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the examples, which had been until lately in his cabinet as M. strigUi.i, Clcrck, were 

 taken with others in North Devon ; Mr. South read'notes relative to his exhibit. 

 Mr. Tugwell remarked tliat an examination of a larger number of specimens would 

 be necessary before coming to any conclusion as to whether those now shown were a 

 new species, or only strongly divergent forms of M. strigilis. Mr. J. A. Clark, a 

 variety of Arctia Caia, L., in which almost all tlie white colour of superior wings 

 was replaced by the brown colour. Mr. Short, specimens of Polyommatus Phlceas, 

 approaching the variety Sc/iinidfii, Grerh. Mr. Tugwell, Hepialus velleda,Yi.h.,iro\n 

 Paisley, showing considerable variation in colour and size ; it was mentioned that 

 this species occurred at Darenth Wood and Folkestone, Kent, and at Sutton and 

 Boxhill, Surrey. Mr. Tutt, specimens of Miana received from Ireland, and which 

 he contends are intermediate between M. strigilis and M.fasciunctda. In the dis- 

 cussion that followed Messrs. South, Tugwell, Adkin, Fenn, Hall, and others took 

 part. Mr. Billups exhibited Sericomyia boreali.t, Fin., and the rarer species, S. 

 lappoiia, L. Chilusia (tstracea, L., Arctophila mussitans, F., Eristalis intricarius, L., 

 and Volurella bumhi/^anx, L., with very dark varieties of the same, all taken in 

 Aberdeenshire last season. A communication from the President was read by the 

 Secretary. 



The Treasurer submitted his balance sheet, showing a balance to the Society's 

 credit of £71 17s. 9d. ; the Secretary read the Council's Report for 1890, from which 

 it appeared that 32 Members had been elected during tlie year, making a total mem- 

 bership of 232. The Election of Officers was next proceeded with, and resulted as 

 follows : — Mr. W. H. Tugwell, President ; Mr. J. Jenner Weir, F.L.S., &c., Vice- 

 President ; Mr. E. Step, Hon. Treasurer ; Mr. W. West, Hon. Curator; Mr. D. J. 

 Rice, Hon. Librarian ; Mr. Barker and Mr. D. J. Rice, Hon. Secretaries ; Messrs. 

 R. Adkin, F.E.S., T. R. Billups, F.E.S., C. A. Briggs, F.E.S., J. T. Carrington, 

 F.L.S., C. Fenn, F.E.S., R. South, F.E.S., and J. W. Tutt, F.E.S., Council. 



The meeting closed with rotes of thanks to the various Officers. 



February \2th, 1891. — W. H. Tugwell, Esq., President, in the Chair. 



Mr. R. Adkin exhibited Aplecta occulta, Jj.jhred during November and Decem- 

 ber last year from ova received from Forres in the previous August. The specimens 

 were all of a light form, the pink shades in the primaries being strongly produced 

 in many of them. Mr. Tugwell said there was a dai'ker shade of colour in the spe- 

 cimens shown than in those obtained in the south. Mr. Tugwell exhibited Melanippe 

 hastafa, L., from Sussex and the Shetlands, to sliow the desirability of obtaining 

 insects from various localities. Mr. Nussey, bred specimens of Thecla pruni, L., 

 and called attention to a large specimen of the ? which had emerged from the pupa 

 without antennae. Mr. J. McLachlan, I'olia chi, L., dark forms of Noctua xantho- 

 grapha, Fb., Agrotis lucernea, L., and Aporophyla nigra. Haw., all taken at 

 Aberdeen. Mr. Farrant, a richly coloured specimen of tSmeriiithus lilice, L., and au 

 example of Epinephele hyperanthus, L., approaching the var. Arete, Mull. Mr. 

 Auld, a coloured drawing of a pale variety of Abraxas grossulariata, L. Mr. Bil- 

 lups, Tragus nova valedonicce, Montrouz., Unicodes Flchtelii, Schr.,and Cicindelidee ; 

 also two species of Hemiptera from the same locality, Tectocoris Banksii, Don., 

 and Mictis symbolica, Don. — H. W. Bakkek, Hon. Sec. 



