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the brood (a small one) produced 25 per cent, of the yellow form ; (c) 

 Caw}ito(ira}iniia jhiviata,?i varied series bred from ova laid by a 2 taken 

 at Eastbourne, the most remarkable specimens being a 3 with the 

 band broken in the centre, a 3 with the band entirely wanting, and a 

 ? devoid of the usual orbicular spot ; (d) a yellow aberration of Noc- 

 tna rubi, from Yorkshire, Mr. L. W. Newman. 



The South London Entomological and Natural History Society. — 

 September 'iAth, 1908. — Aberrations of Lepidoptera. — A dark suffused 

 specimen of lirenthis pales from Saas-Fee, and an example of Anthro- 

 cera exidanti var. flam from the same locality, Dr. Chapman. Ophiodes 

 LUNARis. — An example of Ophoiden liiuaris, bred in July, 1907, from an 

 ovum sent him from south France by Dr. Chapman, Mr. Cowham. 

 Eupithecia absynthiata in Ireland. — A long series of Eiipithecia 

 absynthiata, bred from larvae collected on ragwort near Cork, Messrs. 

 Harrison and Main. Aberrations of Lepidoptera. — Long series of 

 Agriadex corydou, taken near Dover, including var. obsoleta and many 

 blue females ; many blue females of Pohjummatus icants from north 

 Kent, and two striking forms of I'Hcranura vinula, one very dark, with 

 almost chocolate suffusion, the other having the zigzag lines unusually 

 cleanly cut and dark, the middle area being very light, Mr. Newman. 

 Celastrina argiolus larv.e. — Living larvaeof CelaHtrina aniiolus, includ- 

 ing one example which had been of an obscure red colour through all its 

 instars, Mr. Coote. Parnassius apollo bred. — Parnassius apollo, the 

 imago bred from the larva exhibited at a previous meeting, and made 

 remarks on the differentiation of the larva from that of P. delius, Mr. 

 Sich. — October 8th, 1908. — Swiss Coleoptera. — About 70 species of 

 Coleoptera, Hemiptera, etc., taken by him in July, 1908, in Central 

 Switzerland, including Trichius fasciatas, Tricodes apricarins, Oedeniera 

 podayrariae, Leptura rubra, Clytus massilien.ns, Strachia ornata, (Edipoda 

 caernlesrens, etc., Mr. Ashdown. Aberrations of Butterflies. — Two 

 bred specimens of Fhwdia Jiyperanthiis ab. caeca, from Surrey, and 

 a bred specimen of Melanaryia yalathea approaching var. procida, 

 from Hampshire, Mr. Tonge. Pseudoterpna pruinata. — A bred 

 series of Pseudoterpna pruinata {cytisaria) from Epping Forest, 

 showing great variation in the size, distinctness, and presence 

 of the usual submarginal light coloured line, Messrs. Harrison 

 and Main. Various lepidopterA; including partial second- 

 broods.- — A bred series of Malacosonia castrensu from Essex, 

 including the rare yellow unicolorous 2 , and the dark chocolate <? ; 

 a bred series of .Eyeria andrenifnrwis from North Kent, where it was 

 much subject to the attacks of ichneumons; a series of Hepialushiuindi 

 var. hethlandica, and a few Pachuobia hyperborea from Shetland, some 

 Anarta nielanopa from Rannoch, a second-brood bred example of Abraxas 

 yrossulariata, October 8th, the first to emerge from over 100 pupaj ; a 

 living Thera firmata second-brood, and a living second-brood specimen 

 of Euiiwrpha elpeiior, Mr. Newman. Ova of Tortricid. — Recently 

 deposited ova of Tortrix pronubana, Mr. R. Adkin. North Kent 

 Lepidoptera. — Mr. J. P. liarrett made a comparison of the lepidop- 

 terous fauna of North Kent 30 years ago and that of to-day, illustrating 

 his remarks by series of Aporia crataeyi, Nonayria sparyanii, Acidalia 

 ochrata, Agrotera. vevwralis, Tapinostola morrisii {bondii), Eremobia 

 ochroleuca, etc. Gynandromorphous Trichiura crat^egi, etc. — A $ 



