46 [February, 



Mr. W. J. Lucas, the English trap-door spider, Atyjms affinis, and several of its 

 silken tubes, with a Ptcrostichus madidus discovered in one of them, and a small 

 collection of butterflies taken by Patrol Leader S. F. Irwin on his visit to 

 Canada with Sir F. Baden Powell, including E. antiopa, Anosia plexiTpipus, &c. 

 Mr. H. M. Edelsten, a fine bred series of Dianthcecla hiteago var. harrettii from 

 Devon, Tapinostola extrema bred from Northampton, and a specimen of Leucania 

 l-alhum. Dr. Hodgson, groups of varieties of British Rhopalocera and Anthro- 

 cerids to show somewhat extreme divergence of variation in each of several 

 species and also to sliow convergence of species in their variation. Mr. A. E. 

 Gibbs, the various Palcearctic foi'ms of Papilio machaon, including a fine large 

 hritannims, an aurantiaca, and spring and siunmor forms of the Japanese 

 hippocrates. Mrs. Hemming', Argynnids bred and captured in 1909-10, includ- 

 ing melanic Bryas pap)liia and several under-sides of the same species varying 

 from brown to green. Captain Cardew, an extremely dark specimen of the ab. 

 fusca of Cosnohia rufa from Norfolk, Anthrocera incise ab. confusa, extremely 

 light and dark forms of Pidonia carhonaria from Eannoch, a unicolorous J of 

 Epione advenaria, and a light straw Ematurgu atomaria. Mr. Scorer, a Euchelia 

 jacohgsx with the costal streak and apical spot united, and a pale, salmon 

 coloured example, specimens of EucJdoe cardamines with very large discal spots, 

 and a Grammesia trilinea with a strongly elbowed outer discal line. Mr. Percy 

 Bright, a large niimbor of the finest aberrations of niinierous species of British 

 Lepidoptera, including- f oi'ty-one very striking examples of Abraxas grossulariata 

 from nearly unicolorous white to almost entirely yellow and a bred small speci- 

 men without scales, a Triphsena fimbria witli white replacing the yellow, an 

 extreme melanic Eubolia bipunctaria, a gynandromorph of Fidonia atomaria, 

 an adonis-like Polyommatus icarus, several Polygonia c-alhimi with straw-yellow 

 ground, a Pieris napi with blackish outer margins, an extremely blvie ? of 

 Agriades thetis with unusually large orange spots, a Pseudoterpna pruinata with 

 black bands across the wings, &c. Mr. E. Sovith, on behalf of Mr. Yates, of 

 St. Anne's-on-Sea, a series of Luperina gueneei taken this year and a series of 

 very varied forms of L. testacea, a short series of bred Phibalapteryx lapidata 

 from Glasgow ova, and three specimens of Oria (Synia) musculosa taken by 

 Mr. H. Haynes near Salisbury in 1909. The Eev. F. D. Morice, a collection of 

 about 300 of the most conspicuous and handsome European and Mediterranean 

 species among the Sawflies, Chrysids, Ants, Fossorial Wasps and True Wasps, 

 and gave a very interesting short account of the habits in the various groups. 

 Mr. H. W Andrews, a unicolorous grey form lacking the yellow markings of 

 the Di^jteron Prosena sybarita from North Kent. Mr. Edwards, niunerous West 

 African bvitterflies, chiefly of the genus Cymotlioe, which show strongly marked 

 sexual dimorphism. Mr. West (Greenwich), his collection of British Homoptera. 

 Mr. Masters, a Va^iessa atalanta, taken in Jersey, with blotched and confused 

 markings comparable only to those produced in recent temperatiu-e experiments 

 with the species. Mr. Blenkarn, a specimen of the genus Ephyra. with markings 

 suggestive of both E. porata and E. punctaria. Kev. J. E. Tarbat, a very light 

 form of Nemeophila plantaginis from South Hants, and a very dark form from 

 Witherslack. Mr. W. G. Sheldon, a fine series of all the European species of 

 Neptis, Apatura, and Limenitis taken by him in Himgary, Switzerland, and 



