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from Norfolk. Mrs. Hemming, two broods of Colias edusa, bred from ova laid 

 by females captvired on May 31st and July 21st respeetively ; there was but 

 little variation in brood 1, while the males of brood 2 showed a diminishing 

 amout of sijotting on the hind wings, and the females had considerable sup- 

 pression of the forewing marginal spotting. Mrs. Hemming also showed 

 aberrations of Pieris napi, a melanic Anthrocera trifolii, a dusky fringed 

 Agriades thetis, a green-tipped ^ Euchloe carda^nines, a ? C. edusa right side ab . 

 helice, &c. Mr. L. W. Newman, a long bred series of hybrid A. ocellatiis-populi, 

 examples of other hybrids previously shown, extremely large brod C. edusa, a 

 melanic example of Cosrnia trapezina from Bexley.and a yellow Polygoni'i c-album ; 

 also paintings of aberrations recently bred by him. Mr. H. J. Turner, s.'ries of 

 BryopMla ynuralis, from Freshwater and Dawlish, the former light green and 

 grey in ground, the latter dark and intense in colovir and marking ; two speci- 

 mens were smaller than B. perla. Mr. A. E. Gibbs, a drawer of the brilliant 

 S. American genus Catagramma and its allies. Mr. W. J. Lucas, a ntunber of 

 species of Neiu-optera, most remarkable for their strikingly exaggerated form of 

 wing, including Nemoptera hipennis from Giljraltar, N. coa from Corinth, Lertha 

 harbara, from Algeria, etc. Dr. T. A. Chapman, a series of Agriades thersites 

 with A. escheri, Polyommatus icartts, etc., for comparison ; and he called attention 

 to the overlapping of the flowering time of Ulex europseus and Ulex nanus. 

 Mr. Wells, an unusually large specimen of Apatura iris, and a P. c-album with 

 much reduced costal blotches and dark suffused hind wing. Mr. R. Bauraann, 

 melanic specimens of Acidalia inrgularia bred from a captured melanic female, 

 and a long series Hydriomena furcata (sordidata) from Forres, showing banded, 

 vinous and very dark forms. Mr. J. A. Simes, a long and varied series of 

 Melitasa didyina from Europe and N. Africa, including the small pale form ab. 

 persea from Greece, and the huge S. Italian form, and a beautiful radiated 

 aberration. The Rev. Alfred Stiff, a series of Epi7iephele titJionus, with exti-a 

 ocelli well developed ; Aphantopus hyperanthus with large and richly colovu-ed 

 ocelli ; a Celastrina argiolus, the size of Ctipido minimus ; Pyrameis atalanta, 

 with the fore-wing bands broken, one with light vermilion bands, and one with 

 partially yellow bands on the hind wings. Mr. A. G. Scorer, an Eugonia poly- 

 chloros, with three heavy spots on the inner margin of the fore-wing ; a 

 Xanthorhoe sociata, with the band reduced to a couple of spots ; a Boarmia 

 repandata, with the white band bordered with a blackish brown belt ; and a 

 Triphsena comes (orbona), with the black sub-marginal band of the hind-wings 

 broken into irregular rays. Mr. G. T. Porritt, series of two fine forms of 

 A. grossidariata, one of the var. hazeleighensis group, but with the orange band 

 very broad and the outer margins broadly white ; the other a heavily marked 

 form with very broad bands on the liind wings. Mr. W. J. Kaye, species of the 

 genus Heliconius, with aberrations of each species, showing melanism in both fore 

 and hind wings, including H. numata, H. ismenius, H. thelxiope, H. alithes, H. 

 melpomene, H. erato, H. doris, etc. The Rev. G. Wheeler, five examples of the 

 hybrid Agriades polo7ius, from Assisi, Agriades thetis, ab. punctifera, from Africa, 

 ab. ccelestis from S.W. France, ab. urania from Dorking, and undersides of 

 Dryas papMa, including ab. dives, a new form from Algeria, etc. Mr. J. Piatt 

 Barrett, Polyommatus icarus taken 1911 and 1912, to show that those of the 



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