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  by 
  himself, 
  on 
  July 
  14th, 
  1916. 
  Also 
  a 
  specimen 
  of 
  Chrome 
  eumeus, 
  

   taken 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Kershaw 
  near 
  Hongkong, 
  December 
  15th, 
  1901, 
  and 
  

   figured 
  in 
  his 
  "Butterflies 
  of 
  Hongkong 
  and 
  South 
  China." 
  

  

  The 
  rest 
  of 
  the 
  evening 
  was 
  devoted 
  to 
  a 
  discussion 
  and 
  exhibi- 
  

   tion 
  of 
  Eniatiirga 
  att»iiaria. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Robert 
  Adkin 
  exhibited 
  a 
  series 
  of 
  Ematurf/a 
  atoinaria 
  from 
  a 
  

   large 
  number 
  of 
  British 
  localities, 
  including 
  Orkney, 
  the 
  limit 
  of 
  its 
  

   northerly 
  range 
  in 
  these 
  islands, 
  Hebrides, 
  Arran, 
  various 
  parts 
  of 
  

   the 
  Scottish 
  main 
  land, 
  Ireland, 
  Wales, 
  and 
  many 
  English 
  locali- 
  

   ties. 
  He 
  called 
  attention 
  to 
  a 
  very 
  yellow 
  form 
  occurring 
  on 
  the 
  

   Kentish 
  North 
  Downs, 
  notably 
  at 
  Wye 
  and 
  Folkestone, 
  where 
  it 
  was 
  

   the 
  prevailing 
  form 
  ; 
  to 
  an 
  unicolorous 
  dark 
  brown 
  male 
  specimen, 
  

   taken 
  near 
  Loughton 
  by 
  the 
  late 
  J, 
  R. 
  Wellman, 
  and 
  to 
  a 
  very 
  

   similar 
  form 
  which 
  had 
  been 
  bred 
  in 
  some 
  numbers 
  from 
  Lanca- 
  

   shire, 
  in 
  which 
  both 
  sexes 
  were 
  of 
  the 
  same 
  dark 
  brown 
  colour. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  B, 
  W. 
  Adkin 
  exhibited 
  series 
  of 
  H. 
  atoinaria 
  from 
  many 
  parts 
  

   of 
  England 
  and 
  Scotland, 
  including 
  several 
  specimens 
  of 
  the 
  moor- 
  

   land 
  form, 
  blackish 
  rather 
  than 
  brown, 
  taken 
  by 
  himself 
  at 
  Stan- 
  

   hope, 
  County 
  Durham, 
  in 
  May, 
  1918, 
  and 
  showing 
  considerable 
  

   variation 
  ; 
  males 
  approaching 
  female 
  coloration 
  from 
  the 
  South 
  

   Downs 
  ; 
  bright 
  forms 
  of 
  males 
  from 
  Northamptonshire 
  and 
  the 
  

   North 
  Downs 
  ; 
  various 
  forms 
  from 
  the 
  New 
  Forest, 
  Worcester 
  and 
  

   Dorset 
  ; 
  two 
  females 
  with 
  slight 
  markings 
  and 
  the 
  sub-marginal 
  

   line 
  absent 
  ; 
  dark 
  females 
  bred 
  from 
  larvse 
  taken 
  on 
  the 
  Shirley 
  

   Hills; 
  entirely 
  brown 
  males 
  from 
  Tilgate 
  Forest, 
  Huddersfield 
  and 
  

   Lancashire 
  ; 
  a 
  black 
  female 
  from 
  Lancashire 
  ; 
  and 
  specimens 
  from 
  

   Arran, 
  Hawick, 
  Aviemore 
  and 
  the 
  Hebrides. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  W. 
  J. 
  Ashdown 
  exhibited 
  E. 
  atoinaria 
  from 
  many 
  Surrey 
  

   localities, 
  and 
  specimens 
  from 
  Switzerland 
  of 
  the 
  yellow 
  form 
  so 
  

   prevalent 
  on 
  the. 
  continent. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  H. 
  A. 
  Leeds 
  exhibited 
  specimens 
  of 
  E. 
  atoinaria 
  from 
  the 
  

   Midlands, 
  including 
  a 
  specimen 
  with 
  bright 
  yellow 
  ground, 
  and 
  two 
  

   female 
  ab. 
  unicolorata 
  from 
  Bury, 
  Lancashire. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Barnett 
  exhibited 
  very 
  pale 
  examples 
  of 
  E. 
  atoinaria 
  from 
  

   Wicl<en 
  and 
  Chippenham 
  Fens, 
  and 
  series 
  from 
  Shirley, 
  Aldborough, 
  

   Dartford, 
  Wanborough, 
  Box 
  Hill, 
  Farthing 
  Down, 
  Reigate, 
  etc. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Turner 
  exhibited 
  short 
  series 
  from 
  several 
  British 
  localities, 
  

   and 
  a 
  series 
  of 
  specimens 
  from 
  France, 
  Switzerland, 
  Italy 
  and 
  Ger- 
  

   many, 
  pointing 
  out 
  the 
  large 
  amount 
  of 
  sexual 
  divergence 
  of 
  colour 
  

   in 
  the 
  British 
  series, 
  and 
  in 
  contrast 
  the 
  small 
  amount 
  of 
  divergence 
  

   in 
  the 
  continental 
  series, 
  in 
  which 
  latter 
  the 
  dominant 
  colour 
  was 
  

   yellow 
  in 
  both 
  sexes. 
  

  

  