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brown form of Tseniocampa munda. Mr. Main, a living example of Blatta 

 australasise, found among imported bananas. Mr. Dodds, some very remarkable 

 and aberrant bred ^ forms of Ocneria dispar, having numerous irregular patches 

 and streaks of light colour on all four wings. The species had been inbred for three 

 years. Mr. Pickett, series of E. jurlina, with bleached vars. ; of Polt/ommafus 

 corydon, witli vars. and abs., suffusa, marginata, obsoleia, striata, &c., with dwarf 

 examples; very deep banded 9 s of Cyaniris argiolus ; various local races of 

 S. pMcEas, Callimorpha dominula, with much suffused hind wings ; Abraxas 

 grossulariata with var. Iseticolor, and a very dark form ; long series of forms of 

 Angerona prunaria, including numerous beautifully banded examples ; a long and 

 graduated series of Arctia lubricepeda and var. radiata, some being exceptionally 

 dark ; and a curiously marked Arctia caja, with streaked arrangement of the 

 markings. Mr. Moore, H. phlseas from the Himalaya Mountains and from North 

 America (Indiana to Cape Breton), the former was an exceedingly dark example, 

 while the latter were much like the Lapland forms in Dr. Chapman's exhibit. 

 Mr. Carpenter, series of H. phlseas, bred from Abbot's Wood, Folkestone and Bude, 

 each of which showed a racial facies, although the divergence was but small. 

 Mr. Montgomery, long series of S. phlxas, including many pale and sparsely 

 spotted specimens, some of which had emerged as late as November. Mr. 

 Harrison and Mr. Main, series of DIanthaecia nana (conspersaj, Eupithecia 

 venosata and Aplecta nebulosa, showing their various geographical forms and races ; 

 series of Noctua brunnea and Notodonta dromedarius , bred from Delamere Forest 

 larvae, comparatively darker than South England forms ; and Cornish specimens of 

 HipparcMa semele considerably darker on the under-side than Eastbourne forms. 

 Dr. J. H. Spitzby, discussed the variation of Edmund Eeitter's group of the 

 Carabidae, Carabi miiUiaetosi, and of Cetonia aurata, and exhibited a large number 

 of examples from various parts of Europe. Dr. Sequiera, a box of most interesting 

 and remarkable aberrations of Lepidoptera, including Vanessa io, slate-blue 

 suffusion ; Catocala nupta, with smoky black margins ; Folygonia c-album, with- 

 out a trace of the c mark ; a strongly marked melanic form of Hemerophila 

 alruptaria from the New Forest ; Nemeophila russula, $ , with black hind-wings ; 

 pale salmon-coloured Anthrocerafilipendulse, and Colias edusa, with exceedingly pale 

 margins. Mr. Lucas, specimens of the earwig, Lahidura riparia from Bourne- 

 mouth, and a pupa of Lucanus cervus. Mr. Cannon, a series of Euvanessa antiopa, 

 bred from ova deposited by a ? taken in the South of France ; Limenitis sibylla, 

 with only faint white markings showing through the almost uniform black of the 

 upper-side ; a long series of bred Melitse.a aurinia from Ireland ; bred M. cinxia 

 from Isle of Wight larvse ; a very fine series of Ccenonympha typhon, var. rothliebii, 

 taken at Witherslack ; a deeply marked 9 of Brenthis euphrosyne from Reading ; 

 and captured examples of Mellinia ocellaris. Mr. Manger, a case containing more 

 than twenty species or named forms of the gorgeous South American genera, 

 Catagramma, Perisama, and Callicore, including the type form of the genus Cata- 

 gramma, C. astarte (hydaspes). Mr. Schooling, a varied series of Spilosoma 

 fuliginosa bred from ova ; and a fine series of Xylocampa areola {HthorhizaJ. 

 Microscopes were lent by Messrs. Cant, Edwards, Fremlin, Warne, and West 

 (Streatham).— ITt. J. Tuenek, Hon. Secretary. 



