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meeting of the Entomological Society of London, pupee in 

 cousiderable numbers. Of them, those spun up on cabbage- 

 leaves were all green and spotless ; while those which had spun 

 up on the black net-covering or on sticks and other objects 

 had black spots along the dorsal region, the general colour in 

 some being green, but in the majority whitish drab. 



Colias hyale, L. — Numerous specimens were taken in 

 1892, and eggs were obtained by Messrs. Hawes and 

 Frohawk. In the latter case the larvaj, not half-grown, 

 have formed a pad of silk, each on a clover-leaf, and are 

 now (November, 1892) hybernating. Those obtained by Mr. 

 Hawes also hatched, and after feeding for a time began 

 to die off when the weather became cold. Mr. H. Williams 

 then took charge of them, keeping them in a warm situation 

 and at a temperature from 60° to 80° P'ahr., the result 

 being that some fed up rapidly, and two of the butterflies 

 have emerged in November, the remaining larvte, of different 

 sizes, still feeding steadily. The larvse are very similar to that 

 of Udusa, but have numerous minute black dots on the soft 

 green surface. They bear no resemblance to the figure erro- 

 neously reproduced from Hiibner by Dr. Lang, Berge, and 

 Hoffman. 



Colias Edusa, L. — From eggs obtained in August and 



September last the larvte are now (November, 1892) steadily 

 feeding, excej)t that a few have assumed the pupa state ; 

 none show any disposition to hybernate. In the Zoologist 

 (1858) is a record of the capture of a female butterfly, with 

 the wings still soft from recent emergence, on Jime 8th. 



Thecla rubi, Z. — Specimens taken in Norfolk in 

 1892 have in some instances the oblong spot, sometimes 

 visible near the costa of the fore wings, black instead of 

 whitish. 



Chrysophanus dispar, Raw. — Specimens of the 

 variety Jiuiilus, in which the spots of the under side are 



