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  Mr. 
  Turner 
  then 
  read 
  a 
  paper 
  on 
  the 
  species 
  under 
  consideration, 
  

   dealing 
  with 
  the 
  original 
  descriptions 
  and 
  figures 
  of 
  all 
  the 
  named 
  

   forms, 
  and 
  making 
  a 
  summary 
  of 
  the 
  lines 
  of 
  variation 
  and 
  aberra- 
  

   tion. 
  (See 
  page 
  1 
  ante.) 
  

  

  JULY 
  llth, 
  1918. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  W. 
  J. 
  Ashdown 
  exhibited 
  species 
  of 
  Lepidoptera 
  from 
  Surrey, 
  

   taken 
  or 
  bred 
  by 
  him 
  this 
  season, 
  including 
  Cabera 
  ^ynsaria 
  ab. 
  

   rotimdaria, 
  Amphidasin 
  betnlaria 
  with 
  var. 
  douhledayaria 
  and 
  inter- 
  

   mediates. 
  Ptijchopoda 
  (Acidalia) 
  aversata 
  with 
  well 
  banded 
  forms. 
  

   Tricoptenjx 
  viretata, 
  T. 
  carpinata, 
  and 
  Acronicta 
  leporina. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  W. 
  West 
  exhibited 
  species 
  of 
  Coleoptera 
  taken 
  by 
  him 
  

   recently 
  in 
  the 
  New 
  Forest, 
  including 
  a 
  fine 
  series 
  of 
  Elater 
  san- 
  

   (liiinulentHR, 
  a 
  species 
  not 
  usually 
  met 
  with 
  in 
  number, 
  but 
  in 
  abso- 
  

   lute 
  abundance 
  this 
  season 
  in 
  the 
  flowers 
  of 
  furze, 
  and 
  called 
  atten- 
  

   tion 
  to 
  the 
  extreme 
  aberration 
  in 
  the 
  extent 
  of 
  the 
  dark 
  marking 
  

   bounding 
  the 
  suture 
  down 
  the 
  back 
  of 
  the 
  abdomen 
  and 
  to 
  the 
  

   seven 
  yellow 
  forms 
  considered 
  as 
  extremely 
  rare. 
  They 
  were 
  met 
  

   with 
  on 
  this 
  occasion 
  in 
  a 
  proportion 
  of 
  1%. 
  He 
  also 
  showed 
  

   Elater 
  lythropterus 
  (cinnabarinits), 
  E. 
  miniatus 
  [potnona^, 
  Aphodius 
  

   niger 
  taken 
  in 
  mud 
  around 
  ponds, 
  Cri/ptocephaliis 
  lineola, 
  also 
  

   Tomoxia 
  bii/idtato, 
  parasitic 
  on 
  bees 
  which 
  bore 
  into 
  timber. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Dennis 
  exhibited 
  stereoscopic 
  slides 
  of. 
  the 
  spotted 
  orchis, 
  

   Orchis 
  vHiculata, 
  and 
  of 
  the 
  rush, 
  Juncits 
  obtitsijloriis, 
  which 
  latter 
  is 
  

   much 
  used 
  in 
  tying 
  bundles 
  of 
  watercress. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Stanley 
  Edwards 
  exhibited 
  a 
  specimen 
  of 
  the 
  beautiful 
  

   Euploea, 
  E. 
  depuiseti, 
  from 
  the 
  Tailaut 
  Islands, 
  Malay, 
  probably 
  the 
  

   geographical 
  race 
  named 
  by 
  M. 
  Oberthiir 
  as 
  var. 
  lykeia. 
  He 
  also 
  

   showed 
  the 
  butterfly 
  Lycorea 
  halias, 
  a 
  member 
  of 
  the 
  highly 
  pro- 
  

   tected 
  Danaine 
  group, 
  from 
  Venezuela, 
  and 
  its 
  mimic 
  the 
  moth 
  

   Pericopis 
  atiyulosa, 
  an 
  Arctiid. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Sich 
  exhibited 
  a 
  specimen 
  of 
  an 
  Ephestia 
  elutella 
  that 
  he 
  had 
  

   just 
  taken 
  in 
  the 
  room. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Lachlan 
  Gibb 
  exhibited 
  specimens 
  of 
  the 
  rare 
  Coleopteron 
  

   Gnorimus 
  nobilis 
  females, 
  found 
  in 
  roses 
  at 
  Hereford, 
  and 
  

   sent 
  to 
  him 
  by 
  Miss 
  Hutchinson. 
  Mr. 
  Priske 
  exhibited 
  males 
  of 
  

   the 
  same 
  species 
  from 
  Chiswick. 
  

  

  It 
  was 
  reported 
  that 
  a 
  large 
  number 
  of 
  the 
  larva3 
  of 
  l'(ecilovaitipa 
  

   populi 
  had 
  been 
  beaten 
  out 
  in 
  N. 
  Wales, 
  and 
  that 
  of 
  28 
  found 
  on 
  

  

  