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Newman exhibited specimens of Dianthnecia, bred from North Kent 

 wild larv«, resembling exactly, both in size and coloration, Dianthnecia 

 caiiKophila from the Isle of Man. This appeared to confirm the opinion 

 of several leading men that D. rapsopJiiht and D. rarpopluKja are the 

 same species. He also showed for comparison varied series of 

 I), rarpopltaiia with a pair of 7>. capsopJiila and ]>. capsinrola. Colias 

 HEci-A FROM FiNMARK. — Mr. W. G. Sheldon exhibited a series of C. heda, 

 from the Porsanger Fjord, Arctic Norway, with specimens of the other 

 orange species occurring in Europe for comparison. A Living 

 Earwig. — Mr. W. J. Lucas exhibited a living ^ of Labidnra riparia 

 (the Giant Earwig), taken on the shore near Christchurch, Hants. 

 He also exhibited a drawing giving the colour of the living insects, and 

 demonstrating how well they are protected by resemblance to the pale 

 sand of the Hampshire coast. Pyrenean Lepidoptera. — Mr. G. T. 

 Bethune-Baker showed specimens of Hepiabta pj/renainis, a species 

 found not uncommonly on the higher parts of Mount Canigou, with 

 the apterous female. Also a fine form of Li/cacna arion, and a specimen 

 of ileadoi Jiippotho'c that was at once radiated, obsolescent and 

 asymmetrical. Alpine Butterflies. — Mr. Douglas Pearson exhibited a 

 drawer of Rhopalocera from the Black Forest and the Swiss Alps, 

 including an albinistic specimen of Krebia lappona, the large Black 

 Forest form of Colias palaeno, Brenthis pales from Pontresina, with 

 underside, hind-wings of a deep purple-red, and others. Egg-laying 

 OF Erebia Glacialis. — Mr. J. A. Simes read the following note : — 

 "On the 15th July, 1912, I came across Krebia (jlarialis in some 

 numbers on a scree slope below the summit of the Colette de Gily, 

 Dauphiny, and saw a $ alight on a piece of loose rock on the slope, 

 sun itself for a time and then proceed to walk slowl}' backwards until 

 it reached the lower end of the rock. It then bent its abdomen 

 underneath the slab of rock and deposited an egg on the lower surface 

 of it." Delayed emergence of a Bee-imago (Osmia sp.) — The 

 President exhibited a species of Osmia and its cell, found three and a 

 half years ago beside a little stream at Jericho, which only emerged 

 during the Oxford Congress this year. Aberration of Brknthis 

 SELENE. — Mr. H. Baker Sly exhibited a very dark example of Brentliis 

 selene, having the under-wings clouded with dark brown all over, 

 except for a slightly lighter shaded spot in the middle, and the upper- 

 wings very heavily clouded with dark brown. He also showed a speci- 

 men of l\}tinephele ji(rti)ta {jaiiira), one upper-winghaving a white blotch 

 at the tip, and also the under-wing on the same side with a white 

 streak. The following papers were read : — " Life History of Lonr/iaea 

 chorea,'" by A. E. Cameron, M.A., B.Sc. ; counnunicated by H. S. 

 Leigh, F.E.S. "A few Observations on Mimicry,"by W. J. Kaye,F.E.S. 

 The South London Entomological and Natural History 

 Society. — September 2Qth. — Varieties of "Blues." — Dr. Chapman 

 exhibited varieties of " blues " taken in the French Alps this year 

 where several species were of unusually large size ; they included 

 r<ili/o)iiiiiatiis icariis resembling P.escheri, Aifriades thetis ah. pinictifera, 

 a possible hybrid between //. damou and A. coridon, etc. Bred 



PA(;iIY(iASrKIA TRIFOLII AND VARIETIES OF MUTTERFLIES. Mr. Colthrup, 



long series of I'achipjastria trifolii from itomney and l^jastbourne, the 

 former showing much variation, especially in the males, specimens of 

 iSatyrus seiiiele, with the eye spot in the anal angle of the hindwings 



