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Wyre Forest) ; Tricldura cratcecii from Wyre, Asphalia dilnta from 

 Sherwood Forest, and Calocampa e.voleta from Sutton. By Mr. C. H. 

 Kenrick, Tephrosia crepuscitlaria and T. biuntlularia ; he expressed the 

 opinion that they were but one species, and that locally it was single- 

 brooded and consisted of light and dark forms mixed. By Mr. H. 

 Foster Newey, a number of drawings of larvte. A communication from 

 Mr. R. W. Fitzgerald was read, giving a. list of the Macrolepidoptera 

 collected and observed by him within a radius of four miles of TJley, 

 near Dursley, Gloucester. It contained the names of 286 species, and 

 included Vanessa aniiupa (taken on Nov. 3rd, last), Chierocnmpa 

 jiorcellns (abundant in 1896), Selina imm'lla (one), XnntJiia aiinu/o 

 (common in 1895), Folia jiavicimia, Churidea uiiihra. (one at sugar in 

 1896), Fhibaliipteryx tersata, and P. vitnllxita, &c. By Mr. R. C. 

 Bradley, a collection of Diptera made at Bournemouth during the first 

 fortnight of August, 1896 ; it included Geranomyia unicolor, Xantho- 

 (/rdiiiDia oriKtta, Mi/opa fasciata, Mtltofiraniina punctata, and J\[. conica, 

 Idia liinata, &c. ; the last species was formerly considered doubtfully 

 British by Mr. Verrall. 



Deceinlxr 21st. — The President in the chair. Exhibits: — Mr. 

 Bethune-Baker, for Mr. Abbott, three female specimens of a Lycama 

 taken by Mr. C. B. Antram at Uptield, Sussex; they were suffused with 

 blue, and were believed by the captor to be hybrids between L. icanis 

 and L. ai/estis. Mr. Bethune-Baker said they were a not unusual form 

 of the female of L. icarus, which he had from several localities. By 

 Mr. R. C. Bradley, Eiinnelesia cricetata from Inverness-shire, &c. By- 

 Mr. Abbott, a fine bred series of At/mtis ashicorthii ; they had been 

 reared from eggs laid in 1896 by a bred female, and had been forced 

 through. He also showed a yellowish form of Arctia cain, and a 

 specimen of Spilosuma fnliginosa, in which the black markings of the 

 hind wings had been splashed across the fore part of the wings. 

 By Mr. Martineau, a very fine photo slide, by R. W. Chase, of larvae 

 of Sphinx lit/ustri. By Mr, Bethune-Baker, spiders taken by Mr. 

 W. H. Wilkinson in the Canaries and Madeiras. 



January 18th, 1897. — The President in the chair. Mr. A. E. 

 Cutler, 13, Portland Road, Edgbaston, was elected a member of the 

 Society. Exhibits : — By Mr. A. H. Martineau, L'rabro interruptus from 

 Solihull (one specimen, taken June 14th, 1896), and Bomhus I at re i I lei ba 

 var. distiiKjuendus (taken at Sutton in June last). By Mr. R. C. 

 Bradley, Lophyms pint (one, bred, from Sutton). By Mr. Bethune- 

 Baker, two cases of palasarctic Pa])ilios, with nice series of all six 

 species, including var. feisthamelii of Papilin podalirius from Algeria, 

 &c., var. latteri from Algeria, var. zanclcBus from Greece, and P. 

 machaon from the British Isles, Italy, &c., those from the south being 

 darker. By Mr. P. W. Abbott, a very fine variety oi Arnymiis euphrasy ue 

 from Wyre Forest, taken by Mr. H. McNaught ; on the upper side the 

 outer two rows of spots on the fore wings were much enlarged longi- 

 tudinally, and on the hind wings all the black markings were much 

 enlarged and suffused, so that they were very dark; on tiie under side 

 the black markings had almost disappeared, the fore wings being pale 

 with indications only of markings; on the hind wings all the basal two 

 thirds were pale yellow, the outer third being orange ; the black mark- 

 ings were gone, and the silver ones lengthened out radially. He also 



