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stalk. — Mr. C. B. Williams, a box of Lepidoptera he had met with 

 in the Italian Val Formazza, from Domodossola leading up to the 

 Tosa Falls. — Mr. Ashdown, two aberrations of Coccinella bipunctata, 

 in which the spots were enlarged and united in a very unusual 

 manner. — Mr. West (Greenwich), a rare Coleopteron, Scymnus 

 arcuatus, presented to the Society's collections by Kev. J. T. Perry. 

 — Mr. Sperring, extremely dark examples of Boarmia gemmaria 

 (rhoviboidaria), bred from ova, the female parent from Darenth. — 

 Mr. Tonge, confluent examples of Anthrocera filipendula from 

 Eeigate. — Mr. B. S. Williams, on behalf of Mr. Wanhill, a Gonep- 

 teryx rhamni, in which male and female colour were mixed on the 

 fore wings, and several melanic specimens of Hibernia defoliaria 

 from Epping Forest. — Mr. Bowman, a very fine series of H. defoliaria 

 from Epping Forest, including a dozen melanic examples, several 

 light forms, strongly banded forms, mottled forms, &c. In nine 

 years previous to 1914 he had only met with two melanic forms 

 in this locality. 



September mh. — Ux. A. E. Gibbs, F.L.S., F.E.S., Vice-Presi- 

 dent, in the chair. — Mr. Sano exhibited living larvse, pupae, and 

 imagines of the Longicorn Coleopteron, Bhagium inquisitor. — 

 Mr. Leeds, under side aberrations of Agriades coridoii, ab. semi- 

 syngrapha, blue suffused females of Polyonwiatus icarus, and an 

 ab. syngrapha with very dark margins to the wings. — Mr. H. Moore, 

 imagines of the py lades group of Papilio from Africa, and read 

 notes. — Mr. West (Greenwich), the rare Coleopteron Athoiis rhombus 

 taken at Ascot during the field-meeting on July 3rd. — Mr. B. S. 

 WilUams, an aberration of Eupithecia subnotata in which the 

 mottled markings were absent, there being present on the sub- 

 marginal area a series of quadrate light spots. 



September 23rcZ.— Mr. A. E. Gibbs, F.L.S., F.E.S., Vice-President, 

 in the chair. — An evening for the exhibition of lantern-slides. — Mr. 

 Tonge exhibited some beautiful slides illustrating the resting atti- 

 tudes of the imagines of several Lepidoptera. — Mr. Colthrup, the 

 attitudes of living larvae of several Lepidoptera. — Mr. Hugh Main, 

 coloured slides of botanical and entomological subjects. — Mr. Tonge 

 exhibited a series of Boarmia repandata reared from Norfolk ova, the 

 repandata-lorm <?=1, ? s = 29, and co7iseryana-form <? =0, $ s = 39. 

 He also showed a series of Numeria pulveraria reared from Abbot's 

 Wood ova; the variation was practically nil — ^s = 24, $ s = 27. 

 — Mr. B. S. Williams, an aberration of Grocallis elinguaria in which 

 the ground was heavily dotted with dark brown and the central band 

 sharply margined white. — Mr. Morford, the case of the Psychid 

 Pachythelia villosella from the New Forest. — Mr. Buckstone, a bred 

 series of Lithosia deplana from Mickleham, one example being very 

 smoky with rich yellow costa and fringes. — Mr. Priske, the large 

 galls in the stems of thistles. — Mr. Leeds, many aberrations of 

 " blues " taken this season mainly in Herts, with an Epinephele 

 jurtina having extra ocelli on both upper and lower side, and an 

 Agriades coridon ab. semisyngrapha from Kent. — Hy. J. Tubner, 

 Hon. Bep. Sec. 



