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Plchcias argus {cegon) laid naturally on Erica cinerea. — Dr. Chapman, 

 Lepidoptera obtained by him in Sicily, Oreopsychc kahri, Bepressaria 

 thapsialla, D. ferula, &c. — Mr. Kaye, a box of Brazilian butterflies 

 taken by him in the early part of tlie year, including Morplio 

 anaxibia, M. menclaus, M. hercules, M. Icertes, M. cega and the rare 

 M. cytheris, the beautiful Papilio ascanius, five species of Heliconius, 

 species of Catagramma and Gallicore, numerous very beautiful Eryci- 

 nidoe, the Ithomiine Mechomitis lysimnia with its Pierine mimic 

 Dismorphia astyoche, caught on the same flower-heads at Castro.— 

 Mr. Sich, specimens of Monopis weaverella, a rare species only 

 recently fully diS'erentiated from M. spilotclla. He also showed the 

 hybernaculum of Yponovieuta cognatellus on Enonymus twigs. — Mr. 

 Piatt Barrett, a large collection of butterflies taken in Sicily during 

 the last two years, and read a paper on the exhibit and the localities 

 he visited, illustrating his remarks by a large number of lantern 

 slides, including a series of views of Messina before and after the ter- 

 rible earthquake of which he and his son were among the survivors. 



October 27th.— Mv. W. J. Kaye, F.E.S., President, in the chair.— 

 Mr. Ashdown exhibited examples of the various species of Lepi- 

 doptera met with by him during a few weeks spent in Switzerland 

 in July last, including Apatura iris, Issoria lathonia, Melitcea phcebe, 

 Limenitis Camilla, Erebia lappona, Colias phicomone, Cupido osiris 

 {sebrus), and Mr. Newman, a living larva of Polygonia c-album, and 

 a long series of females of Agriades thetis [bellargus), from Folke- 

 stone. — Messrs. H. Moore, Sich, R. Adkin, and L. Edwards exhibited 

 numerous teratological specimens of Lepidoptera to illustrate the 

 remarks of Dr. Chapman in his paper. — Mr. South, series of (1) 

 Coremia unidentaria, bred from ova deposited by a reddish-banded 

 female ; the reddish and the black-banded forms were about equal in 

 number; (2) Acidalia aversata, bred from ova deposited by a typical 

 female, and gave an analysis of the banded and plain forms produced ; 

 (3) Boarmia gemmaria, bred from ova oi Yav. j^erfinnaria, the resultant 

 imagines being almost all of the varietal form ; (4) B. abietaria, 

 specimens bred from New Forest larvae; (5) Pionea {Scopula) lutealis, 

 a series from Durham, whiter, more strongly marked, and larger 

 than southern examples; and (6) greyish forms of Larentia didyviata, 

 from Weardale, Durham. — Mr. Schooling, a var. of Arctia caja, in 

 which the fore wing markings were so aberrantly grouped and 

 enlarged as to give no indication of what the normal marking was. — 

 Dr. Ciiapman, a large number of teratological specimens lent him by 

 Mr. Tutt, Mr. Pickett, Dr. Hodgson and others, to illustrate the paper 

 he subsequently read, entitled " Notes on Teratological Specimens." 



November 10th, 1910.— Mr. W. J. Kaye, F.E.S., President, in the 

 chair.— Mr. W. G. Sheldon, F.E.S., of Croydon ; Lieut. H. F. Stone- 

 ham, of Streatham ; Mr. A. J. Lawrence, of New Oxford Street ; and 

 Mr. B. S. Curwen, of Eichmond, were elected meni])ers.— Dr. Hodg- 

 son exhibited selected examples of Agriades coridon, mainly females, 

 to show the prevalent slightly blue scaled form from Dover and 

 Clandon in 1904 and 1906 respectively, and from Sussex, Surrey, and 

 Herts, in 1910. — Mr. Piatt Barrett, bred specimens of Vanessa io of a 

 curious greasy-looking appearance, from mal-development of the 

 scales. — Mr. K. Adkin, a bred series of Lithosia caniola from Devon- 



