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(lie ocelli much more pronounced; and (3) Erebia nsihiops (blandina), two speci- 

 mens bred from ova laid by a Yorkshire 9 . Mr. Colthrup, a very fine variety of 

 I Polt/ommatus corydon in which the marginal markings of the hind-wings were 

 I developed and coalesced into radiating streaks. Mr. J. W. Kaye, a fine bred series 

 of Thecia pruni from Monkswood larvae. He pointed out the variable and unstable 

 character of the orange markings of the ? . Mr. Joy, a bred series of Cyaniris 

 nrgiolus, being about half of a brood of which the remainder were apparently going 

 over the winter as pupae, and gave notes on his method of breeding. Mr. Turner 

 read a paper entitled " Notes on the genus Coleopliora^^ and illustrated each 

 species mentioned by a life-history showing imago, cases at different stages, posi- 

 tion in life, and the leaves showing larval depredations. 



Thursday, September l^tTi, 1905.— The President in the Chair. 



Mr. Edward Hill, of Dorville Road, Lee, was elected a Member. 



Mr. Stonell exhibited a number of varieties of British Lepidoptera, including 

 ]iale Orthosia suspecta, pale and dark Noctua sobrina, Tseniocampa gracilis, var. 

 pallida, &c. Mr. Cowham, a fine richly banded Dicycla oo from Woodford. 



Messi's. Harrison and Main (1), Nemeopliila russula, a series bred from 

 Delamere Forest ova ; and (2) CaUimorpha dominula, bred from Deal. Mr. Sich, 

 the two specimens of Argyresthia illuminatella fi'om Hailsham, Sussex, which had 

 been determined by Mr. Meyrick as new to the British fauna. Mr. Kaye (1), a pair 

 of black Boarmia gemmaria {rhomboid an' a) ; and (2) a much suffused Cleora 

 glabraria from the New Forest. Mr. Ashdown, specimens of the local Hemipteron, 

 Eysarcoris melanocephalus taken in Surrey, and the rare E. seneus from the New 

 Forest. Mr. West, various Coleoptera : Sibinia potentillse on Spergula arvensis, 

 S. primifa on grass, and Rhinoncus bruchoides on Polygonum, by sweeping in 

 Darenth Wood in August. Mr. Joy, a fine variety of Cupido minima, having the 

 usual submarginal row of dots on the hind-wings elongated into streaks of consider- 

 able but varying length. Mr. West (Ashtead), a photograph showing a cluster of 

 Mania maura in a corner of a room, where for years they had been accustomed to 

 assemble. Mr. R. Adkin, specimens of Emmelesia unifasciata that had emerged in 

 August of this year from pupae of 1900. Some individuals had emerged in 1901, 

 1902, 1903 and 1904, and a few pupae still remain over. Mr. F. Noad-Clarke read 

 a paper, " Practical Hints in Microscopical Manipulation." 



Thursday, October 26th, 1905.— The President in the Chair. 

 Rev. E. Tarbat exhibited a specimen of Pseudoterpna pruinata (cytisaria) from 

 Mortehoe, in which the usual green colour was replaced by a rich yellowish-brown ; 

 it was in bred condition. Mr. Kaye, an extremely light form of Boarmia ahietaria, 

 j bred from a Box Hill larva. It was noted that this species was generally much 

 darker now than years ago in that locality, but none were as light as the specimen 

 shown. Mr. Step, New Zealand " vegetable caterpillar " and the fungus Cordyceps 

 rohertsii, which attacked it. Mr. West (Grreenwich), the following Hemiptera : 

 Dryraus sylvaticus var. ryei, uncommon under dead leaves ; D. pilicornis, very 

 local ; and Berytus crassipes, rare, under stones ; all from Box Hill. The remainder 



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