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September IWi, 1918.— Mr. R. Adkin, F.E.S., Vice-President, 

 in the chair. — Mr. Ashdown exhibited series of the Homopteron 

 Ledra aurita, with hving larvae. Some females had the frontal 

 horns more developed than in the males. — Mr. Blair, two very 

 similar beetles, Coccinella distincta and C. septevipioictata, the 

 former associated with ants, and pointed out their differences. — 

 Mr. Bowman, four successive broods of Dysstroma (Cirlaria) 

 tnmcata: (1) an average wild female ; (2) including the yellow-clouded 

 and dark suffused forms ; (3) more or less typical, October and 

 November ; (4) also more or less typical — (3) and (4) quite as large 

 as the parent. — Mr. Sich, the Micro-lepidoptera, Caccecia podana 

 ab. sauberiana, bred from ivy ; Pandeniis riheana with very faint 

 markings ; P. heparana, a dark specimen bred from rose ; 

 Euarmonia ivceberiana, a dark specimen, Bath ; Acalla con- 

 taminana, the aberrations ciliana and rhombana and the form which 

 has been provisionally named omicron. — Mr. Barnett, a series of 

 Aricia mcdon, one underside striated on the fore wings, Chipstead. 

 — Mr. B. W. Adkin, a series of Nisoniades tages, some finely-marked 

 varied females, and a remarkable khaki-coloured form. — Mr. Sperring, 

 eight specimens of Abraxas grossulariata from Aberdeen, bred, 

 gradations of the dark suffused local race, and two very dark ones 

 bred from suburban collected larvae, also the ab. fidvopicata form 

 from S.E. London. Mr. Sperring also showed ten specimens of 

 Arctia caja, bred this year from S.E. London, including aberrations 

 with orange hind wings, predominance of white on fore wings, a 

 banded form (hind), a banded form (fore), specimens much suffused. 

 — Mr. F. B. Carr, series of Royston Agriades corydon, 1918, including 

 ab. roystonensis ab. semisyngrapha, and specimens close to ab. 

 syngrapha, with several underside aberrations. — Mr. Dennis, heads 

 of the common rush on which the very young larvee of ColeopJwra 

 caspititiella had, since the heads were gathered, made their cases. — 

 Mr. H. Moore and Mr. H. J. Turner, a large number of Japanese 

 Rhopalocera. — Mr. Turner read a short paper, " Notes on the Butter- 

 flies of Japan." — Reports on the season were given. The broom 

 was liowering again, butterflies were scarce in Essex, remarkable 

 aberrations had turned up in the New Forest, Pararge mcgcera 

 second brood was common locally, and Epiinephcle titJionus was 

 plentiful. — H. J. Turner (Hon. Editor of Proceedings). 



Sejitember 26th. — Dr. T. A. Chapman, F.R.S., in the chair.— =' 

 The decease of Mr. W. de Vismes Kane was announced. ^ — Mr. Muir, 

 for Mr. Carr, mines of Phyllotovia vagafis (Sawfly) in alder leaves 

 from Blackheath. — Mr. Moore, specimens of a second brood of 

 Sphinx Ugustri ; August and September emergence.— Mr. Main, 

 living examples of Dytiscus circumcinctus, a water-beetle, without 

 secondary sexual characters. — Mr. Bunnett, galls of Bhodites 

 eglanteria and Pi. rosce, gall-flies. — Mr. West, examples of the 

 "fire-beetle," MelanopMla acuminata, from Crowthorne. — Mr. B. W. 

 Adkin, aberrations of Pararge megcera, with large ocelli, with small 

 ocelli, with suffused area between central lines, from Dartmoor. — 

 The remainder of the evening was devoted to the exhibition of 

 lantern-slides. — Mr. Main, slides showing resting positions of native 

 species of Mosquitoes and Gnats. — H. J. Turner (Hon. Editor of 

 Proceedings). (^ 



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