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  he 
  compared, 
  he 
  describes 
  them 
  as 
  a 
  new 
  species 
  under 
  the 
  name 
  of 
  

   Lanipronia 
  morosa. 
  (" 
  Linn. 
  Ent.," 
  vi.) 
  He 
  also 
  mentions 
  a 
  form 
  

   with 
  one 
  spot 
  only, 
  which 
  he 
  calls 
  var. 
  b. 
  The 
  costal 
  spot, 
  4, 
  being 
  

   absent. 
  Haworth, 
  Stephens, 
  and 
  Stainton 
  all 
  employed 
  the 
  Fabri- 
  

   cian 
  name, 
  but 
  on 
  the 
  continent 
  the 
  insect 
  is 
  known 
  as 
  morosa. 
  

   From 
  the 
  above 
  we 
  get 
  five 
  forms, 
  all 
  of 
  which 
  may 
  be 
  taken 
  in 
  

   England." 
  

  

  1. 
  Spots 
  2 
  and 
  3 
  conspicuous 
  * 
  ■■'' 
  * 
  qnadripunctella, 
  Fab. 
  

  

  2. 
  Spots 
  1 
  and 
  2 
  conspicuous 
  * 
  * 
  * 
  ab. 
  bipmictella, 
  Dup. 
  

  

  3. 
  Spots 
  2 
  and 
  4 
  conspicuous 
  * 
  ■'' 
  ■•' 
  ab. 
  morosa, 
  Zell. 
  

  

  4. 
  Spot 
  2 
  alone 
  present 
  * 
  * 
  * 
  var. 
  b., 
  Zell. 
  This 
  may 
  be 
  called 
  

  

  ab. 
  unipunctella, 
  n. 
  ab. 
  

  

  5. 
  Spots 
  1-5 
  all 
  visible 
  * 
  * 
  * 
  ab. 
  qinnqnepunctella, 
  n. 
  ab. 
  

  

  AUGUST 
  Sth, 
  1918. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Ashdown 
  exhibited 
  a 
  variable 
  series 
  of 
  Malacof^oma 
  

   neustria, 
  bred 
  from 
  larv^ 
  taken 
  in 
  Surrey, 
  and 
  very 
  dark 
  examples 
  

   of 
  Notodonta 
  dromedarUts, 
  probably 
  referable 
  to 
  var. 
  perfusca, 
  from 
  

   the 
  New 
  Forest. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Neave 
  exhibited 
  several 
  specimens 
  of 
  Hyles 
  eiiphorbice 
  bred 
  

   from 
  pupse 
  sent 
  over 
  from 
  the 
  *' 
  Western 
  Front 
  " 
  in 
  France, 
  where 
  

   the 
  larvffi 
  had 
  been 
  found. 
  He 
  also 
  showed 
  a 
  specimen 
  of 
  the 
  wasp 
  

   Vespa 
  norvei/ica, 
  taken 
  in 
  Rotherhithe. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Ashby 
  exhibited 
  a 
  very 
  long 
  series 
  of 
  Cetonia 
  aurata, 
  the 
  rose 
  

   beetle, 
  taken 
  in 
  the 
  Isle 
  of 
  Portland, 
  where 
  it 
  had 
  occurred 
  this 
  year 
  

   in 
  hundreds 
  in 
  many 
  kinds 
  of 
  flowers. 
  He 
  also 
  showed 
  a 
  specimen 
  

   of 
  Lasiocampa 
  quercds, 
  taken 
  in 
  the 
  same 
  locality 
  some 
  years 
  ago, 
  in 
  

   which 
  the 
  transverse 
  band 
  was 
  unusually 
  wide 
  for 
  a 
  southern 
  

   example. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  W. 
  West 
  exhibited 
  several 
  specimens 
  of 
  the 
  Neuropteron 
  

   Osmylus 
  maculatus, 
  from 
  the 
  New 
  Forest. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Blair 
  remarked 
  that 
  he 
  had 
  recently 
  observed 
  Hepialns 
  

   sylvinus 
  flying 
  over 
  grass 
  at 
  dusk 
  in 
  some 
  number. 
  The 
  females 
  

   were 
  perched 
  on 
  the 
  stems 
  of 
  grass, 
  holding 
  their 
  hindwings 
  folded 
  

   down 
  in 
  a 
  position 
  of 
  rest, 
  while 
  the 
  forewings 
  were 
  extended 
  at 
  

   right 
  angles 
  to 
  the 
  body, 
  and 
  vibrating 
  rapidly, 
  no 
  doubt 
  in 
  the 
  

   position 
  of 
  " 
  call 
  " 
  to 
  the 
  males 
  on 
  flight 
  around. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Turner 
  remarked 
  that 
  the 
  late 
  J. 
  E. 
  Robson, 
  of 
  Hartlepool, 
  

   described 
  at 
  some 
  length 
  the 
  pairing 
  habits 
  of 
  a 
  species 
  of 
  Hepialus, 
  

   but 
  he 
  only 
  referred 
  to 
  the 
  " 
  vibration 
  of 
  the 
  wings," 
  so 
  far 
  as 
  he 
  

   remembered 
  ("Ent. 
  Record," 
  1892, 
  vol. 
  iii., 
  p. 
  52, 
  77, 
  and 
  100). 
  

  

  