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Tarietics of Acidalia hisetata, Bork., $ of Odonestis potatoria, L., of the colour 

 of the ? , Nonagria camicB, Och., and pupa ease. Mr. Frohawk, a specimen of 

 Sesia sphegiformia, Fb., and stem of alder, with pupa case projecting, and remai'ked 

 that the day before the insect emerged the pupa broke through the bark and re- 

 mained a short time in the sun, subsequently withdrew, and did not emerge until 

 the following day. ]Mr. R. Adkin, a series of forms of Vanessa c-album, L. ; he also 

 exhibited a series of DianfhcBcia nana, Rott., from the Scilly Isles, with examples 

 from Xorth Devon and the North of Ireland for comparison. It was pointed out 

 that one of the specimens from Scilly closely resembled the supposed Irish D. 

 comjjta, Fb. — F. W. Barker and A. Short, Eon. Sees. 



Entomological Society of London : November 2nd, 1802. — Frederick 

 DuCane GrODMAN, Esq., F.R.S., President, in the Chaii-. 



Mr. S. Stevens exhibited, for Mr. J. Harrison, of Barnsley, and read notes on, 

 a. beautiful series of Arctia Inbricipeda, var. radiata, which had been bred by Mr. 

 Harrison this year. 



Mr. Gr. T. Bethune-Baker exhibited specimens of Polgommatus dispar, var. 

 rutilus, taken in England by his father about sixty years ago. He stated that it was 

 generally believed that this form of the species was confined to the Continent, but 

 his specimens proved that it formerly occurred in England. 



Mr. C. Gr. Barrett exhibited dark varieties of Acronycta leporina, bred by Mr. 

 J. Collins, of Warrington ; also a white variety of Triphcena promiba, taken at 

 Swansea by Mr. W. Holland. 



Mr. M. Jacoby exhibited a specimen of Sagra femorata, from India, with 

 differently sculptured elytra, one being rough and the other smooth. 



Mr. J. A. Clark exhibited a long series of remarkable varieties of Liparis 

 monacha, bred from a pair, one of which was from the New Forest and the other 

 Continental. Several of the specimens were as light in colour as the typical form 

 of the species ; others wei-e quite black ; and others imterraediate between these 

 two extremes. 



The Rev. Seymour St. John exhibited a monstrosity of Abraxas grossulariata, 

 and a specimen of Tceniocampa stabilis, with a distinct light band bordering the 

 hind margin of the upper wings. He stated that he had bred botl. specimens. 



Mr. E. B. Poulton exhibited two series of imagos of Gnophos ohscurata, which 

 had been subjected to dark and light surroundings respectively. The results were 

 seen to be completely negative, the two series being equally light. 



Mr. F. Merrifield showed a number of pupae of Pieris napi. About eight of 

 them, which had attached themselves to the leaves of the cabbage plant on which 

 they were fed, were of a uniform bright green colour, with light yellowish edgings ; 

 of the others, those which had attached themselves to the black net covering the 

 pot, or the brownish twigs which supported it, nearly seventy in number, were dark 

 coloured, with dark spots and lines. The remainder were of a green colour, much 

 less vivid than in those which had spun up on the leaves, with numerous dark spots 

 and lines on them. 



Mr. R. Adkin exhibited three bred female specimens of Vanessa c-album, two 

 of which belonged to the first brood, and the third to the second brood. One of the 



