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Mr. G. T. Porritt exhibited two fine varieties of Abraxas grossularijta, 

 bred by Mr. George Jackson during the past summer from York lar\oe. 

 Also, on behalf of Mr. T. Baxter, a curious Noctua taken on the sand- 

 hills at St. Anne's-on-Sea on August 20th last, and concerning which 

 a difference of opinion existed as to whether it was a melanic form of 

 Agrotis cicrsoria or of Caradrina cubicuiaris. Also a small dark form 

 of Orgyia aniiqna, which had occurred in some numbers at Longridge 

 near Preston. Mr. A. Eland Shaw exhibited a specimen of Mecflstethiis 

 grossus, Linn., taken lately at Irstead, in the Norfolk Broads district. 

 Me stated that this was the first recorded capture of this species in 

 Britain since 1884. Mr. C. G. Barrett exhibited a specimen of 

 Syrichihus alveus _ caught in Norfolk, about the year i860, by the Rev. 

 J, H. Marsh; a beautiful variety of Argynnis euphrosyne, caught this 

 year near Godalming ; and a series of varieties of Emiomos angular ia, 

 bred from a female taken at Nunhead. Mr. P. Crowley exhibited a 

 specimen of Zygcena filipendida: var. chrysauthemi, taken last August at 

 Kiddles Jovvn near Croydon, by Mr. Murton Holmes. Lord Walsing- 

 ham sent for exhibition several specimens of larvae of Sphinx pinastri 

 and Aphoniia sociella, preserved by himself, which were intended for 

 presentation to the British Museum. The larvae of pinastri had been 

 sent to him by Lord Rendlesham, who obtained them from ova laid by 

 a female which he had captured in Suffolk last August. Mr. de 

 Niceville communicated a paper entitled " On the Variation of some 

 Lidian Eupkeas of the subgenus Sticlophhva ;" and Captain E. Y. 

 Watson exhibited, on behalf of Mr. de Niceville, the specimens re- 

 ferred to in this paper. Colonel Swinhoe, Mr. Hampson, Mr. Poulton, 

 and the Chairman took part in the discussion which ensued. Mr. \\^ 

 Bateson read a paper entitled " On the Variation in the Colours of 

 Cocoons and Pupae of Lepidoptera; further Experiments." Mr. E. B. 

 Poulton read a paper entitled " Further Experiments upon the Colour- 

 relation between certain Lepidoptera and their surroundings." Miss 

 Lilian J. Gould read a paper entitled " Experiments on the Colour- 

 relation between certain Lepidopterous larvae and their surroundings, 

 together with Observations on Lepidopterous larvae." A long discus- 

 sion ensued, in which Mr. Jenner Weir, Dr. Sharp, Mr. Merrifield, ]Mr. 

 Poulton, Mr. Tutt and the Chairman took part. — H. Goss, Hon. Sec. 



City of London Entomological and Natural History Socieiy. 

 — Thursday., September i^th, 1892. — Exhibits: — Dr. Buckell, living 

 Xdsws: oi Ephy7-a punctaiia, 19 days old, examples of Liparis auriffim 

 without the black markings, Nona^^ria rufa from Wimbledon, and a 

 very dark form of Amphipyra pyramidea bred from a larva found in 

 Kensington Gardens. Mr. Southey, series of Hadena pisi and Cidaria 

 dotata from Hampstead ; also a \o\\g%^x\^% oi Abraxas grossularia'a, 

 containing an example with a pale straw ground colour, also a fine 

 specimen, speckled with black dots on both fore and hind wings. 

 Mr. Bacot, examples of Melitcea cinxia from the Isle of Wight, 

 and a series of Theda betulce from South Devon larva;. Mr. Rosevear, 

 two specimens of Torrubia robertsii, a parasitic fungus having for its 

 host the larva of Hepialus virescens from New Zealand ; he also read 

 notes descriptive of the growth of the fungus. Mr. Tutt drew atten- 

 tion to the description of this fungus in the Entom. Record., etc., vol. ii., 

 pp. 99-101. Dr. Sequeira exhibited Bisulcia iigustri, Cuspidiaalni, ai.d 



