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pale grey; (2) ab. of/(rgfl= yellowish-ochre; (3) ab. intcrniedia^ reddish 

 ground colour, markings of all of which vary somewhat in intensity. 

 (N.B. — I allowed the majority of these forms to escape.) Of the second 

 group, I noted (1) ab. co)iibusta, Hb., with slight modification, and 

 which include the majority of those bred ; (2) pale grey-brown forms, 

 as in ab. pntris, but with no basal shade ; all the nervures are dusted 

 with whitish, giving it a peculiar almost glaucous hue; the stigmata 

 faintly outlined with yellow-ochre ; (3) like comhnsta, Haw., but the 

 reniform outlined in very pale yellow, not white, indeed I do not think 

 I have ever seen a specimen with what could be called a pure white 

 circumscription; (4) clear red-brown with darker shades, reniform just 

 indicated, this is our nearest approach to stb. niyrorubida : (5) the 

 insect I incorrectly referred to ab. alopecuriis, Esp. ; this has no black 

 costal streaks, three clear white dots on costa, lower half of reniform 

 filled in with dark, the outer-half outlined with very light, the other half 

 and orbicular faintly outlined, and space under the stigmata filled up with 

 blackish ; hindwings dark grey — W. G. Clutten, 132, Coal Clough 

 Lane, Burnley. February 'drd 1908. 



CURRENT NOTES. 



The last meeting of the Entomological Club was held at the 

 Holborn Restaurant, on the evening of January 14th, when Mr. G. H. 

 Verrall was the host. A large number of members and guests 

 assembled at the preliminary meeting, at which many old friendships 

 are renewed year by year. At 8.30 p.m. supper was announced. 

 This was a coming of age supper, i.e., the 21st over which Mr. Verrall 

 has presided, and was certainly one of the most successful of the long 

 series. A large army of members and visitors were present, and 

 included most of the leading lepidopterists of this country, although 

 the company showed how youth comes on whilst age retires from the 

 more active and exciting social details that attend one even in the 

 entomological world. The following guests were noted — Messrs. R. 

 Adkin, E. E. Austen, F. C. Adams, "H. "W. Andrews, P. Barraud, F. 

 Bouskell, Borrer, M. Burr, Rev. E. N. Bloomfield, Prof. T. Hudson 

 Beare, Lt.-Col. Bingham, Mr. W. H. Blandford, Dr. T. A. Chapman, 

 Messrs. F. Carr, F. Noad Clark, G. H. Carpenter, A. Cant, J. E. Colhn, 

 H. St. J. K. Donisthorpe, J. C. DoUman, Hamilton H. Druce, Dr. F. 

 Dixey, Rev. E. Eaton, Messrs. Stanley Edwards, F. Enoch, C. Fenn, 

 W. H. B. Fletcher, C. J. Gahan, A. Harrison, P. Harwood, F. B. 

 Jennings, Dr. Joy, Messrs. Jenkinson, P. Jackson, 0. Janson, A. H. 

 Jones, W. J. Kaye, W. F. Kirby, W. J. Lucas, H. Main, R. S. Mitford, 

 Rev. F. Morice, Prof. R. Meldola, Messrs. C. Morley, Guy Marshall, 

 W. Nicholson, B. Nevinson, H. E. Page, L. B. Prout, H. Rowland- 

 Brown, R. Shelford, V. E. Shelford (of Chicago), E. Step, P. Skinner, R. 

 South, E.Smith, W.E.Sharp, A. Sich, Dr.Tathom, Messrs. J. W.Tutt, 

 J. H. Tutt, H. J. Turner, J. Tomlin, A. E. Tonge, C. 0. Waterhouse, 

 E. A. Waterhouse, F. H. Waterhouse, Rev. G. Wheeler, Commander 

 J. J. Walker, Mr. C. J. Wainwright, Col. J. W. Yerbury. The Host 

 proposed the health of the Entomological Club, and, in a few appro- 

 priate remarks, called attention to the unparalleled loss that the small 

 band of members had sustained in the recent death of Mr. A. J. Chitty, 



