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was elected a member. Mr. C. A. Briggs exhibited banded and 

 other forms of Gnophos obscuraria. Mr. Wellman, on behalf of 

 Mr. A. E. Hall, forms of Lyccena icarus. Mr. Goldthwait, 

 an interesting form of Triphana orhona, Hufn. {siihsequa, Hb.), 

 forms of Arfiynnis paphia, and the variety valesina. Mr. Oldham, 

 a fine variety of Argynnis euphrosyne, also species of Neuroptera, 

 Hymenoptera, &c. Mr. Adye, varieties of Ep'mephele ianira, E. 

 hyperantlies, Ematurgia atomaria, &c. Mr. Hawes, living larvie 

 of Polyommatiis pMoeas. Mr. Tutt, on behalf of Mr. P. Russ, of 

 Sligo, a number of species of Agrotidse, fine series of Epuncla 

 liUulenta, and contributed notes. Mr. West, of Greenwich, 

 Thyatira sericea, from West Wickham. Mr. Jenner Weir, 

 specimens of Mynneleon europcous, L. iant-lions), with cocoons, 

 and made some i-emarks thereon. 



November St}i. 1888. The Vice-President in the chair. Messrs. 

 H. W. J. Vaughan, W. Warren, W. D. Cansdale, C. Fenn, F. 

 Oswald, E. Brunetti, H. A. Sauze, A. Short, H. E. Hopkins, D. 

 Chiltenden, and Sydney Webb, were elected members. Mr. 

 Wellman exhibited three bred series of Acidalia aversata, L. Mr. 

 R. Adkin, Crymodes exults, and Pachnobia hyperborea, from 

 Shetland. Mr. Tutt, on behalf of Dr. Chapman, of Hereford, 

 showed long series of Acronycta tridens and A. psi. Mr. Tutt 

 stated that Dr. Chapman had told him that tliroughout the whole 

 of the larval stages the two species were quite distinct. Mr. Step 

 read a note from Mr. T. D. A. Cockerell, on the protective 

 resemblance of a species of Aphis occurring near W^est Cliff, 

 Custer County, Colorado, about 8000 ft. alt., to a parasitic fungus 

 (Puccinia bigelov'ue, Ellis & Everbart), very abundant on the 

 Bigelovia, in the same locality. — H. W. Barker, Ho)i. Sec. 



REVIEW. 



The Batterjlles of the Eastern United States and Canada, tcitli 

 special reference to New England. By Samuel H. Scudder. 

 Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S.A. 



Mr. Scudder has for twenty years been engaged in collecting, 

 preparing, and arranging material for the production of this 

 important work, the first number of which appeared on November 

 1st, of this year. It will be issued in twelve monthly parts, and 

 when comj)ieted will contain about 2000 figures on ninety-six 

 plates, of which forty or more will be coloured. The whole of the 

 Butterflies of New England will first be described and figured, 

 and in an Appendix all those will be added which have not yet 

 been taken within the limits of New England, but have been 



