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microscope.— Mr. Stott exhibited a fine specimen of A. atropos, 
captured by Mr. 8. Redford of Fleetwood, at electric light on Fleet- 
wood promenade.—Mr. W. A. Tyerman brought a small collection 
of Lepidoptera, taken in the vicinity of Hong-Kong, which included 
Attacus atlas, Papilio paris, and many other showy species.— Mv. J. J. 
Richardson showed Peronea mixtana from Bidston Hill, Birkenhead. 
—H. R. Sweetine & Wo. ManspriveGe, Hon. Secs. 
Ciry or Lonpon Entomotoaicat Soctety.—December 1st.—Dr. 
G. G. C. Hodgson exhibited an extensive series of Lycena 
@gon from many localities, including male with two of the silver 
spots on one hind wing confluent—Mr. F. M. Edelsten, ova of 
Tapinostola fulva laid in a curled leaf of Carex paludosa, Norfolk, 
September, 1908. Mr. Edelsten stated that the female appeared to 
be provided with a special organ for forcing apart the edges of the 
curled leaf—Mr. F. Pennington, a series of Lycena corydon, in- 
cluding fine examples of vars. fowler, striata, and melanotoxa; also 
Noctua plecta with usual costal streak only extending half way from 
the base, and Apamea oculea with pale coloration of reniform striated 
on surrounding nervures.—Mr. V. EH. Shaw, Satyrus janira, Bexley, 
August, 1908, with left hind wing bleached save for small area at 
base.—Mr. L. W. Newman, Abraxas grossulariata entirely black with 
the exception of a small pale basal spot, bred from typical parents of 
varleyata female and typical male. 
December 15th.—Mr. E. A. Cockayne exhibited Sesza andreni- 
formis and its parasites Bracon variator and Meniscus penvplator ; also 
stems of Viburnum lantana, showing various phases of larval borings, 
and the cap formed by the larva over the hole through which the 
imago ultimately emerges.—Dr. G. G. C. Hodgson, Argynnis selene, 
East Sussex, June, 1908, one showing a melanic tendency on margi- 
nal area of wings; another with similar tendency on basal half of 
wings; while a third specimen had the marginal half of the wings 
clouded with black broken up by fulvous dashes; in the latter speci- 
men the under side was also abnormal. 
January 5th, 1909.—Mr. H. M. Edelsten exhibited Crdaria reticu- 
lata, bred from Windermere pupe.—Dr. G. G. C. Hodgson, Cenonym- 
pha typhon var. rothliebt from Witherslack, Hpinephele hyperanthus 
var. obsoleta from various English and Scotch localities, and a series of 
Cenonympha panphilus, including specimens with ocelli on upper 
side of fore wings obsolete-—Mr. A. W. Mera, Dezlephila livornica, 
Torquay, 1906.—Mr. V. Shaw, Polyommatus phleas abs., one with 
entirely black hind wings, Darenth Wood, July, 1908; the other with 
straw-coloured marginal band on left hind wing, Bexley, August, 
1908. 
January 19th.—Rev. C. R. N. Burrows, Orgyta gonostigma female 
with pale coloration of antiqua female; Xylophasta polyodon, a black 
example, Mucking, 1908 ; Odonestis potatoria var. berolinensis male ; 
and ab. imtermedia male, Mucking, 1908.—Mr. Leach, a series of 
Calocampa exoleta, Inches, N.B., October, 1908, varying from pale to 
dark suffused forms.—Mr. L. W. Newman, Abrazas grossulariata var. 
varleyata, part of second brood of thirty-one specimens, of which 
seven were varleyata; the brood was raised from typical parents, 
