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the scale in the course of its development in the pupa was (1) Trans- 

 parent. (2) White. (8) Yellow (owing to the deposit of pigment factor 

 from the pupal blood), (4) Ordinary colour of matured pigment. In 

 the pale specimens under discussion the scales were fully formed, but 

 did not appear to have got beyond stage 2 or 3. Triph^na ^uIiSEQUA. 

 — Mr. May exhibited specimens captured in the New Forest in June. 

 Mr. Tutt remarked that the regularity with which this species appeared 

 in the Isle of Wight in September, suggested a regular double brood in 

 the southern counties. Hlack aberrations of L. sibylla in 1896. — 

 Mr. Heasler read the following note from Mr. Cross, of Ely: — " I 

 have made enquiries about black L. sibi/lla, and can only say I took 

 one ; Mr. Nash, two ; Mr. Cox, one ; Mr. Brameld, two ; Geo. 

 Gulliver, ten ; and his sister, Mrs. Hillier, several ; and also Mr. Hills, 

 of Folkestone, one. How many C. Gulliver took I cannot hear, and, 

 I daresay, others that have been here may have taken some ; it has 

 been a year for them." Aberration of Dryas paphia. — Mr. May said 

 he had seen a specimen of IK paplda in the New Forest last June, 

 which had a strong tinge of the ralcsiua coloration on the right hind- 

 wing. Catocala nupta ab. ceuui.kscens. — Mr. J. H. Smart exhibited 

 a very fine specimen of this rare aberration, which he had bred from 

 a larva taken amongst others, at rest during the daytime on 

 poplars, at Crossness Outfall, Belvedere, Kent, about the middle of 

 June last. It was put into an ordinary breeding-cage, fed on poplar, 

 and pupated at the end of June, the imago emerging on July 18th. 

 Mr. Tutt drew attention to the fact that only two British specimens of 

 this rare aberration were known, one taken by Dr. Laver at Colchester 

 (Brit. XiH-t., vol. iv., p. 51), and another by Mr. Mark Winkley at 

 Mitcham {Drit. Xoct., yo\. iv., p. 181). These three specimens all had the 

 usual red colour replaced by a purple-brown tint, and the specimen 

 exhibited by Mr. Smart was also somewhat melanic on the under-surface. 

 Calocampa vktusta var. bkunnea. — Dr. Sequeira exhibited Sligo 

 specimens of this particularly Irish form. Aberrations of Nocture 

 captured at Rainham, Essex. — The Eev. C R. N. Burrows exhibited a 

 gynandromorphous specimen of (ronoptera libatrLv, which had been 

 captured at Rainham. The left antenna was distinctly ^ , the right 

 2 . Also a specimen of Ai/rotis sci/ct/ion, with the costal edge towards 

 the apex of both fore-wings, quite white in colour. A specimen of 

 Leucania pallcm, exhibiting aberrant neuration. A specimen of 

 Mami'stra brassirac, having a ruddy tinge all over the fore-wings. Two 

 female Ai/rotis puta, strongly suffused with red. A specimen of 

 Triiphaona pnmuba, with dark longitudinal lines on the fore-wings. 

 Mr. Tutt remarked, with regard to the red form of A. pnta, that this 

 was Hiibner's type. He had captured a male, richly tinted, at 

 Deal, and recorded the same in JJrit. Noctuae ami their Varieties. 

 Captuhes in Suffolk. — Mr. Hloomfield exhibited Catocala spimsa, 

 Dianthoecia eucuhali, etc., from Bures, Suffolk. Food-plant of Papilio 

 MACHAON. — Mr. Tutt, referring to a remark made concerning the food- 

 plant of this species in the Alps, said that it was undoubtedly Daimis 

 carota and the allied umbellifers, which were exceedingly abundant 

 at pretty high elevations. It occurred up to 8,000 ft., and he 

 referred to a fact, first noticed by Mr. Lemann, that the species 

 had, in the high Alps, a habit of flying about the grassy knolls 

 which surmounted many mountains at a considerable elevation. 

 Sp«e4C Qf species. — Mr, Frost drew attention to the fact that he often 



