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portion of the ground colour (posterior to the original black dot), to 

 form, as it were, a red dot, which was, therefore, not in the same 

 position, nor did it replace the original black dot. Messrs. Heasler 

 and Cripps stated their experience corroborated Mr, Tutt's ; Mr. 

 Lewcock, however, was of opinion that the red spots frequently re- 

 placed the black. On the motion of Messrs. Tremayne and Tutt, a 

 vote of thanks was accorded to Mr. Lewcock for his paper. 



Mr. Clark announced that a specimen of the Dunlin {Tringa 

 variabilis) had been shot on Tottenham Marshes by Mr. Skertchley. 

 He also announced the decision of the Council to charge members 

 IS. for second copies of the Transactions for 1891, and non-members, 

 2s. — A. U. Battley and J, A. Simes, Hon. Sees. 



South London Entomological Society. — Thursday, February nth, 

 1 89 1. — Mr. J. Jenner Weir read some very interesting notes on 

 " protective resemblance," as exhibited in the habits of Cymothoe 

 theodoia, C. ccenis, C. theobene and C. cemilius, the latter species 

 exhibiting an extreme divergence in the coloration and size of the 

 different sexes. Mr. Farren made an interesting exhibit of vars. of 

 Peronea variegana, the specimens being very black in colour, and stated 

 that almost 50 per cent, of the specimens captured in the particular 

 locality near Scarbro', from which these were obtained, were of this 

 form ; a fine series of P. schalleriaiia var. latifasciana from the same 

 locality, Eupaxilia vedisana from Wicken, and Elachista subocellea from 

 the chalk near Cambridge. He stated that Mr. Tutt had, apparently, 

 the same species from the chalk at Cuxton, in Kent. Mr. Farren asked 

 for remarks, re his vedisana. Mr. C. G. Barrett said that this " Fen" 

 form of vedisana, with a central band, was very remarkable, and so 

 dissimilar from the more unicolorous salt marsh form that it was some- 

 what difficult to suppose them identical, although that was his opinion. 

 He stated that the specimens appeared to be like a moth which he had 

 long since received from Prof. Zeller. Mr. Fenn also remarked on 

 this exhibit. Mr. Billups exhibited a Noctuid larva, found feeding on a 

 tomato, imported from the Canary Islands. Mr, Tutt stated that it was 

 probably Frode?iia littoralis, a species bred last year by Mr. Boden, and 

 referred to the recent exhibit of three similar larvae at a recent meeting 

 of the City of London Society. Mr. W. Austin, of Folkestone, 

 exhibited the beautiful vars. of Lyccena bellargus, previously noticed 

 {Record W., p 273). Mr. Tutt, exhibited for Mr, Tunstall, the Nadena 

 pisi, H.dissiniilis, Fanolis piniperda, Fupithecia fraxinaia, and Sciaphila 

 penziana, which are mentioned in the Report of the City of London 

 Society, for February 4th, He also exhibited the insects in the 

 Exhibition Box of No. 2 basket of the Record Exchange Club. They 

 consisted of a dark var, of villica, bred by Mr. Maddison (a note con- 

 cerning which appears in another column), Amblyptilia pundidadyla, 

 belonging to Dr. Riding, a very dark Hybernia progemmaria var. fuscaia 

 belonging to Mr. Collins, of Warrington, the suffused form of Hyria 

 auroraria, Orrhodia vaccinii, one of which showed the concave outer 

 margin supposed to be typical of O. ligula (generally but erroneously 

 called spadicea). Mr. Williams, a varied series of Cosmia tmpezina, 

 one of a blackish-grey coloration with only the transverse lines paler. 

 Mr. Adkin, two fine vars, ( 3' and ? ) oi Nemeophila planiaginis ; the hind 

 wings dusted with black scales to such an extent as to obscure tht; 



