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pletely absent from Dover, where apparently conditions were most 

 favourable. 



September 12i/i. — Mr. A. E. Tonge, F.E.S., President, in the 

 chair. — Mr. Tonge exhibited an Ephestia sp. bred from an Egyptian 

 date. — Mr. Moore, galls found on the wild rose. — Mr. Gibbs, a 

 Bumicia jMcsas from Woburn, a combination of ab. radiata and ab. 

 caruleopimctata. — Capt. Cardew, an Apatura iris with much fulvous 

 shading on the fore wings and apex of hind wings ; a series of 

 Eupithecia suhfulvata, bred, from Northumberland; and living larvae 

 of Acidalia immutata. — Mr. Curwen, a large summer form of Pieris 

 napi with rays evanescent, Polyommatus icarus ab. semi-arcuata, 

 Agriades coridon with aberrant markings on the under sides, and an 

 Argynnis niohe var. eris with an extremely deep green ground on the 

 under sides of the hind wings. — Dr. T. A. Chapman, specimens of 

 Agriades alexins and of Polyommatus icarus ab. icarinus, and gave a 

 detailed account of the former species, which Freyer put forward in 

 1858. — Mr. Tonge reported Leucania albipuncta at sugar at Deal, 

 and specimens of Polia chi at Winslow, in Bucks. — Mr. Sich read 

 his report as delegate to the International Congress of Entomology 

 at Oxford in early August. 



September 26i/i. — Mr. A. E. Tonge, F.E.S., President, in the 

 chair. — Dr. Chapman exhibited varieties of "blues" taken in the 

 French Alps this year, where several species were of unusually large 

 size ; they included Polyommatus icarus resembling P. escheri, 

 Agriades thetis ab. punctifera, a possible hybrid between P. daman 

 and A. coridon, &c. — Mr. Colthrup, long series of Pachygastria trifolii 

 from Romney and Eastbourne, the former showing much variation, 

 especially in the males ; specimens of Satyrus semele with the eye- 

 spot in the anal angle of the hind wings absent ; an unusually large 

 example of Golias edusa var. helice, &c. — Mr. Newman, a long bred 

 series of Papilio machaon, of fine size mostly, but only showing 

 trivial variation in size and position of the discoidal spots, in amount 

 of blue in the hind wings, in the breadth and depth of colour of 

 the transverse bands, &c. — Mr. Hugh Main, a beetle, Caryoborus 

 nucleoritm, bred by him from the Coquilla nut previously exhibited 

 with the larva in by Mr. Joy. — Mr. J. P. Barrett, the larvae of Cebrio 

 gigas (?), a coleopteron occurring somewhat freely in his son's 

 garden in Messina, doing injury to his potatoes ; a short series of 

 Lyccena arion from Cornwall, ^geria musccsformis and Dianthcecia 

 luteago var. ficklini from the same county, and a huge earthen 

 cocoon of Mandiica atropos. — Mr. Tonge, a fragment of slate from 

 Cornwall containing a fossil in appearance very much resembling an 

 orthopteron. — Mr. Curwen, a very varied series of Brentliis jja?es 

 from Switzerland. — Mr. Blenkarn, the rare coleopteron, Henoticns 

 serratus, taken in the offices of Messrs. Moet & Chandon's, Northum- 

 berland Avenue ; and a series of bred Porthesia chrysorrhoea from 

 Sandown, including two with bright golden tufts instead of the usual 

 rich brown. — Mr. Lucas, a living female of the rare orthopteron, 

 Metrioptera roeselii. — Mr. Turner, for Rev. C. R. N. Burrows, a 

 beautiful series of Celastrina argiolus, bred from larvae taken on 



