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fera (conformis)—The remainder of the meeting was devoted to an 
exhibition of lantern slides by Messrs. Tonge, Dennis, West (Ashtead), 
Main, Step, and Lucas. 
April 8th.—The President in the chair—Mr. Hemmings and Mrs. 
Hemmings, of Horley, were elected members.—Mr. Newman, a living 
female of Asteroscopus nubeculosa, bred that morning after being four 
years in the pupal stage—Mr. Main, ova-cases of a leaf insect from 
Ceylon, each containing one ovum. The species was parthogenetic, 
males being rarely produced.— Mr. Turner, a series of the delicate 
Pyrale Glyphodes sinuata from the Ja River, Cameroons.—Mr. Adkin 
read a short paper entitled ‘‘ Notes on a Series of Boarmia repandata, 
with some Remarks upon the Variation and Distribution of the 
Species in Britain,” and exhibited long series of the species in illus- 
tration of the paper. — Mr. Turner read the Report of the Society’s 
Visit to the Zoological Museum, Tring, on March 27th. About thirty 
members and friends were present. 
April 22nd. — The President in the chair. — Mr. Tonge exhibited 
remains of an unusually dark Catocala fraxini, taken at Horsham in 
1908, with some of the ova laid by it.— Mr. West (Ashtead), living 
larva of a stick-insect, feeding on privet-leaves. — Mr. Joy, a pupa of 
Cyclopides palemon. The larva hybernated from mid-October in a 
tent among grass, emerged in the spring, wandered but did not feed, 
and had just pupated. He referred to a brood of Brenthis euphrosyne, 
of which, on March 15th, forty-five out of about eighty were alive. 
The subsequent severe weather killed off all but four, of which two 
had already turned to pupa. — Mr. Rayward, ova i sztw, found wild, 
of Polygonia c-album. They were always near the apex of the leaf on 
the upper side.—Mr. Tonge read a paper, ‘The Resting Positions of 
Butterflies and Moths,” illustrating his remarks with a large number 
of admirable lantern-slides, many of them from photographs taken on 
the occasions of the various field meetings of the Society.— Hy. J. 
Turner, Hon. Rep. Sec. 
Ciry or Lonpon Enromonoaican Socrety.—Lebruary 16th, 1909. 
—KExhibits were practically confined to Pseudoterpna cytisaria, which 
was the subject of the paper appointed to be read on this occasion 
by Rev. C. R. N. Burrows. 
March 2nd, 1909.—A special exhibit of Polyommatus phleas was 
the feature of the evening. Dr. T. A. Chapman exhibited various 
Kuropean and extra-European series, including examples from Sicily 
(? spring brood) lighter in colour and with black markings less 
pronounced than in normal English specimens; from Spain (? summer 
brood), mostly var. elews or abs. approaching thereto ; from Teneriffe 
with black markings accentuated as regards both size and depth of 
colour, but with ground colour clear and bright; from Japan, some 
with ground colour and others with same suffused with black; and 
from India, all with ground colour completely obscured with smoky 
suffusion. English specimens, with copper marginal band on hind 
wings broken up into alternate dashes of copper and black, were 
exhibited by Messrs. 8. J. Bell and L. W. Newman, while Mr. J. E. 
Shaw showed an ab. with entirely black hind wings from Darenth, 
and var. elews from Bexley. — Mr. H. M. Edelsten, Camptogramma 
