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(1) Normal form. (2) Specimens from pups^ exposed to low tempera- 

 ture. These exhibit a narrowing of the pale border, a darkening of the 

 l)order by the increase in the number of minute l)laciv dots, an increase 

 in the size of the blue spots." 



Mr. I). C. Bate read the following notes on the Lauva or Okgyia 

 ANTiQUA. This larva (which at hatchin<i is, as far as I can see, 

 indistinguishable from either I'sHura iminar/ia or (hncria dispar), at 

 its first change of skin develops the four paint-brush tufts of hair on 

 its back, but all black ; the tail tuft is very small and indistinct, as 

 also are the " ear tufts." At the second change the paint-brush 

 tufts are the first two, black, and the second two, white ; whilst at the 

 third change the whole are white tipped with pink. At the second 

 change the tail- and ear-tufts are fully developed. I show these three 

 stages ; Imt all my larv;e having pas.sed the first, I am unable to show 

 that stage, [For notes on the moults of the larva of (K fDitiijiKi, rid,', 

 }\. .][.}['., xxiii., pp. 224-227 and p. 274.— Ed.] . 



Messrs. Bacot, Nicholson and Bayne exhibited their series of the 

 GENUS HiBERNiA to illustrate a paper on that group, read by the latter 

 gentleman. Mr. Tutt directed the members' attention to the fact, 

 that the hybernating stage was certainly known in the case of every 

 HiUTiSH SPECIES OF BUTTERFLY, with the exception of Li/cai'ua arion 

 and T/ii/iiidicus tliaidjuts, which he, therefore, recommended to 

 their notice. He stated that Callophrys rubi had been unusually 

 abundant at Folkestone, where it had been found to feed on sun- 

 ciSTUS {Hdiant/icinuin rulijair). He further stated that Dr. Chapman 

 and himself had seen what they believed to be a specimen of Orgyia 

 ANTIQUA, flying in the sunshine, on the 7th of April, near Hereford. 

 Mr. Bayne remarked that Lepidoptf.ha in general seemed scarce 

 in the New Forest, where he had noticed Paran/r ciicria on the 

 wing, at Easter. He and other members agreed that butter- 

 flies were not at all common at Epping Forest ; but Mr. Bacot had 

 found Kurldot' cardaiiiineN, and the usual " Vanessas," common at 

 Hatfield and Lambourne End. 



June 2nd, 1896. — Exhibits. — Mr. Bacot exhibited specimens of 

 Tryph.enaorbona (comes), bred from ova laid by 2 $ s taken at Sandown 

 last September. The larvie fed up during the winter on cabbage, carrot, 

 etc., and the moths emerged during January, February and March. As 

 the larviP got mixed, he was unable now to separate tliem into the two 

 broods, which was unfortunate, as the variation was considerable The 

 2 s were too worn to be worth keeping, but so far as he could 

 remember, there was nothing very remarkable about them ; also, 

 Tii/phaeiia Janthhia, hred horn a, $ taken at Sandown. Mr. Bate: a 

 specimen of Smerinthus tili.e, having the right fore- wing somewhat 

 malformed, and without the usual dark central blothes; the whitish 

 apical mark was larger and more indistinct than that on the left 

 fore-wing, which was normal. Mr. Bate; also exhibited leaves of a 

 lime (?) tree, growing in the grounds of Sir H. Bessemer, atDulwich ; 

 this tree always produces abnormally large leaves, sometimes even 

 larger than those exhibited, which were about 9 inches in diameter. 

 Mr. Tutt exhibited living pup.k of Epinephele ianira and Enodia 

 iiyperanthus, and drew attention to the difference in their structure, 

 especially with regard to the al)l)reviated nose-horns of H. /ni/imnit/iMs, 

 and the absence of cremastral hooks in the latter .species, showing that 



