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wings ; a J Aijriades coridon with a light blue spot in each hindwing; 

 a, Xanthorhoe sociata, ha,Y'mg the transverse band reduced to a couple 

 of spots on a pure white ground ; a Tripliaena comes with a unique 

 form of aberration in which the black submarginal band of the 

 hindwings was broken up into irregular rays, etc. Mr. J. A. Simes 

 exhibited about 180 specimens of Melitaea didyiua from many localities 

 in Europe and N. Africa, showing all the chief named forms and many 

 other aberrations, the most notable being var. pemea from Greece, 

 radiated aberrations mainly Swiss, and an extremely large unnamed 

 race from S. Italy. He also exhibited the various European species 

 of the genus Melannnjia, including fine examples of JSL (/alathea var. 

 procida, with transitional forms to the extreme black var. turcica from 

 Calabria, and a long series of M. anje from S.E. Italy, with eight 

 examples of ab. caeca. Rev. Alfred Stiff exhibited numerous 

 aberrational forms including: — Epinephele tithonus, with blind 

 apical ocelli, and with extra ocelli ; a Celastrina arciioliis of the size 

 of average Cupido niininuis: and Fijraweis atalanta, one with 

 broken red bands on the forewing, one with bands on all four 

 wings of a light vermillion colour, those on the hindwings being 

 destitute of black spots, and one with the bands on the hindwings 

 partially yellow ; etc. Mr. G. T. Porritt exhibited series of two fine 

 forms of Abra.vas (jrossulariata, one allied to ab. hazeleif/licnsis but having 

 the orange band very broad and the outer margins of all the wings 

 broadly white, the other a heavily marked form with the yellow almost 

 obliterated, and the hindwings broadly banded with black ; they were 

 both bred from Huddersfield larvfe. Mr. L. W. Newman showed paint- 

 ings of all the most striking aberrations bred by him during the past 

 two seasons. Mr. W. J. Kaye exhibited a number of species of Hcli- 

 conitts with aberrations of each showing a considerable melanic tendency 

 in the increase in the amount of dark coloration. Rev. G. Wheeler 

 exhibited numerous aberrations and rare forms including : — Apatura 

 iris ab. iole and aberrations with the white marking on the hindwings 

 replaced by leaden blue ; Dri/as paphia var. dives, $ and $ , a new and 

 rare form from Algeria obtained by M. Oberthiir; Arcjynnis adippe 

 var. cidorodippe, and other aberrant underside examples ; five examples 

 of the hybrid Aijriades poluntis, with Ai/riades tJtetis, and A. coridon, 

 with which they were taken at Assisi in Italy ; Ac/riades thefis, ab. 

 pimctirera from Africa, ab. 2 coelestis from S.W. France, and four ab. 

 2 iirauia, in which the brown is replaced by black, taken in .June near 

 Dorking. Mr. J. Piatt Barrett showed examples of Poh/omiiiatus 

 icariis and Af/riades coridon, taken in 1911 and 1912, and pointed out 

 that those of the former year were much more rosy on the undersides 

 and all had very bright red spots, while those of the latter year were 

 more drab in colouration, and with a tendency for the red spots to 

 disappear entirely. Mr. W. J. Ashdown exhibited extremely varied 

 series of Calywnia trapezina and Strenia clathrata. Mr. Stallman 

 showed numerous aberrations including: — Aricia niedon [astrarche) from 

 Margate, with white rings around the discoidals ; Colias edusa J with 

 much reduced yellow in the black marginal band, and a var. helice 

 of unusually pale tint ; a (Josmotriche jiotatoria bred from a cocoon 

 found at Wicken, with a clean-cut portion out of the left fore- wing 

 and the transverse lines of this wing quite absent; a Hypocrita 

 jacohaeae with yellow in place of red on the R. lower wing, and some 



