306 THE entomologist's hecord. 



.united leaves of aspen in Siithevlandsliire, togetliev witli representatives 

 of the South English, Shetland and Eannoeh forms for comparison, 

 calling attention to the variation existing between them. Mr. T. R. 

 Billups exhil^ited a number of species of rare Diptera, taken at Oxshott 

 and Dulwich, including amongst others Helomyza ijaUiiJa, Fb., Sciomyza 

 dnhia, Mg., itc. Mr. (_'. Oldham exhibited Xantliia r/rceUaris, Hufn, 

 X. (jikago, Esp., AncJiocelis hinosa, Haw., A. h'ttira, &c. from Essex, 

 Cambridgeshire and Norfolk. — H. Williams, Hon. Sec. 



Thursday, October 26th, 1893. — J. Jenner AVeir, Esq., President, in 

 the chair. — Mr. Erohawk exhibited a second brood of Argynnis paphia 

 from eggs of var. valezina, only one of the four specimens being the 

 var. The ova Avere laid in June, and the larvfe hatched in July. Mr. 

 Tutt remarked that he had seen specimens of a second brood of 

 A. pajjhia and had bred second broods of Fanes.sa urticce, atalanta, io 

 and c-alhma, Mr. South, Continental examples of Lyccena hellargus, 

 with its var. ceronm, a female, blue like the male, with the fulvous 

 -spots very distinct ; L. corydon, with a female specimen of its var. 

 syngrapha, and a var. with its fringes perfectly Avhite ; also large and 

 very dark specimens of L. arlon. Mr. Weir remarked that many years' 

 experience of the Blues at Lewes had jiroduced liut little variation. 

 Mr. S. Stevens, a specimen of Tinea simpJiceUa. Mr. Barrett remarked 

 on the rarity of the species, but Mr. Tutt stated that he had captured 

 it in two localities in Kent during the last fcAv j^ears. Mr Hamm, 

 long series of the tAvo broods of Leucophasia sinapis, Avell illustrating 

 both their seasonal and sexual dimorphism ; Colias edusa, among Avliich 

 was a female Avith onty the faintest trace of a spot in the black border, 

 and several A\ar. helice ; long series of Melitcea aurinia, bred from 

 Hampshire, Avith captured specimens from Hampshire for comparison, 

 also a remarkable scaleless aberration ; it Avas noted that some of the 

 Hants specimens Avere comparable to A'ar. hibernica ; a specimen of 

 Chrysophanus phlceas, Avitli only two spots on the primaries; bleached 

 vars. of botli Eplnephele janira and E. tlthonns ; a \'ar. of Smerinthus 

 tilke, a long series of Toxocampa p>astinnm, a most remarkable var. 

 of Epinephele hyperantlms, having only one Aving normal, the others 

 Avith the yelloAv rings on the under side much enlarged, the colour 

 being irregularly spread OA^er a considerable area, and streaks of 

 it protruding into the black ground ; a case containing long and 

 varied series of all the British species of the genus Xanthia, that 

 of X. gilvago and X. aurago being especially noticeable ; some fine 

 Dasycavipa rnbiginea and Cosmia paleacea, Avith many other species. 

 Mr. Carpenter, bred series of Tnphceiia comes from Al^erdeen, and of 

 Aplecta prasina from Essex. Mr. Enoch, a A-ery dark female of the 

 dark April Ijrood of Lyccena argiohis, taken at lVr(j[uay by Master 

 John Enoch. Mr. P. Bright, a gynandrous specimen of Argynnis 

 paphia, the left side male, the right female ; a specimen of Ematurga 

 atomaria, \^ery dark, Avith only a few traces of the j^elloAv markings, 

 and another sj^ecimen Avith three normal Avings, the right inferior 

 being uniformly dark ; a very dark female Stilbia anomala, and 

 a A^aried series of Emydia cribrum, some being banded. Mr. Adkin, the 

 following types of A^ariation in Chrysophaims phheas, taken at Ea.stbourne 

 on September 4th. (1) ShoAving the sub-marginal row of black spots 

 ■on the primaries, reduced in some specimens to minute dots ; (2) ShoAv- 

 ing spots large, costa and Aving rays thickly dusted Avitli black scales ; 



