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livornica, taken at light in South Cornwall in May. — Mr. R. Adkin, 

 long and varied series of Anilirocera lonicerce, A. trifolii and A. fili- 

 pendulcB, and called attention to the similar colour aberrations 

 occurring in all three species, from normal deep red, through pale 

 red, orange to yellow by small gradations. — Mr. A. Sich, the two 

 very rare Coleophorids obtianed by him this year, Coleopliora tri- 

 gemineUa and C. agramella, the latter from East Hoathly, Sussex. — 

 Mr. E. P. Sharp, an extensive series of the Sussex forms of Dian- 

 thcBcia carpopliaga, and dark and red forms of Nonagria edelsteni. — 

 Captain Cardew, an almost obsolete under side of Cclastrina argiolus 

 near ab. argyphontes, from Oxshott. — Mr. T. H. L. Grosvenor, a 

 very long series of Ccenonymplia typhon, from Witherslack, Cumber- 

 land and Scotland, and pointed out the gradual suppression of the 

 spotting as the species occurs more to the north. He also showed 

 Agriades coridon ab. seinisyngrapha, ab. mceqiialis, ab. aurantia, and 

 ab. tithonus, P. rapcB from Aberdeen with females varying from pale 

 yellow to buff, under side aberrations of Aphantopus hyperanthus, 

 Ccanonympha pampJiilus and Aricia medon, and a Triplicena pronuba 

 with pale lemon-yellow hind wings. — Eev. J. E. Tarbat, a series of 

 Cravibus fasciellus, from Norfolk. — Mrs. Hemming, 2 broods of Colias 

 edusa bred from ova laid by females captured on May 21st and July 

 21st respectively; there was but little variation in brood 1, while 

 the males of brood 2 showed a diminished amount of spotting on the 

 hind wungs, and the females had considerable suppression of the fore 

 wing marginal spotting. Mrs. Hemming also showed aberrations of 

 Pieris napi, a melanic Anthrocera trifolii, a dusky-fringed Agriades 

 thetis, a green-tipped male Eucliloii cardaviines, and a female C. edusa 

 right side ab. helice, &c. — Mr. L. W. Newman, a long bred series of 

 hybrid ocellatus popidi, examples of other hybrids previously shown 

 by him ; extremely large bred G. edusa, a melanic example of Cosmia 

 trapezina from Bexley, and a yellow Polygonia c-album. — Mr. H. J. 

 Turner, series of Bryophila muralis from Freshwater and Dawlish, 

 the former light green and gray in ground, the latter dark and 

 intense in colour and marking ; two specimens were smaller than 

 B. perla. — Mr. A. E. Gibbs, a drawer of the briUiant South American 

 genus Catagramma and its allies. — Mr. W. J. Lucas, a number 

 of species of Neuroptera, most remarkable for their strikingly 

 exaggerated form of wing, including Nemoptcra bipennis from Gib- 

 raltar, N. coa from Corinth, Lertha barbara from Algeria, &c. — 

 Dr. T. A. Chapman, a series of Agriades thersites with A. escheri, 

 Polyommatus icarus. Sec, for comparison; and he called attention to 

 the overlapping of the flowering time of Ulex europceus and U. nanus. 

 — Mr. Wells, an unusually large specimen of Apiaiura iris and a 

 P. c-album, with much reduced costal blotches and dark sulifused 

 hind wings. — Mr. R. T. Baumann, a melanic specimen of Acidalia 

 virgularia bred from a captured melanic female, and a long series of 

 Hydriomena furcata {sordidata) from Forres, showing banded, vinous, 

 and very dark forms. — Mr. J. A. Simes, a long and varied series of 

 Melitcea didyma from Europe and North x\frica, including the small 

 pale form ab. persea from Greece, the huge South Italian form, and a 

 beautiful radiated aberration. — The Rev. Alfred Stiff, a series of 



