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was at one time very abundant near Eochester, and, in fact, all 

 over the Hundred of Hoo, but disappeared about the year 1871 ; 

 Leuco2^hasia sin(qns used also to be common in a wood the other 

 side of Chatham, but after the year 1856 it gradually became 

 scarcer and scarcer, and about the years 1858 or 1859 dis- 

 appeared altogether. Mr. Carrington thought that there was a 

 general scarcity of butterflies all over the country, and this, in 

 the northern counties at least, he attributed to the severe 

 winter of either 1878 or 1879, when the cold was phenomonally 

 intense, probably killing the insects, which were absent to a 

 great extent afterwards. The discussion was continued by 

 Messrs Tutt, Frohawk, South, Eendall, Sheldon, and others. 



February 10th. E. Adkiu, Esq., F.E.S., President, in the 

 chair. — Messrs. H. Collings and L. F. Hill were elected members. 

 Among the entomological exhibits Mr. Samuel Stevens brought 

 a remarkable variety of Vanessa atalanta, L., and a suffused 

 variety of V. io, L. ; Mr. E. Adkin, SpUonota incarnatana, Hb., 

 bred from larvfe found in shoots of Rosa rithiginosa, in the heart 

 of Surrey, forty miles from the coast ; Mr. C. A. Briggs, a large 

 number of Lyccena corydon, in reference to the paper now 

 appearing in the ' Entomologist ' upon the genus Lyccena, 

 including dwarfed forms, blue and brown forms of the female, 

 varieties with the spots absent from the under side or in excess 

 of the usual number, and running into streaks ; Mr. E. South, 

 species of British and foreign Lycsenidae, and contributed notes, 

 calling particular attention to a variety of L. corydon from Asia 

 Minor, which, as far as he could remember, was similar to the 

 varieties exhibited by Mr. Sabine at the Society's meeting, 

 October 7th, 1886, who had stated that he had seen L. bellargus 

 and L. corydon in copula. This Mr. South said was quite 

 possible, and he was of opinion that this variety was hybrid 

 between the two species referred to. Mr. Hall remarked that 

 he had had an opportunity of examining Mr. Sabine's varieties, 

 and thought they were very similar to the variety now exhibited. 

 Mr. Tutt observed that he thought the specimen referred to 

 was simply a local form of corydon. Mr. E. Joy exhibited 

 Lepidoptera from the New Forest. Mr. John T. Carrington 

 read a paper, " Hybernation and Estivation," upon which a 

 lengthy discussion of a most interesting character took place. — 

 H. W. Bakker, Hon. Sec. 



