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tliat thoy were ligliter in colour than the Portland form ; he made remarks on the 

 mel.liod of breeding the species with success. .Mr. Newman, specimens of Cleora 

 angularia {viduarla) , a pair of Phibalapteryx pnlygrammata ; ab. olivacea and 

 ab. ohsoleta of Camptogramma fLuviata, and four nielanic examples of Notodonta 

 ziczac. Mr. Kaje, a drawer of aberrations and geographical races of Cosmotriche 

 potatoria. Messrs. Tonge, Harrison and Main, Joj, Moore, Grosvenor, Pickett, 

 Turner, Dr. Chapman, Dr. Hodgson, and Rev. G. Wheeler, a large number of 

 species, races, and forms of tiie " Blue " butterflies to illustrate Mr. Tutt's remarks 

 on the famih'. Mr. Tonge also exiiibited photographic life-histories of the " Blue " 

 butterflies. Mr. Tult then gave a "Gossip on the ' Blue' Butterflies," summarising 

 all that was known of their life-histories and relationships, pointing out modern 

 ideas of the grouping, and emphasizing the necessity of the genera being ba?ed 

 upon the sum total of our knowledge of the species and their habits in all stages. 



Thursday , March 'loth. 1909. — The President in the Ciiair. 



Mr. A. E Gibbs, F.E.S., of St. Albans, Mr. A. W. Buckstone, of Chiswick, 

 and Mr. J. H. Rohde, of Eeigate, were elected Members. 



Mr. G. B. Brown exhibited specimens of Eubolia hipunctaria from Branscombe 

 and Dawlish, and pointed out their reddish suffusion compared with specimens 

 exhibited from Horsley ; he also showed specimens of Agriades corydoyi having 

 slight reddish suffusion. Mr. Hy. J. Turner, a box of butterflies recently obtained 

 from Colombia. -Mr. Tonge, an under-side of Acronycta psi in which the central 

 black spot was produced towards the biise as a line. Mr. Bowman, a very pale ? 

 of N'yssia hispidaria from Chingford. Mr. Ooote, ova of the same species, and 

 a $ specimen of Anisopteryx wscularia. Mr. Kaye, specimens of Chrt/sophanus 

 dispar, and a short series of Xylina furcifera (conformis). The remainder of the 

 evening was devoted to an exhibition of lantern slides by Messrs. Tonge, Dennis, 

 West (Ashtead), Main, Step, and Lucas. — Ht. J. Turner, Son. Secretary. 



Entomological Society of London: Wednesday, March I7th, 1909. — 

 Dr. F. A. DiXEY, M.A., M.I)., President, iu the Chair. 



Capt. E. Bagnell-Purefoy, The Cottage, East Fairleigh, Maidstone ; Mr. 

 Stanley A. Blenkarn, 4.1, Romola Road, Tulse Hill, S. E. ; Mr. Leonard Box, the 

 Floral Nurseries, Hailsham, Sussex, and 28, St. James's Street, Bedford Row, W.C. ; 

 Mr. Henry Britten, Prospect House, Salkeld Dykes, Penrith ; the Rev. C. R. N. 

 Burrows, M.A., of Mucking Vicarage, Stanford-le-Hope, Essex ; and Mr. W. A. 

 RoUason, " Lamorna," Truro ; were elected Fellows of the Society. 



The decease was announced of Capt. Frederick Hallam Hardy, R..\.M.C., 

 a Fellow of the Society. 



M. A. Janet. Secretary of the Entomological Society of France, and M. Severin, 

 Secretary of the Entomological Society of Belgium, were present as visitors. 



Mr H. Rowland-Brown exhibited extreme forms of Chrysophanus phlxas from 

 Norwegian Finnmark and the Mediterranean region, drawing attention to the 

 apparent identity of the form from Arctic Europe — hypopklieas — with the species 



