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  from 
  the 
  London 
  District, 
  and 
  very 
  dark, 
  almost 
  brown, 
  specimens 
  

   from 
  Elgin. 
  

  

  S. 
  urticcB. 
  — 
  A 
  bred 
  series 
  from 
  Rainham, 
  Essex. 
  

  

  In 
  his 
  remarks 
  Mr. 
  Mera 
  said 
  that 
  var. 
  radiata 
  he 
  understood 
  to 
  

   be 
  the 
  form 
  found 
  in 
  Heligoland, 
  and 
  suggested 
  that 
  the 
  coast 
  of 
  

   Lincoln, 
  from 
  whence 
  came 
  our 
  British 
  radiata 
  originally, 
  had 
  

   practically 
  a 
  similar 
  climate. 
  The 
  Rev. 
  G. 
  H. 
  Raynor 
  bred 
  the 
  

   original 
  from 
  wild 
  collected 
  larvae, 
  and 
  some 
  of 
  his 
  own 
  specimens 
  

   were 
  bred 
  from 
  the 
  larvae 
  sent 
  him 
  by 
  Mr, 
  Raynor. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  W. 
  J. 
  Kaye 
  exhibited 
  the 
  same 
  species 
  and 
  called 
  attention 
  

   to 
  the 
  smoky 
  forms 
  of 
  S. 
  liibricipeda 
  from 
  Ireland. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Sperring 
  exhibited 
  specimens 
  of 
  the 
  same 
  species 
  including 
  

   two 
  quite 
  unusual 
  examples 
  of 
  .5. 
  lubricipeda, 
  having 
  both 
  fore- 
  and 
  

   hmdwings 
  strongly 
  smoky. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Edwards 
  exhibited 
  some 
  of 
  the 
  early 
  bred 
  forms 
  of 
  the 
  zafima 
  

   type 
  before 
  the 
  radiata 
  form 
  was 
  bred 
  in 
  such 
  quantities. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Leeds 
  exhibited 
  many 
  aberrations 
  of 
  the 
  British 
  species 
  of 
  

   the 
  genus 
  Spilosoma, 
  including 
  : 
  — 
  

  

  1. 
  Spilosoma 
  menthastri 
  : 
  Spots 
  minute, 
  large, 
  or 
  elongated, 
  all 
  

  

  wings 
  well 
  spotted, 
  only 
  forewings 
  well-spotted, 
  slightly 
  

   banded, 
  white 
  ground, 
  cream 
  ground, 
  etc. 
  

  

  2. 
  Sjdloaoiua 
  luhriciiteda 
  : 
  ab. 
  radiata, 
  ab. 
  zatima, 
  ochreous 
  buff 
  

  

  ground, 
  rich 
  cream 
  ground, 
  forewings 
  cream, 
  hindwings 
  

   blackish 
  ground, 
  ditto 
  hindwings 
  whitish, 
  well 
  marked, 
  very 
  

   slightly 
  marked, 
  ab. 
  fasciata, 
  etc. 
  

  

  3. 
  Diap/iora 
  wendica 
  : 
  var. 
  rtistica, 
  a 
  smoky 
  form 
  J 
  , 
  slightly 
  

  

  dotted, 
  heavily 
  marked, 
  nervures 
  creamy, 
  varied 
  cream 
  and 
  

   dark 
  suffusion, 
  etc. 
  

   Mr. 
  B. 
  W. 
  Adkin 
  then 
  read 
  his 
  notes 
  on 
  

  

  The 
  Genus 
  Spilosoma. 
  

  

  The 
  suggestion 
  by 
  our 
  President 
  that 
  this 
  Society 
  should 
  make 
  

   and 
  exhibition 
  of 
  the 
  genus 
  Spilosoma 
  was 
  very 
  pleasing 
  to 
  me, 
  and 
  

   in 
  case 
  other 
  members 
  should 
  not 
  have 
  prepared 
  remarks 
  upon 
  the 
  

   subject, 
  I 
  have 
  ventured 
  to 
  bring 
  a 
  short 
  note, 
  which, 
  with 
  your 
  

   permission, 
  1 
  will 
  read. 
  

  

  The 
  genus 
  Spilosoma, 
  as 
  arranged 
  in 
  my 
  cabinet, 
  appears 
  to 
  

   include 
  five 
  species, 
  fuUijinosa, 
  mendica, 
  menthastri, 
  iirtica, 
  and 
  

   hihricipeda 
  ; 
  but 
  according 
  to 
  South's 
  little 
  hand-book 
  the 
  two 
  first- 
  

   named 
  species 
  belong 
  to 
  other 
  families, 
  and 
  the 
  genus 
  Spilosoma 
  is 
  

   restricted 
  to 
  the 
  three 
  species, 
  which 
  we 
  know 
  as 
  " 
  Ermines." 
  

  

  It 
  may 
  be 
  more 
  strictly 
  correct 
  to 
  sub-divide 
  the 
  genus 
  further, 
  

  

  