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  " 
  So-called 
  ' 
  bleached 
  specimens 
  ' 
  and 
  those 
  with 
  wings 
  whic-h 
  are 
  

   devoid 
  of 
  certain 
  scales, 
  making 
  them 
  semitransparent, 
  owe 
  their 
  

   ■condition, 
  it 
  is 
  considered 
  by 
  many, 
  to 
  weakness 
  caused 
  by 
  malnutri- 
  

   tion 
  while 
  in 
  the 
  larva 
  state. 
  

  

  " 
  In 
  connection 
  with 
  this 
  I 
  should 
  like 
  to 
  state 
  that 
  I 
  have 
  found 
  

   bleached 
  specimens 
  of 
  Thera 
  linnata 
  plentifully 
  at 
  Oxshott, 
  and 
  

   that 
  in 
  most 
  instances 
  one 
  or 
  more 
  wings 
  have 
  been 
  deformed. 
  

  

  " 
  Experience 
  gained 
  in 
  breeding 
  leads 
  me 
  to 
  think 
  that 
  much 
  of 
  

   this 
  crippling 
  may 
  be 
  due 
  to 
  weakness 
  in 
  the 
  first 
  pair 
  of 
  legs, 
  

   amounting 
  in 
  many 
  inbred 
  specimens 
  to 
  total 
  niipairment 
  of 
  one 
  or 
  

   both 
  of 
  these 
  limbs. 
  The 
  insects 
  are 
  thus 
  handicapped 
  in 
  their 
  

   efforts 
  to 
  climb 
  to 
  a 
  suitable 
  situation 
  for 
  expanding 
  their 
  wings, 
  

   and 
  frequently 
  fall 
  while 
  endeavouring 
  to 
  do 
  so. 
  

  

  " 
  I 
  am 
  unaware 
  if 
  bleaching 
  is 
  frequent 
  with 
  T. 
  finnata 
  in 
  other 
  

   districts 
  than 
  Oxshott. 
  

  

  " 
  Malnutrition 
  in 
  some 
  species 
  makes 
  itself 
  manifest 
  in 
  a 
  con- 
  

   siderable 
  darkening 
  of 
  the 
  wings, 
  as 
  in 
  the 
  two 
  specimens 
  of 
  Hipo- 
  

   crita 
  jacoh(E(£ 
  shown. 
  Both 
  these 
  specimens 
  are 
  far 
  below 
  the 
  

   normal 
  as 
  regards 
  size 
  and 
  show 
  a 
  considerable 
  dearth 
  of 
  scales." 
  

  

  Mr. 
  H. 
  Moore 
  exhibited 
  a 
  long 
  series 
  of 
  specimens 
  of 
  Anosia 
  

   archippns, 
  from 
  localities 
  ranging 
  from 
  Canada 
  through 
  the 
  States, 
  

   Central 
  America 
  to 
  the 
  Argentine 
  Republic. 
  

  

  The 
  Rev. 
  J. 
  E. 
  Tarbat, 
  on 
  behalf 
  of 
  Mr. 
  Burras, 
  of 
  Portsmouth 
  — 
  

  

  1. 
  Three 
  aberrations 
  of 
  the 
  female 
  of 
  Dri/as 
  paplda. 
  One, 
  taken 
  

   at 
  Leigh 
  Park, 
  near 
  Havant, 
  in 
  which 
  the 
  usual 
  black 
  markings 
  are 
  

   enlarged 
  and 
  coalesced 
  into 
  big 
  blotches, 
  giving 
  it 
  a 
  very 
  handsome 
  

   appearance. 
  Two, 
  taken 
  in 
  the 
  New 
  Forest, 
  in 
  which 
  the 
  black 
  

   markings 
  had 
  to 
  a 
  great 
  extent 
  coalesced, 
  so 
  as 
  to 
  give 
  a 
  black 
  

   suffused 
  appearance 
  to 
  all 
  the 
  wings. 
  

  

  2. 
  An 
  aberration 
  of 
  Melitira 
  vin.ria, 
  from 
  the 
  Isle 
  of 
  Wight, 
  with 
  

   marking 
  throughout 
  suffused. 
  

  

  3. 
  A 
  very 
  pale 
  form 
  of 
  Arcjynnia 
  cydippe 
  (adijijie). 
  

  

  4. 
  Six 
  specimens 
  of 
  Cab/iintia 
  tiapezina 
  showing 
  extremes 
  of 
  

   aberration 
  and 
  colour. 
  

  

  5. 
  A 
  short 
  series 
  of 
  Litlwda 
  dcjilana, 
  including 
  very 
  dark 
  forms. 
  

  

  6. 
  A 
  yellow 
  specimen 
  of 
  P/irai/matobia 
  fiilif/iiiosa, 
  taken 
  at 
  Fare- 
  

   ham 
  by 
  himself. 
  

  

  The 
  Rev. 
  A. 
  T. 
  Stiff 
  exhibited— 
  

  

  1. 
  Pale 
  buff 
  and 
  pink 
  variety 
  of 
  Aninrp/ia 
  populi, 
  bred 
  from 
  pink- 
  

   washed 
  <y 
  and 
  pale 
  $ 
  , 
  Leigh-on-Sea. 
  

  

  2. 
  Large 
  ? 
  Saturma 
  pavonia 
  [ 
  — 
  cmpiid), 
  with 
  pink 
  marginal 
  

   band 
  on 
  hindwings. 
  Bred 
  Hockley, 
  Essex. 
  

  

  