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  MARCH 
  28th, 
  1918. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Ashdown 
  exhibited 
  a 
  copy 
  of 
  Lister's 
  edition 
  of 
  Goedart's 
  

   "De 
  Insectis 
  in 
  Methodum 
  redactus 
  cum 
  notularum 
  additions," 
  

   published 
  in 
  1685, 
  and 
  called 
  attention 
  to 
  the 
  plates, 
  which 
  contain 
  

   early 
  and 
  mostly 
  well-recognisable 
  figures 
  of 
  many 
  British 
  species 
  

   of 
  insects 
  in 
  both 
  larval 
  and 
  imaginal 
  stages. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Newman 
  exhibited 
  a 
  very 
  fine 
  series 
  of 
  Cosymhia 
  [EpJiyra) 
  

   jjendiilaria, 
  mainly 
  of 
  the 
  form 
  var. 
  decoraria 
  (subroseata), 
  in 
  great 
  

   variety, 
  bred 
  from 
  ova 
  obtained 
  from 
  wild 
  females 
  taken 
  in 
  North 
  

   Staffordshire, 
  and 
  forced 
  to 
  emerge 
  in 
  January 
  and 
  February 
  of 
  this 
  

   year. 
  Only 
  a 
  few 
  of 
  those 
  bred 
  were 
  typical, 
  the 
  very 
  large 
  majority 
  

   were 
  distinctly 
  of 
  the 
  var. 
  decoraria, 
  and 
  scarcely 
  one 
  specimen 
  

   which 
  could 
  be 
  called 
  intermediate 
  in 
  coloration. 
  Two 
  examples 
  

   were 
  very 
  aberrant, 
  with 
  the 
  ground 
  colour 
  very 
  similar 
  to 
  the 
  

   general 
  coloration 
  of 
  Epliyra 
  orhicidaria. 
  Included 
  in 
  the 
  range 
  of 
  

   variation 
  of 
  this 
  form 
  were 
  almost 
  all 
  combinations 
  and 
  permuta- 
  

   tions 
  of 
  the 
  dark 
  grey 
  and 
  rosy 
  areas, 
  both 
  of 
  which 
  suffusions 
  

   varied 
  much 
  in 
  area 
  and 
  in 
  intensity 
  from 
  a 
  minimum 
  of 
  very 
  pale 
  

   pink 
  on 
  the 
  forewings 
  to 
  a 
  maximum 
  of 
  rich 
  rosy 
  colour 
  on 
  all 
  the 
  

   wings. 
  Scarcely 
  a 
  specimen 
  but 
  had 
  the 
  post 
  discal 
  line 
  wide 
  and 
  

   in 
  strong 
  contrast 
  to 
  the 
  rest 
  of 
  the 
  wing. 
  A 
  good 
  proportion 
  had 
  

   the 
  marginal 
  area 
  beyond 
  this 
  line 
  lighter 
  in 
  the 
  dark 
  shade 
  than 
  

   the 
  area 
  inside 
  the 
  line. 
  This 
  marginal 
  area 
  had 
  a 
  tendency 
  to 
  be 
  

   divided 
  into 
  two 
  areas, 
  a 
  lighter 
  (outer) 
  and 
  a 
  darker 
  (inner), 
  

   especially 
  on 
  the 
  hindwings, 
  which 
  culminated 
  in 
  one 
  very 
  pretty 
  

   specimen 
  with 
  a 
  practically 
  white 
  outer 
  half 
  by 
  the 
  extension 
  of 
  the 
  

   usually 
  very 
  small 
  white 
  markings 
  along 
  the 
  extreme 
  outer 
  margin. 
  

   One 
  cannot 
  do 
  justice 
  in 
  mere 
  words 
  to 
  the 
  beauty 
  of 
  this 
  fine 
  

   series. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Hy. 
  J. 
  Turner 
  exhibited 
  a 
  long 
  series 
  of 
  Phigalia 
  pedaria 
  

   (jiilosaria) 
  from 
  Sherwood 
  Forest 
  and 
  other 
  localities, 
  the 
  former 
  

   taken 
  this 
  year. 
  They 
  included 
  (1) 
  specimens 
  of 
  the 
  form 
  with 
  

   greenish 
  coloration, 
  one 
  of 
  which 
  had 
  traces 
  of 
  yellow; 
  (2) 
  speci- 
  

   mens 
  of 
  the 
  soft 
  grey 
  general 
  coloration, 
  very 
  much 
  dusted 
  with 
  

   black, 
  not 
  brown, 
  with 
  strong 
  costal 
  clouds, 
  and 
  markings 
  fairly 
  

   well 
  defined, 
  only 
  one 
  being 
  much 
  devoid 
  of 
  markings 
  ; 
  (3) 
  speci- 
  

   mens 
  of 
  an 
  olive-grey 
  with 
  much 
  brown 
  powdering 
  and 
  markings 
  

   of 
  a 
  deep 
  brown, 
  no 
  ochreous 
  colour, 
  the 
  brown 
  powdering 
  very 
  fine 
  

   and 
  lines 
  quite 
  clear 
  cut 
  ; 
  (4) 
  specimens 
  with 
  ground 
  black 
  or 
  

   blackish 
  grey, 
  one 
  example 
  is 
  probably 
  ab. 
  monotonia, 
  thinly 
  scaled 
  

   and 
  semitransparent, 
  no 
  markings, 
  deep 
  black 
  veins 
  and 
  no 
  costal 
  

  

  