262 THE entomologist's record. 



amov;nt of blue scaling of fore- and hindwings and in the intensity of 

 the marginal red lunules, they being in some specimens practically 

 absent while in others they were so [strongly produced as to form 

 almost uninterrupted broad red bands. There was also much 

 variation in the spotting of the undersides in both sexes. In this 

 species as in A. coridun, variation appeared to be greater in the speci- 

 mens from the North Downs than in those from the South Downs. 



Mr. W, J. Kaye exhibited a cabinet drawer containing series of the 

 three known species of the genus AcJwrontia, viz., atro/ioa, stj/.r, and 

 laclieais together with coloured maps showing the distribution of each, 

 also preserved larvfe and pupa case of atropos. It was remarked that 

 lachesis and stija; occurred together sometimes. Ail three species in the 

 larval stage were greatly attached to the Solanacfac, although in the case 

 of atrnpoii a very great number of plants of different orders had been 

 recorded as foodplants. Although atropos was occasionally taken in 

 some numbers in Britain, it was essentially an African species. Dr. 

 Jordan, in Seitz' Macro-Lcpidn/iti'ra says that while the larvae are 

 often infested with Tachinids they seem to be avoided by European 

 Ichneumonids. This remark is probably reprinted from Bartel, for 

 Tutt, in vol. iv. of Britif<li Lepidoptera, p. 434, gives a number of 

 species of Iclineinuonidae including Ichnetniion f/rossoriiis, Aiublyteles 

 laiiiinatoniis, AniblyteleS palUatoriiis, A))ibb/teles cerintlnHS and Tro//iis 

 lutoritts, which have been bred in this country from A. atropos. 



Mr. H. Worsley-Wood exhibited a long series of CalUmorpha 

 quadripuncthia (liera) bred this year and including many of the form 

 ab. iKtescens, and also several intermediate forms. 



The Rev. G. Wheeler exhibited:— 



(a) A series of Plebeiiix ar<i!/ro;i)io)iion var. arnioricaniis from N. 

 Brittany taken early in June, 1914 ; remarkable for the dark ground 

 colour and pronounced orange bands of the underside, one of the g' s 

 showed obsolescent spotting, and all three 9 s had the spots either 

 elongated or to some extent confluent. 



(b) A series of Hesjicria alveolus ab. taras from the Rhone Valley. 



(c) A corresponding aberration of H. malroides from theLaquinthal. 

 {d) A gynandromorph of l\ art/ijrotjnonion, v\ght side ? , left <? , 



from the Vai Maggia, July, 1914 ; the body also halved, the <? portion 

 protruding beyond the ? . 



(e) A specimen of Poh/onnnatus icarus with only the discoidals on 

 the forewing and the discoidals and faint marginal spots on the hind- 

 wing, taken at Altmatt, July, 1914. 



(/') A (J Pararge iiiaera with the costa of the forewings strongly 

 concave and quite symmetrical, taken on the Via Mala, July, 1914. 



Mr. R. M. Prideaux exhibited : — 



MeUtaea atirelia and \ both from Wiesbaden, 1888, melanistic 

 M. athalia j specimens. 



M. didijDia, from Switzerland, 1905, spotting obsolescent. 



Trichiura crataei/i, gynandromorphous specimen, bred, New Forest, 



1895. 



Strenia clathrata, albinistic specimen, Switzerland, 1907. 



Two Melanar(jia i/alathea, melanistic specimens, Rhone Valley, 



1905. 



A<iriades coridon, ? , pale discoidal, and silver-tipped peacock-eyes 

 on hindwings, upperside, Oxted, Surrey, 1914. 



