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" These four ' forwards ' fed through the winter indoors, pupated in 

 February, 1897, and emerged after exactly 50 days in the pupal state. 

 They were generally dark, and had more or less black fringe to hind- 

 Avings." Vakiation of larva of Saturnia carpini. — Mr. Bate also 

 exhibited two larvae oi Satuniia 2)(it'onia-iui)ior, one in the 2nd, and 

 one in the 3rd skin. The first was black, with orange tubercles ; the 

 second was green, with interesting club-shaped hairs on the thoracic 

 and last two abdominal segments. Notes on Melaxippe montanata. 

 — Mr. Prout exhibited a short bred series of Mdauippt' niontanata, 

 from a 5 captured in Epping Forest. Eight of these fed up and 

 emerged in the autumn ; two hybernated in their final skin ; also two 

 bred specimens of the var. s/wtlaiKlira, Weir, the larvae of which 

 hybernated in the last skin but one ; also a specimen of the var. 

 lappanica, Stgr., from North Finland. Mr. Tutt, in his British Motli.s, 

 p. 274, appears to unite these two varieties, but they seem to differ 

 considerably (as Herr August Hoffman has remarked), in that the 

 former is darker 'Bud more ochreous, the latter much paler than the 

 type form. Living larv.e. — Mr. Bacot : Larvae of Acidalia marfiine- 

 punctata and A. inornata, Porthesia cJiri/sorrhuea and P. fiiviilis, Polia 

 xantJunnbta var. nigrocincta, Catocala fra.nni and C. mipta : also 

 newly-hatched larvae of FAurantlm plumUtraria and Hemerophila 

 ahruptaria; also larvae of Tep/trosia crepuxcularia ( humdularia / in 

 1st stage. Mr. Bacot read the following notes : " Although the 

 eggs of E. plumistaria and 11. ahruptaria are very similar, with respect 

 to certain strongly-marked characters, the larvae are entirely different. 

 The young larvae of E. plum istr aria are superficially similar to those 

 of T. cripuscularia. Differences of detail are, however, apparent with 

 the microscope. The coloration and characters of newly-hatched 

 larvfe of Sdenia and Ni/.tsia are also similar to those of TupJtrosia, and it 

 seems probable that Selenia is really much nearer to Tephrosia than 

 to Eugonia, with which it is usually placed." 



June 15th, 1897. — Boarmia consortaria in the. New Forest. — 

 Mr. Nicholson exhibited a specimen of Boarmia cumortaria, taken in 

 the New Forest on Whit Monday last, and some of the eggs laid by it. 

 Malformation of Pieris brassic^.— Mr. Bate : One ^ and five $ 

 Pieris brassicae, bred from larvae found last autumn. Two females 

 showed slight malformation, due to the tightness of the silk sling 

 which the larva spun, and which caused a deep indentation in the 

 pupa. With reference to this exhibit, Mr. Nicholson said that he had 

 always bred (ioncptfnj.v rhamni with the mark of the pupa-case 

 (silken girth ? — Ed.) across its wings, though not so badly as in these 

 specimens. Aberrations of Coremia ferrugata, etc. — Mr. Bayne : 

 ('orcmia ferrugata {!) with the ivfin spot obsolete, from Epping; (2) 

 with the twin spot strongly developed, from the New Forest ; (8) 

 with the red lighter than usual, from Aylesbury ; (4) with the band 

 very dark, from Aylesbury. He also exhibited red-banded C. unident- 

 aria, from Epping ; Melanippe galiata, one with black solid band, 

 from Aylesbury ; Cidaria corglata, from Epping, one suffused with 

 olive ; Aglais urticae, approaching var. pulari.s, from Hoddesdon, 1897 ; 

 yola ciuullatella, with the melanic var. ; Thgatira hatis, one from 

 Epping, without the pink colour in the spots, though very fresh. 

 Oxshott in June. — Mr. Bate had been at Oxshott on Monday last, 

 •AXi^\.\xa.i\io\\\\(\. Bupalm piniaria, a few Brenthis si'lcne, PoJgommatus 



