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lie gave a.s his opinion that the ainiormal coloration and crippling arose 

 from a common disease. Mr. Farren, long and variable series 

 (if Peronea vnriegnna, Jiast/'ana, schallcriana, conipurana and other 



TORTKICES. 



Fridaij, November 25th. — Mr. Farren, some strongly marked speci- 

 mens of Arcfia Inbricipeda bred from ova, both parents lieing var. 

 vadiata. Mr. Fitzroy, a series of Xanthia gikago and other NocTU-i;, 

 chielly taken at Cambridge gas lamps during September. Mr. Eickard, 

 some beautiful varieties of Arctla Inhr/'cipeda taken in a garden, a good 

 pale variety of Abraxcui grossulariata, and a specimen of Epitnda hitu- 

 li'iita, all from the district. Mr. G. H. Bryan, M.A., read a paper, 

 '• Insect hunting in the Eiviera," being an account of live weeks' 

 collecting from the 22nd of March last at Alassid, Mentone, Hyeres, 

 Aries, Nimes, Avignon, Tarascon, etc., giving long lists of Le})idoptera, 

 (ktleoptera, etc., captured or observed, and many interesting notes 

 on their ha))its; the paper was illustrated hj an exhibition of several 

 boxes of the specimens collected, the Lepidoptera and Coleoptera 

 lieing especially well set and in excellent condition. — Wji. Fakkex, 

 Hon. Sec. 



York and DrsTRiOT Field Xaturalists' Society. — December 14///, 

 1892. — Mr. J. Hawkins exhibited a specimen of Colias edusa, taken 

 within a mile of the Cathedral, York. Mr. K. Button, A. hduhnta 

 from Castle ^loreton ; Nocfua sobrina, Aberdeen ; specimens of Basy- 

 campa rnbiginea, Iloniton ; Lithosia sericea, Manchester ; Angerona 

 prunaria, Folkestone ; Noctna neglecta, Aberdeen ; Lijciena hellargits, 

 liedhill ; Psodos coracina, Eannoch ; Aplecfa pjrasina, Winchester; 

 Polia chi var. olivacea, Durham ; and a specimen of CaUlmorpha licra, 

 taken in South Devon, in 1S92. Mr. W. Hewett, C. edusa, and four speci- 

 mens of the variety lielice, taken at Frith, Kent, 1877 ; Seleuia hmaria 

 (bred) from Forres and Essex; Himera peniunia, York andKeut: Selenki 

 idustraria, summer brood from Worthing ; dark forms of Odontopera 

 bidentata, from Forres ; Tephrosia extersaria, Xew Forest ; Etqnthec/a 

 lieJveticata, from Perthshire ; Cidaria suffumata, and Melanippe tristata, 

 l>arnsley : Hi/psipetes ehdata, Pennistone Moor : H. imphiviata, New 

 Forest ; F. brmineata, Larentia rufidiirtata, Viinin/'a myricce, C;/mato- 

 phora duplari's, Ajdecta tincta, Aiiarta cordigera, and Phibaluptertjx 

 lapidata, from Eannoch ; CacuUia asteris, Weymouth ; C. abifi/ntJu't',. 

 Kent ; Dianthoecia capsophild, Kirk Michael, Isle of Man ; Clcoceris 

 vminalis, Wharncliffe Crags ; Agrotis corticea, Forres ; Cmpidla strigosa, 

 Cambridgeshire ; and Xaathia sdago, from Acomb Churchyard, York. 

 Mr. W. Mansbridge, F.E.S., of Horsforth, Leeds, then gave a highly 

 interesting and instructive lecture on the early development of lepi- 

 doptera, and illustrated the lecture by numerous diagrams, most of 

 which had been pre^jared from dissections, made by himself ; Mr. 

 Mansbridge dealt with the structure of the egg, and traced the various 

 stages in the development of lepidopterous larva^, and exhibited several 

 very striking varieties of Abraxas grossnlariata, bred from larva3 

 C(jLlected in the neighbourhood of Horsforth ; also some fine examples 

 of P. chi, and its variety oJicacea, selected from a great number of 

 specimens taken by him during the last two seasons in the neighbour- 

 hood of Horsforth, Yorkshire. — William Hewett, Hon. Sec. 



