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■examples of Abraxas i/rossidariata, bred October, 1910, as a second 

 brood, including two ab. vadcijata g , one very finely rayed with 

 white both on the fore- and hindwings, and one with the yellow band 

 replaced by a very narrow pale lemon band the parents being typical 

 forms, and grandparents varUnjata 3 x type ? . He also showed an 

 interesting Lycaenid supposed by some to be a natural hybrid between 

 Aijriaihs t/ietia (bdlar;/iis) g x l'ol>/o)innatiis icarus, 5 , taken wild near 

 Follies tone, on September 10th last; the underside showing both thetis 

 and icanis characteristics, with those of icanis most pronounced, the 

 upperside a fine thetis colour with white fringes, the shape of wings 

 being also curious. Others supposed it to be merely Ai/riadcs thetis ab. 

 hi/avinthns, whilst Mr. G. M. Bethune-Baker having examined this 

 exhibit gave it as his opinion that the supposed hybrid was merely an 

 aberrant form of L'ohjoiDmatas icanis. Italian Rhopalocera. — Mr. 

 Philip J. Barraud brought for exhibition a case containing several 

 series of a large form of Sati/rus statiliniis from the Aurunci Mts., 

 Southern-Central Italy ; series of Paruassiiis )i\neiiiosijne, var. 

 fnihstorferi, from Mt. Petrella, Aurunci Mts., 9,000ft. ; series of 

 Colias ediisa and ab. helice, from Formia ; a very small specimen of 

 Gonopteri/.c dfopatra, measuring 37 mm., from Formia ; and four 

 examples of a large form of I'lbicola comma from Southern-Central 

 Italy. 



Lancashire and Cheshire Entomological Society. — October 10th, 

 1810. — Exhibitions.^ — This was the opening meeting of the session, and 

 was devoted to exhibits of the season's work. Luperina gueneei, etc. 

 — Mr. T. Baxter, of St. Anne's, sent for exhibition a fine series of 

 Luperina (/iieni'ei and its aberration, and also contributed a note, in 

 which he pointed out that both forms were represented in a perfectly 

 fresh condition, and that the view that the ab. baxteri would become the 

 typical ipieniei with age, must be abandoned. Mr. Baxter also sent 

 an extraordinary ab. of Abraxas i/rossiilariata which had the costal 

 area of the left forewing typical, the remainder, about three-fourths 

 of the wing, being black ; the right forewing and the hindwings were 

 typical ; this fine asymmetrical specimen was captured in his garden at 

 St. Anne's. Mr. H. R. Sweeting exhibited a long series of Hi/droecia 

 o;7'«rt«f».s/.s captured this year near Londonderry ; the variation appeared 

 to be on exactly parallel lines with that of 11. nictitans, the identity of 

 the species was established by Mr. Pierce, who had an opportunity of 

 examining the genitalia while the insects were still fresh. The same 

 member further showed the following insects from Mold, N. Wales, 

 c/c, Taenincaiiipa i/nthica, including an asymmetrical example in which 

 the U mark on the left forewing was only partly developed ; J', incerta, 

 T. stabilis, Varlniobia rubricosa, Nuctiia festiva, X. brunnea, Aplccta 

 prasina, and Duaruiia repandata, including an example of ab. nii/ra. 

 Mr. F. W. Pierce showed Abraxas (/rossnlariata a short series from 

 Wallasey, in which the variation was less striking than usual. Mr. Wm. 

 Mansbridge brought a series of the very black Knowsley race of B. 

 rejiandata var. nii/ra, in which the submarginal pale line was almost 

 absent ; also short series of the same insect from Bude and Delamere 

 Forest; Boaniiia nennuaria, black form from N. Kent, pale forms from 

 N. Devon, and var. perfnniaria from the Cotswolds ; a long series of 

 Aplccta nebidosa var. robsoni, var. thonipsoni, and grey forms from 

 Delamere. Mr. Prince showed a fine series of (Jidaria reticulata from 



