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of blue in A(jriadeH thetis, including a unique specimen with scattered 

 black scales, and a very pronounced $ ab. ceronns, from Surrey. 



Living P. pooalirius. — Mr. K. G. Blair, a living bred I-'ajjilio 

 poJalirins from 8. PVance and a (ii ijIIiih himaculatiis taken in the docks. 



Stereoscopic slides. — Mr. Withycombe, stereoscopic slides of ova 

 of a Ilemipteron, and of the Tineid JJarpipter;/x xi/lostdla. 



Third jiRooD of P. aigekia. — Mr. Tonge, a presumably third brood 

 specimen of i'aranjfi. aeijeria bred from a female captured at Chalfont 

 on June 26th. 



Races of E. tyndarus. — Mr. Goodman, two distinct races of 

 Erehia tijndariai from La Grave and the Engadine. 



Aiujnat 25th. — The cherry aphis and " white-fly." — Mr. Edwards 

 exhibited the black " cherry-aphis," Mtjsus cerasi, and the greenhouse 

 " white-fly," and referred to the methods of control of the latter pest. 



Local forms of H. semele and R. phl^as. — Mr. Barnett, dark 

 heath forms of Hipparrhia seinelt;, light banded forms of the same, a 

 dark Rumicia /j/ilai'as, etc. 



S. American Lepidoptera bred and sent by Mr. Lindeman. — Mr. 

 Turner, a cocoon of Unt/isrhiltlia anrata from which a large imago had 

 emerged, with ova laid by it ; a chrysalis of Pa/iilio thoas remarkably 

 resembling a piece of rotten stick ; and a pupa of Eade>i viarpii/ira, 

 pointing out the rough file-like surface characteristic of the genus. 



A NEW French record. — -Mr. Withycombe, AacalapJitiH ottoinanus 

 from Digne, a new record for France. 



A GAr,L on dogwood. — Mr. Coxhead, a Dipterous gall (>li;/(>trop/ius 

 ■i-orni on dogwood. 



Living Insects. — Mr. Enefer, living examples of //. >ieinde, the 

 beetle Apion miniatnm, and the shield-bug SiponKistes inarainatns. 



The rearing of N. interruptus (Col.). — Mr. Main, in his terrarium 

 the larva of Necrophorus interruptus reared from ova ; it would probably 

 pupate in the spring. 



Species of Heodes and Chrysophanus. — Mr. Goodman, European 

 species of "coppers " for comparison, Jjeodes virgauj'eae, H. hippothoe, 

 var. eiirijbia, (JhnjaoplianuH dinjiar and var, rutilus. 



Aj;erkations of Arctia ca.ja. — Mr. Coppeard, one of six similar 

 aberrations of Arctia cuja in which the usually cream-coloured banding 

 had a beautiful pink flush, 



Septeiiiher 8t/i. — Nest of Vespa germanica. — Mr. H. Moore 

 exhibited a nest of Venpa (jennanica from Kent, with 1052 dead wasps, 

 another 100 or 200 in the nest, and several grubs still alive. 



Zygaenidae hybrids. — Mr. T. H. Grosvenor, several hybrid 

 Zygaenids from Z. trifoUi taken in cop with Z. kqjpocrepidis, various 

 forms of Z. trifulii including ab. niffricans, ab. ohscura, a white 

 specimen, very large and very small specimens, confluent spotted 

 forms, with minute 6th spot, with wide border to hindwings, etc., and 

 of Z. jilipctuhdae, very large and very small forms, confluent spotted 

 (forms, several fine yellow forms, etc. 



Races of Ornithoptera. — Mr. Hy. J. Turner, males and females of 

 race po.seiilon and race hecnha of Ornitkojitera priamus from Queensland 

 and Key Island respectively. 



Aberrations. — Major Cottam, the chalk form of Fleheius ae<jon 



