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their environment; Mr. Hugh Main, the protective resemblance exhi- 

 bited by larvffi such as P. smararfdaria and G. papilionaria ; and Mr. 

 Tonge, nature studies of various species of Lepidoptera, the ova, larvae 

 and imagines in their natural surroundings. 



The following gentlemen lent microscopes : — Mr. H. E. Barren, 

 Mr. A. Cant, Mr. A. W. Dennis, Mr. F. J. East, Mr. Stanley Edwards, 

 Mr. H. S. Tremlin, Mr. E. C. Goulton, Mr. W. J. Lucas, Mr. E. A. 

 Priske, Mr. W. West (Ashstead), Mr. C. West, and Messrs. R. and J. 

 Beck (six). The various objects shown by these gentlemen were much i 

 appreciated. A notable feature of this table was the Ashe-Fiulay 

 comparoscope, exhibited by Messrs. Beck, a microscope arranged with 

 two object-glasses and two stages to exhibit two objects side by side for 

 comparison. 



At half-hour intervals during the evening, the following gentlemen 

 exhibited lantern- slides and gave short demonstrations: — Mr. E. C. 

 Goulton, Mr. H. Main, and Mr. H. C. Head showed details of the life- 

 history of various species of Lepidoptera, Mr. Tonge showed the ova of 

 many species of butterfiies, Mr. F. Noad Clark minute microscopic 

 insect structures, Mr. F. Enock showed coloured slides of protective 

 resemblances in insects. Messrs. W. J. Lucas, A. W. Dennis, and E. 

 Step also showed slides. 



The Society's lantern was under the charge of Mr. F. Noad Clark i 

 the whole evening, who carried out all the arrangements for the 

 demonstrations without a hitch. A large number of exhibits of other 

 Orders by members and friends gave variety and attraction to the 

 meeting. 



The arrangements for tea were admirably made by Mrs. R. Adkin 

 and Miss Adkin, who, together with Mrs. T. *W. Hall and other ladies, 

 attended to the refreshment room. 



NOTES AND OBSERVATIONS. 



Melanic Lepidoptera. — At the meeting of the British Association, 

 to be held this year at York (August 1st to 8th), it is proposed that 

 there shall be an exhibition of British Lepidoptera, illustrating 

 melanism. The organizing committee of the Zoological Section 

 invite those who are willing to take part to communicate with Mr. 

 L. Doncaster, Zoological Laboratory, Cambridge, stating the species 

 and number of specimens which they are prepared to send. It is 

 hoped that a paper on "Melanism" will be read at the meeting by 

 Mr. G. T. Porritt, of Huddersfield, and that it will be followed by a 

 discussion. 



Vanessa ueticje in Hybernation. — In the ' Entomologist ' for 

 December, 1905, page 311, I recorded an instance of the early hyber- 

 nation of a specimen of 1'. urticcE at the beginning of July last. It 

 awoke from its long slumber on April 7th, although numbers of the 

 same species were abroad weeks before. This particular specimen I 

 saw daily, and I think I may truthfully say it never once moved a limb 

 from the first position it took up ; spiders' webs had fallen across, and 

 floated from its folded wings, and dust naturally accumulated around 



