THE SOUTH LONDON NATURAL HISTOEY SOCIETY EXHIBITION. 267 



typical forms to black specimens. They were bred from a typical $ 

 crossed with a black ^ . The strain was originally from Ringwood and 

 North Kent and has been interbred and selected for some years. 



Mr. A. E. Tonge exhibited Af/riadcs tJwtix from Folkestone including 

 a $ with large yellow lunules on the hindwings and from Reigate a 

 very small male measuring only 22mm. ; specimens of Pohjonnnatus 

 irariis from Deal, Reigate, etc., including strong blue females, ab. 

 jcarinus, ab. striata, etc. ; two salmon pink forms and a melanic form 

 of Brijophila perla ironi Deal; and four different forms of Bnjopkila 

 )niiralis {jjlaiidifera) from the same locality. 



Mr. Harold B. Williams exhibited ; — 



Eucldve cardamines : a 3 ai^d ? with extra spot on underside of 

 forewings. 



Cnen(>ni/u>iiha pantphiltis ab. pallida, Tutt., specimens from North 

 Herts, 1914. 



Aricia medon : specimens from Surrey, spring brood, including 

 ab. albiannulata, Harr., and summer specimens for comparison. 



Raiiiicia phlaeas ; ab. radiata, Tutt, and ab. vhsnleta, Tutt, from 

 Wimbledon, and a var. with greater part of left forewing white, from 

 North Herts, 1914. 



I'oh/oiniiiatKs icarns : specimens of spring brood from Surrey, 

 showing the strong tendency to obsolescence in spotting of underside 

 observed in this brood, also ab. obaoleta, Clark, ab. suhobsoleta, Tutt, ab. 

 antico-striata, Tutt, and other forms. 1914. 



Aiiwrpha populi : two gynandromorphs, bred August, 1914. 



Aifriades cnridon : specimens from North Herts., 1914, including 

 ab. .seiiiisi/nf/iapha, ab. obaoleta, etc., and a fine " khaki '" coloured 

 aberration of the $ , ab. pallida, with a few ab. inaequalis, Tutt, and 

 other interesting female forms. 



Kpinephelt' jiirtina (janira) : two bleached forms. 



The Rev. J. E. Tarbafc exhibited two unusually large females of a 

 very dark form of Af/rotis pnta taken at Portsdown, and a very small 

 3rd brood 2 of Pieris rapae measuring only 88mm. in expanse of 

 wings. 



Mr. G. Brooks exhibited an aberration of Abraxas (p-ossulariata bred 

 from a wild larva taken at Dunstall in 1910. The whole of the ground 

 colour was a pale orange suffusion, and the usually bright orange band 

 of the forewings was obsolete. 



Mr. J. Piatt Barrett exhibited the three European alpine species of 

 Parnassius taken by him in the same neighbourhood in Switzerland, 

 /'. apolln, P. delius and P. iinmiiosi/ne, and remarked on the small 

 amount of variation he had seen in this year's specimens. 



Mr. F. H. Stallman exhibited a short series of Xanthorho'e 

 [Melanijipe) fiiictiiata, taken in a garden at Dulwich during 1914, 

 varying from darksuft'used to pale, and including two var. eostocata. 

 Also a richly coloured var. costorata taken at Dulwich in 1913. 



lliiinicia phlaeas: wdth the red band on hindwings only represented 

 by slight red dashes on the nervures. Oxshott, May 17th, 1914. 



NoctHtt au(/ur : two forms bred from wild larvi© ; one June, 1914, 

 and the other June, 1913, the latter having a very " Agrotid " 

 appearance. 



TripJiaena comes : a " washed-out " looking specimen bred from 

 Wicken Fen larva 1913 ; and a specimen bred in 1913 from W^imbledon 



