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  3. 
  Arctia 
  villica 
  J 
  with 
  confluent 
  spots 
  on 
  forewings, 
  and 
  hind- 
  

   wings 
  almost 
  devoid 
  of 
  black 
  markings. 
  Bred 
  from 
  a 
  Benfleet 
  

   larva. 
  

  

  4. 
  Five 
  A. 
  caja, 
  3 
  with 
  salmon-pink 
  hindwings 
  ; 
  <? 
  with 
  yellow 
  

   hindwings 
  ; 
  3 
  with 
  very 
  little 
  cream 
  colour 
  on 
  forewings 
  and 
  

   pinky-yellow 
  hindwings 
  with 
  confluent 
  spots 
  ; 
  and 
  two 
  very 
  dark 
  

   females. 
  

  

  5. 
  Encldo'e 
  cardamines 
  3 
  with 
  long 
  and 
  narrow 
  forewings 
  and 
  

   hindwings 
  underside 
  more 
  strongly 
  marked 
  with 
  green 
  than 
  usual. 
  

   Leigh-on-Sea. 
  

  

  6. 
  Hamearin 
  lucina 
  with 
  white 
  spots 
  on 
  hindwings. 
  Hockley. 
  

  

  7. 
  Coenonyinpha 
  painphilus 
  with 
  extra 
  ocelli 
  on 
  underside 
  of 
  fore- 
  

   wings. 
  Folkestone. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Ashdown 
  exhibited 
  a 
  long 
  series 
  of 
  aberrations 
  of 
  Adalia 
  

   bipunctata, 
  the 
  most 
  variable 
  of 
  the 
  British 
  species 
  of 
  " 
  Lady 
  

   Beetles," 
  and 
  enquired 
  if 
  there 
  was 
  any 
  species 
  of 
  Lepidoptera 
  with 
  

   the 
  same 
  extended 
  range 
  of 
  dissimilar 
  markings. 
  

  

  Dr. 
  T. 
  A. 
  Chapman 
  exhibited 
  a 
  series 
  of 
  Orgyia 
  vetiista, 
  a 
  Cali- 
  

   fornian 
  species, 
  nearest 
  probably 
  to 
  (of 
  European 
  species) 
  0. 
  ijonos- 
  

   tiijma. 
  They 
  vary 
  a 
  good 
  deal 
  in 
  tint 
  and 
  depth 
  of 
  markings. 
  

   The 
  ? 
  s 
  also 
  vary 
  from 
  very 
  dark 
  (blackish) 
  to 
  nearly 
  white, 
  the 
  

   difierence 
  being 
  especially 
  marked 
  in 
  the 
  tufts 
  of 
  the 
  wool 
  with 
  

   which 
  they 
  mix 
  and 
  cover 
  their 
  eggs. 
  These 
  are 
  laid 
  in 
  masses 
  

   near, 
  but 
  not 
  necessarily 
  on 
  the 
  cocoons. 
  Specimens 
  of 
  0. 
  antigna, 
  

   O. 
  spleiidida, 
  and 
  O. 
  aiirolinibata, 
  exhibited 
  also 
  to 
  show 
  the 
  range 
  

   of 
  variation 
  in 
  the 
  European 
  species 
  of 
  the 
  genus. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Gordon 
  Fryer 
  exhibited 
  a 
  melanic 
  specimen 
  of 
  Scodiona 
  

   fagaria 
  {behjiaria), 
  a 
  striated 
  specimen 
  of 
  Poli/oDiiiiatiis 
  icants 
  and 
  a 
  

   teratological 
  example 
  of 
  KmatuKja 
  otomaria. 
  

  

  Captain 
  B. 
  S. 
  Curwen 
  exhibited 
  a 
  small 
  series 
  of 
  Fossorial 
  

   Hymenoptera, 
  including 
  three 
  specimens 
  of 
  the 
  rare 
  Methoca 
  

   ichneunionides. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  W. 
  West 
  called 
  attention 
  to 
  the 
  exhibit 
  of 
  Canadian 
  Lepi- 
  

   doptera 
  from 
  the 
  Society's 
  cabinet. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Leonard 
  Tatchell 
  exhibited 
  — 
  

  

  1. 
  A 
  specimen 
  of 
  Argynnis 
  paphia 
  3 
  with 
  continuous 
  darkened 
  

   line 
  bordering 
  all 
  wings, 
  taken 
  at 
  Bordon, 
  Hants, 
  1915 
  ; 
  and 
  three 
  

  

  ? 
  s 
  //. 
  pajiJiia 
  with 
  very 
  heavy 
  markings, 
  from 
  the 
  New 
  Forest, 
  

   1918. 
  

  

  2. 
  Envanessa 
  poUjchloros 
  showing 
  very 
  light 
  underside, 
  bred 
  from 
  

   a 
  larva 
  taken 
  in 
  the 
  New 
  Forest. 
  

  

  3. 
  A 
  series 
  of 
  Aglais 
  nrticcc 
  var. 
  polaris, 
  bred 
  from 
  larvae 
  taken 
  at 
  

  

  