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found flying together and assimilating to each other in colour. 

 Aberrations of British Lepidoptrra from Ireland. — -Commander 

 Gwatkin-Williams, aberrations of British Lepidoptera from Ireland, 

 including KpinepJiele jintina with banded hindwings, $ s, several 

 Cidaria, which possibly may be C. concinnata, Xanthorho'e montanata, 

 with band obsolete, confluent Anthrocera trifolu, Euchlo'e card a mines, 

 2 s, with ochreous hindwings, etc. Debris from wasp excavations. — 

 Mr. Chas. Oldham, two collections of small chalk stones that he had 

 collected within a small radius of the openings of two wasps' nests, 

 and which the wasps had been unable to carry to a greater distance. 

 Aberrations of British Lepidoptera. — Mr. A. W. Buckstone, for 

 Mr. Archer, a bleached form of A)u/eronct pmnaria, ^ , from Oxshott ; 

 an almost black LitJiosia helvola (deplana) from Wimbledon ; and an 

 Acidolia which was supposed to be a very aberrant form of A. siihsericp- 

 ata. Variation in Melltnia ocellaris. — Mr. H. Worsley-Wood, 

 numerous forms of Mellinia ocellaris, including ab. lineaiju, ab. inter- 

 viedia, with A/, iiilrafio for comparison ; yellow Brephos parthenias 

 from Wimbledon, and lead-coloured males of Agriades thetis from Corfe. 

 Melanic aberrations. — Rev. J. Tarbat, black suffused forms of Brenthis 

 euphrnsijne, ab. nii/ro-sparsata of Abraxas f/rossnlariata and a Cidaria 

 trimcata, with a broad banded forewing. Hybrids and gynandro- 

 MORPHOUS Selenia. — Mr. Haynes, a series of hybrid Seleiiia tetralunaria 

 ^ X S. bilunaria J , with a large preponderance of gynandromorphous 

 specimens ; melanic and ochreous varieties of Ennomos quercinaria, etc. 

 Variation in E. stygne. — Mr. H. J. Turner, a series of Fhehia styiine 

 from the continent, to show the extreme local variation in the Alps 

 and Pyrenees. C. edusa in 1913. — Messrs. Sharp and C. W. Colthrup, 

 many Colias edusa from the south-eastern district representative of the 

 species in 1913. 



December 12t/i, 1913. — -Mr. Tatchell, of Bournemouth, was elected 

 a member. — The Ithomiin.e. — Mr. W. J. Kaye read a paper, " The 

 Ithoiiiiinae," and illustrated it with a fine selection of examples of the 

 different groups of the sub-family. The Furniture Mite. — Mr. Hall 

 reported a case of the occurrence of the "furniture mite" and asked 

 how the pest could be effectively dealt with. Diptera and the late 

 season. — Mr. Step, a box of Diptera, chiefly St/rplridae, taken at flowers 

 of Michaelmas daisy in October and December. An Autumn bred N. 

 plantaginis. — Mr. R. Adkin, a series of NemeopJdla plantar/inis bred 

 from ova laid hy a Grassmere female in July 1912. One larva fed up 

 and pupated in September, and the imago came out on October 27th. 

 The rest hibernated, several together, in the debris of the cage and 

 emerged in due course the following .June. M. ocellaris. — He also 

 showed four Mellinia ocellaris presented to the Society by Mr. H. 

 Worsley-Wood. A local form of Erebia ceto. — Mr. Carwen, a series 

 of Erebia ceto near the form ab. obsciira, from the Simplon Pass. 

 Variation in British Lepidoptera. — Mr. Carr, a collection of Lepi- 

 doptera from Staffordshire and N. Wales, including very strongly 

 marked forms of Acidalia mariiinepnnctata and some nice banded 

 examples of Melanippe tristata. Report. — Mr. Adkin read a Report of 

 the Annual Conference of Delegates of Societies affiliated to the British 

 Association. 



Jannarij 8tli. — New Members. — Messrs. D. A. Gotch, of 

 Northampton; A. Leeds, of Knebsworth; W. H. Jackson, of Wimble- 



