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and characteristics. — Mr. Alderson, a large collection of butterflies 

 taken by him in a six weeks' holiday in and near the Ehone Valley 

 during May and June of last year. Over one hundred species were 

 represented, most of them being in very fine condition. — Mr. E. 

 Adkin read a paper entitled " The Lepidoptera of a London Garden." 

 — Hy. J. Turner, Hon. Bep. Sec. 



City op London Entomological Society. — January ith, 1910. — 

 Pocket-box Exhibition. Exhibits : Hyclracia nictitans, L., paludis, 

 Tutt, lucens, Frr., and crinanensis, Burrows, with microscopic 

 mounts, and photographs of the genitalia of both sexes of each 

 species to show the specific distinction, Eev. C. E. N. Burrows. — 

 Agriades corydon var. female syngrapha, and A. thetis {bellargus) 

 var. female co&lestis, Obth., both from West France, Dr. T. A. 

 Chapman. — Nonagria neurica, Hb. {edelsteni, Tutt), from Sussex, 

 with the new aberrations rufescens, Edelsten, var. fusca, Edelsten ; 

 also the ova and pupa in sitil, and photographs of the early stages 

 by Mr. Main, to illustrate the life-history of tlie species, Mr. H. M. 

 Edelsten. — Agriades corydon, males and females, from the South 

 Downs, August, 1909 ; the males showing shades from steel grey to 

 bright blue, and some females of ab. semi-syngra'pha, Mr. A. F. 

 Hemming. — Butterflies taken mainly, in 1909, in parts of Surrey and 

 Sussex, showing some variation in series. Dr. G. G. C. Hodgson. — • 

 Catocala fraxini, bred from eggs laid by the female specimen taken at 

 Horsham, Sept. 9th, 1908, Mr. G. H. Leach. — Arctia villica, Spilo- 

 soma fuliginosa, S. mendica, S. lubricijyeda, with var. radiata and S. 

 menthastri, with its buff aberration, Mr. A. W. Mera. — Venusia 

 camhrica, with its two melanic forms, ab. hradyi, bred, from Sheffield 

 district, with both wings melanic, and ab. lofthousi, from the 

 Middlesbrough district, with only the fore wings melanic, yet still 

 streaked longitudinally with white, Mr. L. B. Prout. — Abraxas 

 grossulariata, aberrations bred from larva taken wild in North 

 London upon Euonymus. One other specimen, suffused and spotted 

 with black, taken by Mr. Southey at Barnsbury in 1884, Mr. J. 

 Eiches. — Lepidoptera from Eannoch, Bude (including a remarkable 

 aberration of Aplecta prasina [herhida) with the centre of the fore 

 wings very pale, and Boarmia repandata var. conversaria), Eeigate 

 and Potters Bar, Mr. L. A. E. SalDine. — Smerinthus, Hyb., hybridiis, 

 three specimens bred October, 1909 ; Amorpka populi, a gynandro- 

 morph, left side male, right side female, bred June 10th, 1909 ; and a 

 series of Thecla quercus, bred from New Forest larvae, July, 1909, Mr. 

 V. E. Shaw. — Depressaria piUridella, first taken in Britain by Mr. 

 E. D. Green, who found the larvas at Whitstable in 1906 ; an interest- 

 ing addition to the British fauna on account of its southern distribu- 

 tion and large amount of variation ; also D. wnbellana and D. yeatiana, 

 for comparison, Mr. A. Sich. — Tapinostola ftilva, series taken in 

 Eichmond Park, September, 1909, Mr. P. W. Tautz. — Bumicia 

 phloeas, ab. alba, taken at Brasted, Kent, August 28th, 1909 ; and 

 several specimens of Gupido minimus, unusually small, little more than 

 half the usual size, taken at Winchester, June, 1909, Mr. H. J. 

 Turner. — Agriades corydon &h. fowleri from Swanage, and ab. sujfusa 

 from Shankhn, Mr. C. H. Wilhams. — Melitaa cinxta, groups showing 



