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coryli. — Mr. Hall, a gynaadroraorphous specimen of Agriades corlclon, 

 essentially a female but with patches of blue scales and androconia 

 on the right fore wing. 



November 26^/i.— Mr. B. H. Smith, B.A., F.E.S., President, in the 

 chair. — Mr. E. Adkin, long series of Agriades thetis, including males 

 of aberrant colour, often asserted to be hybrids with A. coridon ; 

 females showing blue coloration of the male ; and many under side 

 varieties. — Mr. H. Worsley-Wood, a bred series of Callimorpha 

 quadripunctaria [hero) and its aberration lutescens. — Kev. G. Wheeler, 

 series of Plebeius argijrognomon var. armoricanus from Brittany with 

 emphasised markings, series of Hesperia malvcB var. taras from the 

 Ehone Valley, a gynandromorph of P. argyrognomon, right female, 

 left male, kc. — Mr. Prideaux, a gynandromorph of Trichiura cratcsgi, 

 Agriades coridon, with silver-tipped peacock eyes on hind wings 

 upper side, with albinistic and melanistic specimens of several 

 species. — Mr. Talbot, for Mr. J. J. Joicey, rare exotic Lepidoptera, 

 including Ornithoptera alexandrcB and 0. rothschildi, with several rare 

 and new species of Papilio, very fine species of Hepialidae from 

 Australia, including Charagia ramsayi and a Tinaeid which attacks 

 the larvae, and some very line Cossid^, also from x\ustralia. — Mr. A. 

 E. Gibbs, new world Papilionidae, including P.ornythion, P.montezuma, 

 P. gundlachianus, P. sesostris, P. lycimeyies, P. torquatus, P. homertis, 

 P. glaiicus, &c., with their various local races, and gave notes on each 

 species. — The Eev. A. S. Stiff, a series of Epinephele tithonus from 

 Tavistock, showing much colour variation and considerable aberration 

 in the spotting, and a very varied series of Ematurga atomaria, 

 including very tine yellow forms and a female with male coloration. — 

 Mr. Ashdown, a series of Aphantopus hyperantus with aberrant and 

 asymmetrical spotting on the under side, including ab. caca. — Mr. 

 Tnrner, an aberration of Argynnis niohe with the upper side black, 

 spotting coalesced into an irregular band and the under side silver 

 basal spots coalesced into three large blotches. — Mr. Newman, a large 

 number of Irish Lepidoptera, including Pieris napi, P. rapce, Polyom- 

 matus icarus, Dryas papliia, Melitcea aurinia, H. semele, Neuria 

 reticulata, &c., all more or less of local forms, bred Bianthoscia 

 luteago var. barrettii, Pachnobia hyperborea, and Callimorpha domimda 

 ab. rossica, a long series of aberrations of Agriades coridon, two 

 Anthrocera filipendiilcB ab. chrysanthemi, eight bred Gastropacha 

 ilicifolia from Cannock Chase, and many other striking forms and 

 local species.— Mr. A. H. Jones, aberrations of Melanargia galathea, 

 ab. pallida of A. coridon, ab. ■pallida of Ccenonympha pamphilus, and 

 melanic examples of Aviphidasys betularia, T. variata, and Cidaria 

 ivunanata from Eltham. — Mr. Schmassmann, a number of Ornitho- 

 ptera and Morplio, including 0. lydius, 0. crcesus, 0. bornemaymi, 

 0. poseidon and its races, 0. paradisea, MorpJio hecuba, M. justilicB, 

 M. amphybion, M. cacica, M. rheteyior, and M. aureola. — Mr. West, 

 the reference collection of the Society, including the numerous 

 additions made by the Dawson donation. — Mr. Pickett, very long 

 series of Angerona prunaria, the results of seventeen years' breeding 

 and experiment, including many examples bred under varied coloiir 

 conditions ; he also showed long series of Agriades coridon, with many 



