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hindwings. Mr, Kaye, an unusually large spray of the magnificent 

 orchid Cattlci/a labiata, five flowers. Mr. Pickett, results of breeding 

 Ani/erona pDdiaria under coloured muslins, red, pink, orange-yellow, 

 and cream with green pattern, and aberrational series of M. ^/alatltea, 

 Agriades coridnn {senii-si/ni/raplia, ohsolcta, striata, viinor), etc. Mr. 

 Sheldon, European Dinrni, taken by himself in the Riviera, south 

 Spain, Digne, etc., including fine series of Zegris etiphemc var. 

 meridionalU, Thais rinnina, var. canteneri, var. medesicaste, and ab. 

 honoratii, Araschnia levana, var. prorsa, and var. porima, etc. Mr. 

 Frisby, nearly all the species of British bees in the genera Andrena 

 and Cilissa. Mr. W. J. Kaye, a drawer of species of Syntomidae he 

 had taken at flowers in South Brazil, and gave notes on their habits. 

 December lith, 1911. — Special Meeting. — It was agreed unanimously 

 at an usually large meeting to increase the annual subscription to ten 

 shillings, and the life composition to six guineas. Okdinaky Meeting. 

 —Mr. R. G. Todd, of Hadley Wood, Mr. G. E. H. Peskett, of Ilford, 

 Mr. A. Quarrington, of Norwood, and Mr. E. A. Stowell, B.A., of 

 Kingston, were elected members. Rumicia phl^eas. — There was a special 

 exhibition of Rioiiicia p/daeas and its allies. Mr. Tonge, series from 

 S.E. counties and bred continental specimens ; Mr. Newman, on 

 behalf of Mr. Quarrington, ab. schmidtii and striated forms ; the Rev. 

 G. Wheeler, series from England, Italy, S. France and S. Switzer- 

 land, including suffused examples, ab. caemleopiinctata, ab. hipunctata, 

 etc. ; Mr. R. Adkin, representative series from Eastbourne this j^ear, 

 and analysed the variation occurring there ; Mr. A. E. Gibbs, 

 series from England, N.E. France, E. Pyrenees, Corsica, Algeria, 

 Turkistan and Japan, together with many closely allied species 

 from the Palsearctic and Nearctic Regions ; Mr. Turner, series 

 including his ab. alba from Brasted ; Mr. R. South, a selection 

 illustrating the ordinary variation, including ab. schmidtii, and pointed 

 out how the variation of the American representative hypopJdaeas had 

 an almost parallel range ; Mr. Cowham, ab. schmidtii from Oxshott ; 

 Mr. Frohawk, a long bred series of C. dispar var. rutilns from 

 Continental ova; Mr. C. P. Pickett, long and varied series of four 

 broods in 1911, and many aberrations during the past ten years; Mr. 

 Edwards, closely allied Central and E. Asian forms ; and Mr. Kaye, 

 bred specimens. In the subsequent remarks it was noted that the 

 species had appeared in great abundance even in gardens and streets, 

 that there were extremely few striking aberrations, that the later 

 broods were generally darker, that the larva hibernated in any instar, 

 and that the species was by no means common in Switzerland. 

 Hymenoptera. — Mr. West (Greenwich), exhibited a drawer of the 

 Society's cabinet, in which he had arranged the British Hymen- 

 optera recently presented to the Society. Swiss Lepidoptera. 

 — Mr. Ashdown, collection of Lepidoptera taken by him in 

 Switzerland and near Chamonix in June and July last. 

 Aberrations. — Mr. Newman, a number of well-marked aberrations 

 from the collection of Mr. Hills, of Folkestone. Blue 5 P. icarus. — 

 Mr. Quarrington, a fine blue $ of Poli/ommatus icarus. E. atomaria, 

 VARs. — Mr. Buckstone, a series of variations of Ematunja atomaria. 

 Third generation of A. virgularia. — Mr. South, a long series of three 

 generations of Acidalia vin/ularia, reared in 1911 from a 2 taken at 

 Bishop Auckland in 1910. Autumn-bred A. iris. — Mr. Joy, two 



