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August 14;!'/;.— The exhibits were as follows : — Mr. \Nc\\\wa.\\, Enunelesia 

 laiifasciata, bred from larvae obtained at West Norwood in 1888, the 

 species having been two years in the pupal stage ; Mr. Adkin, Cleora 

 glabf-aria, bred from New Forest larvre ; Mr. South, specimens of 

 Hypsipetes elutata and Lareniia didyinata ; Mr. Moore, two varieties of 

 Abraxas grossulariata ; Mr. Tugwell, larvae of Eiipithecia exUnsaria 

 feeding on the common garden Artemisia abrofanio/i, these larvce were 

 obtained from specimens bred by Mr. Porritt from larvie collected near 

 Hunstanton last year; Mr. Tugwell, a box of Ardia caia; Mr. Hawes 

 living larvae of Argynnis seiene and A. euphrosyne ; Mr. Jenner Weir 

 living larvaa of Psyche villosella, one case was formed entirely of rush, 

 some with fragments of grass and heath, one made its case with coloured 

 paper, the original case having been removed ; Mr. Bouttell, a pale 

 form of Zygcena filipendidce ; whilst Messrs. Turner and Nussey exhibited 

 Hesperia lineola, Mr. Tugwell suggesting that the species was essentially 

 a salt-marsh species. 



August 2%th. — -This was essentially a holiday meeting, very few 

 members being present. A few good exhibits were made, and miwht 

 with propriety be exhibited again when more members are present. I 

 refer more especially to Mr. C, Fenn's Cidaria russata and Tortrix 

 transitana, the latter of which I should like to see compared with the 

 series of this species in the collections of Messrs. West and Tu^^well • 

 Mr. Hawes, Tapinostola concolor from Huntingdonshire, taken in July 

 this year; and Mr. Frohawk's var. of Epinephele hyperanthus with 

 lanceolate markings taken in the New Forest. Mr. Carrington reported 

 the capture of E. hyperanthits var. arete in the New Forest ; Mr. Robin- 

 son exhibited some fine Leucam'a brevilinea and var. sinelinea from 

 Norfolk ; Mr. South, a box of Durham specimens which were very 

 interesting ; Mr. Fenn, a bleached Epinephele janira, Leucania conigera 

 with the white spot strongly developed, and Apainea ophiogranima taken 

 at Lee ; Mr. Carpenter, specimens of Pericallia syringaria from Essex, 

 and Cucullia asteris from Raindean Wood, Folkestone; Mr. Turner 

 Myelophila cribrella from Lee ; Mr. Adkin, Zygcena 7neliloti from the New 

 Forest, and remarked that the species appeared to have turned up in 

 fair numbers in an entirely new locality ; Mr. Waller, living larvae of 

 Cuspidia leporina ; Mr. Joy, living larvae and pupse (spun up in Festuca) 

 to show its habits. Mr. Carrington gave some account of a visit to 

 Belgium, and pointed out what splendid collecting ground the sandhills 

 presented, mentioning among other things, that he found several larvffi of 

 Argynnis lathonia on Viola, and saw imagines of Hesperia lineola. 

 Messrs. Fenn, Tutt, and Adkin made some remarks on the season before 

 the meeting terminated. 



September wth. — Another holiday meeting, a very suiall 

 proportion of the members being present. Mr. Wellman exhibited 

 some good vars. of Bryophila glandifera and a long series of 

 Dianthcecia albimacula, both from Folkestone, Plusia festucce. from 

 Cambridge, and Xantliia citrago from Croydon ; Mr. Adkin a series 



