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Warrington. Mr. South remarked breeding one similar, from larvae 

 received from Kotherham (Yorks) ; Mr. Forrester, Bombyx calhmce 

 from Perth, Mr. Barrett remarking that this form took two years to 

 complete its metamorphoses, hybernating as a pupa in the second year. 

 Mr. Ba'-ker remarked on taking larvae at Folkestone which pupated 

 this autumn, Mr. Tutt referring to a case in the Ent. Record, ante, 

 ii., p. 1 86; Mr. ^oy, Ephiephele hyperanthtis vars. \ Mr. Oldham, vars. of 

 Oi'rhodia spadic a and Lyccena alexis, also Apamea ophiogramma from 

 Epping ; Mr. Tugwell, a series of dark Melatiippe galiata from Hudders- 

 field, and paler ones from southern localities. He also made some most 

 interesting remarks re pupae being attacked by a fungus ; Mr. S. 

 Edwards exhibited Morpho anascibia and several Papilios. Mr. Adkin 

 exhibited again his two specimens of Tortrix bred from pine, and Mr. C. 

 G. Barrett, a typical specimen of T. steineriatia. Mr. Tutt exhibited a 

 series of specimens of Tortrix steifieriana var. dohrniana, the $ 's show- 

 ing the usual unicolorous character of the $ 's of this peculiar group, 

 the $ 's being very concave on the costa, and varying from almost 

 unicolorous to a well-developed central band. He also exhibited 

 specimens of T. viburntana {viburnana) from Darlington and Armagh, 

 the $ 's of the typical dark coloration, the ? 's well banded ; also speci- 

 mens of typical Tortrix paleana both sexes, and males of the inter- 

 mediate and provisionally-named teiicriana. Specimens of the marsh 

 species (?), probably the asphodilana of H.-S., which is supposed to be 

 synonymous with unicolorana, Dup., were also exhibited. These speci- 

 mens were from the Essex marshes. Mr. Tutt also remarked that Mr. 

 Fenn and himself had devoted a great deal of time to T paleana and T. 

 teiicriana at Folkestone in 1890, and that, distinct as were the ? 's 

 generally, the ^ 's showed every possible gradation between the 

 yellowest paleana and the darkest teucriana, although nothing quite so 

 dark as the moorland vibjirniana were observed. The females, how- 

 ever, were very distinct, and the characteristic concave costa was fairly 

 well shown, and he suggested that teucriana was quite intermediate 

 between 7'iburniana and paleana. With regard to the pine-feeding 

 species from Ireland, it was probable that in time all these forms might 

 be telescoped into viburniana, but in the present condition of our 

 knowledge and the excessively small amount of material London ento- 

 mologists had to go on, too many names were better than too few, and 

 that it would be quite time to sink the names when more of the 

 different species were known, certainly it was unwise to sink the Irish 

 species into viburniana in the present condition of our knowledge. 



Thursday, November 26th, 1891. — Mr. Cooper exhibited five very 

 fine varieties of Arttia caia var. lutescens, the hind wings having the 

 normal red replaced by yellow ; all the specimens were more or less 

 asymmetrical in the markings and one had the fringe of the hind wings 

 very dark. Mr. Carrington stated that he had lately examined the 

 series of A. caia in the late Mr. Bond's collection, and of 40 specimens 

 6 had dark antennae, i had buff, and the rest light ; but, strange to say, 

 the lightest specimen in the series had dark antennae, whilst the darkest 

 specimen had them light. Mr. South exhibited a series of Liparis 

 monacha var. eremita from larvae from the Forest of Fontainebleau. 

 Mr. Fenn remarked that a well-known British lepidopterist had suc- 

 ceeded, by a careful selection of parents, in producing a race almost 



