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Melanippe fluctnata of a pale ochreous ground with a much diminished 

 central band, and extremely beautiful rosy specimens, var, subroseatn of 

 Zonosoyna pendularia . Mr. J. Hickman exhibited two broods of Arctia 

 caja from Wye, in which considerable aberrational intensification of 

 the dark markings was apparent. Mr, L. W. Newman (1), bred series 

 of the genus Notodonta ; (2), hybrids between Smerinthua ocellata and 

 Amorplia jufpuli, Notodonta zic~(ic and N. dromedarius, Selenia tetra- 

 lunaria and S.biluiiaria ; (8), bred series of Nyssia lapponaria, Leucania 

 vitellina, melanic Boaimia gnvmaria, Dasycampa ruhirjinea, &c., &c. ; 

 and (4), very varied series of MelitcBa aurinia. Mr. Percy Richards, a 

 large number of varieties and abei'rations, of which the following are 

 a few : — (1), Dryas papJda, intermediate between the type and var. 

 valesina; (2), a very grey-coloured Limenitis sibylla ; (3), a suffused 

 red, a salmon-pink confluent spotted, a pale straw-yellow, and forms 

 with yellow hind wing on one side only of Anthrocera trifolii ; (4), a 

 Urojitej-yx sambiicata streaked with grey, quite freshly emerged ; (5), 

 pMmia luteolata, with the reddish-brown markings absent ; (6), a 

 number of intermediate forms between A. hetnlaria and var. double- 

 dayaria; (7), his specimen of Plnsia ni, from Kingston Hill; (8), an 

 Abraxas grossulariata with deep yellow ground colour; (9), a black 

 form of Thera variata, from Kingston Hill ; and, on behalf of Mr. E. 

 Warne, a pale-grey-all-over form of Mdanippe Jiiictuata and Bupalus 

 pmiaria with black markings on the grey outer border. Mr. A. Sich 

 exhibited specimens of the new British species discovered by him, 

 Aryyresthia illuminateUa, with allied species for comparison. Mr. 

 R. South (1), various forms of Aphantopus hyperanthus, including ab. 

 lanceolata, ab. arete, ab. obsolcta, &c. ; (2), a Brenthis euphrosyne with 

 much reduced markings on fore wings, and a black patch occupying 

 the whole basal two-thirds of the hind wings ; (3), Pararge mcijcBra 

 with extra apical spots, and a female with very wide lines on fore wings ; 

 (4), orange-tinged Goyiepteryx rlminni, from West Kent ; (5), a var. eUus 

 of Chrysophanus pldaas, and three very pale-coloured specimens ; and 

 (6), examples of var. syngrapha of Polyommatus corydon, and one 

 specimen with normal fore wings and var. syngrapha hind wings. Mr. 

 South also exhibited, on behalf of the Rev. W. Claxtou, (1), inter- 

 mediate coloured males of Cosmotriche potatoria ; (2), male Mala- 

 cosoma castremis with female coloration ; (3), Diantlmcia luteago, var. 

 ficklini, from Cornwall ; (4), very dark Psilura monacha from New 

 Forest parents; and (5), a dark form of Scopdosoma satellitia. Mr. 

 H. J. Turner a large number of life histories of the species of the 

 genus Coleophnra, showing imagines, cases of the larvae at different 

 stages of growth, and leaves of the food plants mounted to show the 

 characters of the depredations of the larvae. Mr. C. P. Pickett, very 

 long series with numerous and striking varieties of many species of 

 Lepidoptera. 



In Coleoptera the exhibits were very few indeed. Mr. W. West, of 

 Greenwich, exhibited an extremely large specimen of the stag-beetle 

 [Lucanus cervus). Mr. W. E. Butler, a series of the Coleopteron 

 Phymatodes lividus, a species new to the British List, discovered by 

 him at Reading. Mr. S. R. Ashby, a large number of species of 

 Coleoptera. 



Mr. West, of Greenwich, was the only exhibitor of Hemiptera, of 



