﻿80 
  

  

  June 
  in 
  the 
  New 
  Forest:— 
  Leptiira 
  scutellota, 
  Silplia 
  A-punctata, 
  

   Hi/pera 
  riunicis, 
  Liiperns 
  nif/roTasciatiis, 
  Ceuf/iorrln/nrhiis 
  chriji^antlienii, 
  

   and 
  Cleonus 
  nebiilosiis. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  B. 
  Aclkin 
  exhibited 
  a 
  photograph 
  of 
  the 
  underside 
  of 
  the 
  

   specimen 
  of 
  Lycmia 
  arion 
  exhibited 
  at 
  a 
  previous 
  meeting, 
  showing 
  

   that 
  the 
  obsolescent 
  character 
  of 
  the 
  marking 
  on 
  the 
  upperside 
  was 
  

   also 
  present 
  on 
  the 
  imder 
  surface, 
  where 
  only 
  the 
  discoidal 
  was 
  

   developed. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  A. 
  W. 
  Mera 
  exhibited 
  the 
  living 
  larvse 
  of 
  Amphidasis 
  betu- 
  

   laria, 
  and 
  called 
  attention 
  to 
  the 
  protective 
  coloration, 
  which 
  he 
  

   stated 
  appeared 
  not 
  to 
  be 
  influenced 
  by 
  heredity. 
  Brood 
  A 
  was 
  

   divided 
  into 
  two 
  lots, 
  some 
  were 
  fed 
  on 
  sallow 
  and 
  were 
  green 
  in 
  

   colour, 
  the 
  rest 
  were 
  fed 
  up 
  on 
  beech 
  foliage, 
  and 
  were 
  all 
  dark 
  

   brown. 
  Brood 
  B 
  was 
  also 
  divided, 
  those 
  placed 
  on 
  sallow 
  were 
  

   green, 
  as 
  in 
  brood 
  A, 
  the 
  rest 
  were 
  fed 
  on 
  blackthorn 
  (but 
  did 
  not 
  

   take 
  to 
  it 
  well) 
  and 
  were 
  very 
  dark, 
  the 
  darkest 
  of 
  all. 
  This 
  deci- 
  

   sion 
  of 
  colour 
  occurred 
  only 
  in 
  the 
  very 
  early 
  stages 
  of 
  the 
  larva. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Bunnett 
  exhibited 
  a 
  bred 
  specimen 
  of 
  Dicranvra 
  viiuda 
  in 
  

   which 
  the 
  hindwings 
  were 
  very 
  hj^aline 
  ; 
  a 
  Spilosotiia 
  vienthaatri, 
  

   unusually 
  well 
  spotted 
  for 
  the 
  south 
  ; 
  and 
  a 
  To.voccniipa 
  pastiinini, 
  

   taken 
  at 
  Coulsdon, 
  Surrey. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  H. 
  Moore 
  exhibited 
  a 
  box 
  of 
  butterflies 
  from 
  Florida, 
  col- 
  

   lected 
  by 
  Prof. 
  W. 
  Blatchley, 
  at 
  Dunedin 
  and 
  Lake 
  Okeechobee, 
  

   January 
  to 
  March 
  this 
  year, 
  and 
  remarked 
  upon 
  the 
  distribution 
  of 
  

   the 
  species, 
  and 
  the 
  particular 
  interest 
  of 
  several 
  of 
  them. 
  How 
  

   some, 
  common 
  in 
  the 
  West 
  Indies 
  and 
  Tropical 
  S. 
  America, 
  reach 
  

   Florida 
  as 
  the 
  northern 
  limit 
  of 
  their 
  distribution, 
  such 
  as 
  Helico- 
  

   nius 
  charitonins, 
  Linn., 
  Tliecla 
  acu 
  (Drury.), 
  and 
  Lycana 
  hamio, 
  

   Stoll., 
  while 
  others 
  common 
  in 
  Florida 
  are 
  found 
  as 
  stragglers 
  as 
  

   far 
  north 
  as 
  the 
  States 
  bordering 
  the 
  Great 
  Lakes, 
  such 
  as 
  Papilio 
  

   crespJiontex, 
  Cram., 
  Neonympha 
  phocion, 
  Fabr., 
  and 
  Thecla 
  Jialesus, 
  

   Cram. 
  Others 
  not 
  extending 
  beyond 
  the 
  Southern 
  States, 
  as 
  Anosia 
  

   herenice, 
  Cram., 
  Dione 
  vanillce, 
  Lin., 
  and 
  Junoma 
  cccnia, 
  Hiibn.; 
  while 
  

   Euinaus 
  atala, 
  Poey., 
  is 
  only 
  known 
  from 
  Florida 
  a.nd 
  Cuba. 
  

   Special 
  attention 
  was 
  called 
  to 
  a 
  fine 
  specimen 
  of 
  Limenitis 
  (Basi- 
  

   larchia) 
  floridensis, 
  Strecker, 
  and 
  compared 
  with 
  the 
  common 
  L. 
  

   disippiis, 
  Godart., 
  in 
  conjunction 
  with 
  Anosia 
  archippus, 
  Lin., 
  and 
  

   A. 
  berenice, 
  Cram., 
  as 
  pointed 
  out 
  by 
  Prof. 
  Poulton 
  when 
  addressing 
  

   the 
  South 
  London 
  Society, 
  and 
  in 
  his 
  contribution 
  to 
  the 
  Entomo- 
  

   logical 
  Society. 
  Pyrameis 
  atalanta, 
  Lin., 
  widely 
  distributed 
  in 
  N. 
  

   America, 
  represented 
  perhaps 
  an 
  originally 
  imported 
  species. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Edwards 
  called 
  attention 
  to 
  an 
  article 
  in 
  the 
  " 
  Ent. 
  Mo. 
  

  

  