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  Arctia 
  caia 
  bred 
  in 
  July, 
  1918. 
  Nine 
  were 
  reared 
  from 
  eleven 
  

   larviE 
  found 
  in 
  the 
  garden 
  and 
  fed 
  on 
  dandelion 
  and 
  dock 
  under 
  

   perfectly 
  normal 
  conditions. 
  Six 
  specimens 
  were 
  typical 
  and 
  one 
  

   varied 
  thus 
  : 
  — 
  " 
  Forewings 
  almost 
  entirely 
  brown, 
  the 
  small 
  rem- 
  

   nants 
  of 
  markings 
  are 
  peppered 
  with 
  brown. 
  Hindwings 
  orange- 
  

   yellow 
  with 
  the 
  metallic 
  black 
  spots 
  very 
  strongly 
  developed 
  and 
  

   running 
  into 
  one 
  another. 
  The 
  melanism 
  has 
  also 
  spread 
  to 
  the 
  

   body, 
  where 
  the 
  black 
  markings 
  are 
  much 
  heavier 
  than 
  usual 
  " 
  

   (see 
  fig.). 
  

  

  Mr. 
  F. 
  W. 
  Frohawk 
  exhibited 
  — 
  

  

  1. 
  Series 
  of 
  eight 
  specimens 
  of 
  Brentlds 
  eiiphrosyne 
  showing 
  great 
  

   variation, 
  chiefly 
  a 
  coalescence 
  of 
  the 
  basal 
  marking. 
  All 
  captured 
  

   in 
  May 
  and 
  early 
  June, 
  1918, 
  in 
  the 
  same 
  locality, 
  Essex. 
  

  

  2. 
  Series 
  of 
  thirteen 
  Eiichloe 
  cardainines, 
  exhibiting 
  much 
  varia- 
  

   tion 
  in 
  the 
  depth 
  of 
  colour 
  and 
  size 
  of 
  the 
  apical 
  markings 
  and 
  size 
  

   of 
  discoidal 
  spots 
  in 
  both 
  sexes, 
  including 
  an 
  albino 
  male 
  example, 
  

   and 
  a 
  female 
  with 
  additional 
  black 
  spots 
  on 
  the 
  undersurface 
  of 
  

   primaries. 
  

  

  3. 
  A 
  variety 
  of 
  Chrywplianus 
  dinpar 
  g 
  in 
  perfect 
  condition, 
  

   having 
  all 
  the 
  wmgs 
  symmetrically 
  blotched 
  with 
  white, 
  bred 
  by 
  

   Doubleday 
  in 
  1842. 
  Also 
  a 
  perfect 
  unemerged 
  pupa 
  of 
  the 
  same 
  

   species 
  showing 
  all 
  the 
  markings. 
  

  

  4. 
  Two 
  specimens 
  of 
  Issoria 
  lathonia 
  in 
  perfect 
  condition, 
  cap- 
  

   tured 
  by 
  J. 
  Hog, 
  at 
  Colchester, 
  a 
  century 
  ago 
  (1818). 
  

  

  5. 
  A 
  very 
  beautiful 
  and 
  unusual 
  variation 
  of 
  the 
  Starling, 
  shot 
  

   by 
  himself 
  on 
  September 
  4th, 
  1918. 
  Grey, 
  cream, 
  white, 
  and 
  buff, 
  

   delicately 
  marked 
  on 
  wings 
  and 
  tail 
  with 
  cross-bars. 
  

  

  6. 
  A 
  beautiful 
  pied 
  variation 
  of 
  the 
  Pied-wagtail 
  ; 
  whole 
  of 
  head 
  

   and 
  neck 
  white 
  tinged 
  with 
  lemon-yellow, 
  rest 
  of 
  plumage 
  mottled 
  

   with 
  white. 
  Shot 
  m 
  Bushy 
  Park, 
  October, 
  1918. 
  

  

  The 
  Rev. 
  George 
  Wheeler 
  exhibited 
  very 
  dark 
  specimens 
  of 
  

   Pararye 
  nieyera, 
  L., 
  taken 
  on 
  the 
  Hog's 
  Back, 
  at 
  Guildford, 
  on 
  May 
  

   31st 
  and 
  July 
  31st, 
  1918, 
  the 
  only 
  $ 
  of 
  the 
  1st 
  brood 
  taken 
  being 
  

   of 
  the 
  ab. 
  medioUxjena, 
  Fuchs, 
  with 
  the 
  whole 
  central 
  band 
  of 
  the 
  

   forewings 
  tilled 
  in 
  with 
  blackish 
  scales 
  ; 
  the 
  ? 
  of 
  the 
  2nd 
  brood 
  

   tended 
  towards 
  the 
  same 
  form. 
  Also 
  a 
  few 
  specimens 
  of 
  Rtunicia 
  

   pltlteas, 
  L., 
  taken 
  in 
  Wolford 
  Wood 
  on 
  August 
  8th, 
  including 
  ab. 
  

   sufiisa, 
  Tutt, 
  and 
  ab. 
  candeopmictata, 
  Stgr.; 
  with 
  it 
  there 
  was 
  a 
  $ 
  

   specimen 
  of 
  the 
  brassey 
  ab. 
  iitteruwdia, 
  Tutt, 
  taken 
  at 
  Guildford 
  on 
  

   May 
  31st. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  J. 
  Riches 
  exhibited 
  a 
  series 
  of 
  aberrations 
  of 
  Abraxas 
  giossu- 
  

   lariata, 
  bred 
  from 
  wild 
  larvae 
  taken 
  in 
  North 
  London, 
  1918. 
  

  

  