongly-defined black streaks, 

 and the black submarginal line was considerably broader than in 

 typical forms. The specimen was bred in June last from an Isle of 

 Wight larva. He also exhibited a black form of Zyyaena filipen- 

 dulae = a,h. chrysantltemi, bred in August last from a Lancashire 

 larva. 



