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  some 
  number 
  in 
  the 
  near 
  neighboarhood 
  of 
  a 
  bee's 
  nest. 
  It 
  was 
  

   taken 
  about 
  1863, 
  at 
  Mickleham, 
  by 
  the 
  late 
  Dr. 
  Power. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Dennis 
  exhibited 
  stereoscopic 
  slides 
  of 
  Heleocharis 
  palnstris, 
  

   and 
  of 
  the 
  fruiting 
  of 
  the 
  meadow 
  sweet, 
  Spinea 
  ulmaria. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Turner 
  exhibited 
  a 
  long 
  series 
  of 
  the 
  Lycsenid 
  Chilades 
  tro- 
  

   chijlns, 
  from 
  Cyprus, 
  stating 
  that 
  it 
  was 
  the 
  smallest 
  species 
  of 
  

   Rhopalocera. 
  He 
  also 
  exhibited 
  a 
  series 
  of 
  Hi/dnccia 
  crinanenais 
  

   from 
  Ireland, 
  and 
  pointed 
  out 
  the 
  forms 
  known 
  as 
  ab. 
  nifescens- 
  

   tlavo, 
  ab. 
  n(fescen^-albo, 
  ab. 
  ffrisi'scens-flaro, 
  and 
  ab. 
  f/risesceiiH-albo. 
  

  

  It 
  was 
  noted 
  that 
  Cheiniatobia 
  bnimota 
  had 
  not 
  been 
  so 
  plentiful 
  

   in 
  some 
  places 
  as 
  usual, 
  while 
  Hibeniia 
  dcfoliaria 
  had 
  been 
  quite 
  as 
  

   common 
  as 
  usual. 
  Mr. 
  Ashdown 
  reported 
  a 
  specimen 
  seen 
  on 
  

   September 
  23rd, 
  in 
  Surrey. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  A. 
  A. 
  W. 
  Buckstone 
  exhibited 
  several 
  series 
  of 
  Agn'ailes 
  

   coridon, 
  and 
  contributed 
  the 
  following 
  note 
  : 
  — 
  

  

  "At 
  a 
  meeting 
  of 
  the 
  Society 
  held 
  on 
  October 
  11th 
  of 
  last 
  year, 
  

   reports 
  were 
  received 
  concerning 
  two 
  dwarf 
  races 
  of 
  Ai/riades 
  

   coridon. 
  One 
  was 
  reported 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Newman 
  as 
  occurring 
  in 
  the 
  

   Chilterns, 
  the 
  other 
  as 
  having 
  been 
  observed 
  by 
  me 
  at 
  Shere, 
  in 
  

   Surrey. 
  

  

  " 
  Mr. 
  Newman 
  stated 
  that 
  by 
  the 
  end 
  of 
  August 
  the 
  small 
  race 
  

   had 
  given 
  place 
  to 
  a 
  form 
  of 
  which 
  the 
  specimens 
  were 
  of 
  normal 
  

   size. 
  

  

  " 
  This 
  year 
  I 
  was 
  fortunate 
  in 
  being 
  able 
  to 
  visit 
  Shere 
  during 
  

   both 
  July 
  and 
  August. 
  I 
  found, 
  as 
  last 
  year, 
  the 
  dwarf 
  race 
  in 
  

   abundance 
  at 
  the 
  top 
  of 
  the 
  Downs, 
  and 
  a 
  larger 
  race, 
  which 
  by 
  the 
  

   way 
  is 
  considerably 
  smaller 
  than 
  normal 
  specimens, 
  on 
  the 
  lower 
  

   part 
  of 
  the 
  Downs. 
  This 
  was 
  on 
  July 
  15th. 
  

  

  " 
  On 
  August 
  5th 
  only 
  a 
  dozen 
  specimens 
  of 
  the 
  dwarf 
  race 
  were 
  

   seen, 
  all 
  being 
  very 
  worn, 
  but 
  those 
  of 
  the 
  larger 
  form 
  were 
  fairly 
  

   numerous 
  at 
  the 
  foot 
  of 
  the 
  Downs, 
  although 
  in 
  very 
  poor 
  condi- 
  

   tion. 
  As 
  on 
  the 
  Chiltern 
  Hills, 
  these 
  small 
  specimens 
  appeared 
  to 
  

   be 
  giving 
  place 
  to 
  larger 
  ones 
  ; 
  for 
  found 
  plentifully 
  over 
  the 
  entire 
  

   slope 
  was 
  a 
  form 
  the 
  specimens 
  of 
  which 
  were 
  quite 
  equal 
  in 
  size 
  to 
  

   any 
  I 
  have 
  seen. 
  

  

  "On 
  August 
  15th 
  the 
  species 
  was 
  nearly 
  over, 
  the 
  males 
  being 
  

   few 
  in 
  number 
  and 
  very 
  worn, 
  while 
  the 
  females, 
  although 
  still 
  

   plentiful, 
  were 
  mostly 
  in 
  poor 
  condition. 
  No 
  particularly 
  small 
  

   specimens 
  were 
  observed. 
  

  

  " 
  Average 
  expanse 
  of 
  wings, 
  measured 
  from 
  tip 
  to 
  tip 
  of 
  fore- 
  

   wings 
  : 
  — 
  Taken 
  July, 
  1917, 
  dwarfs, 
  J 
  s, 
  lyV 
  i"-» 
  ? 
  s, 
  1 
  in., 
  larger 
  

   form, 
  3 
  s, 
  Ij 
  in., 
  ? 
  , 
  1 
  J 
  in. 
  Taken 
  July, 
  1918, 
  dwarfs, 
  same 
  as 
  

  

  