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of E. rectamjulata from Welling, all dark forms, and of Hyria muricata from 

 Wanborough. Mr. West (Greenwich), short series of the until recently very rare 

 Apions, A. astragali and A. savguineuw, from Oxford. Mr. Edwards, pupa of 

 Mandnca atropos from Shooter's Hill. Dr. Chapman, specimens of L. argus 

 {xgon) from N. W. Spain, very large, pale beneath, with fine red borders above. 

 Mr. Adkin, a series of somewhat suffused specimens of Acronycta leporina bred 

 from Abbott's Wood larva). Mr. Kaye, several broods of Hemerophila ahruptaria 

 from dai'k parents, and gave results of the breeding. Mr. Turner read a paper, 

 " Further Notes on the genus ColeopJiora" und showed life-histo'-ies of C.badii- 

 pennella, C. gryphipennella, C. artemislella, C. argentula, and C. geni.stx.—RY. J. 

 TURNEK, Ron. Secretary. 



Entomological Society oe London : Wednesday, October I7fh, 1U06. — 

 Mr. F. Merrifield, President, in the Chair. 



Mr. H. St. J. Donisthorpe showed living specimens of the beetle Mononychus 

 pseudacori, and seed-capsules of Iris foetidissima containing further examples, 

 found at Niton, Isle of Wight, where the species occurred commonly. Mr. A. H. 

 Jones, specimens of Pieris napi, var. bryonise, Argynnis thore, Erebia glacialis ab. 

 pinto, a small form of Lycxna arion from Arosa, Switzerland, at 6C00 ft. ; a variety 

 of Melanargia galatea in which the dark patch on the under-side of the hind- 

 wings was much enlarged, and two varieties of Argynnis niub^ ? , one very pale, 

 the other of a bluish copper colour, taken on the Splugen Pass in July last ; also 

 specimens from other localities for comparison, Mr. W. J. Kaye, a fine example of 

 the re/narkable moth Draconia rusina, Druce, from Trinidad. The species bears 

 a wonderful resemblance to a decayed dead leaf, the patches on the wings suggesting 

 the work of some leaf-mining insect. Mr. E. M. Dadd, a number of Noctuids 

 common to the British Isles and Germany, and remarking on the insular racial 

 characters of some British Lepidoptera as compared with the predominant form 

 occurring on the continent of Europe, pointed that whereas England was the home 

 of many dark races, e.g., Polia chi, v. olivacea, Amphidasys betularia, v. double- 

 dayariu, the dark forms of S. abruptaria, P. pedaria, &c., and it was all the more 

 curious that in the 22 species of Noctux under review, the tendency was always for 

 the English form to be lighter and the continental darker. Dr. F. A. Dixey, speci- 

 mens of Ixias baliensis, Friihst., and Huphina nerissa, Fabr., from the Island of 

 Bali, Malay Archipelago, observing that if his conclusions were well founded, the 

 associations between the two must necessarily be Miillerian and not Batesian. 

 Mr. S. A. Neave, a number of Lepidoptera selected from the collection made by 

 him in N. E. Rhodesia, in 1904 and 1905, compi-ising the following rare and 

 remarkable species : — Melaniiis libya. Distant ; Liptena homeyeri, Dewitz ; Pentila 

 peucetia. Hew. : Catochrysops gigantea, Trim. ; Crenis pechueli, Dewitz, and Crenig 

 rosa. Hew., which are evidently two distinct species ; and Crenidomimas concordia, 

 HopfP., the mimic of the last two species. Also two remarkable species of the 

 genus ^/>Aa'M*— including the female, so rart^y taken in this genus — Acrxa natalica, 

 Boisd., and Acrsea anemosa, Hew., with two remarkable moths showing a close 



