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ingly rich in varieties, containing, amongst many others, a 

 very fine hermaphrodite Colias Edusa ; two varieties of 

 Vanessa Cardni, similar to the figure in Newman's * British 

 Butterflies,' one of" them being very large and brightly 

 coloured. There were also black varieties of Limeniiis 

 Sibylla; some extraordinary Saft/rus Jaiiira, in which the 

 ground colour is entirely blanched, and others with a large 

 colourless patch in each wing; a white variety of*S'. Titliotius; 

 a magnificent row of fourteen Polyovimalus dispar ; some 

 dusky and white examples of P. Phlceas ; an hermaphrodite 

 Lt/CfPna Alexis, having the wings on the left side female, and 

 on the right side male ; other varieties of X. Alexis, L. Adonis, 

 St/ricJil/ms aheolns var, Lara/ercB, and soino 1/one-coloiired 

 Hesperia linea. 



Mr. P. H. Harper, F.R.C.S., exhibited a case showing the 

 remarkable extent to which Colias Edusa is jirone to vary, 

 including every gradation <rom the typical Edusa to the 

 whitest-coloured examples of the variety Helice, and most of 

 them captured during the past year. 



in the drawers sliovvn by Mr. G. W. Bird were a fine 

 series of Apaiura Iris and its larvae, from Kent; and a 

 splendid row of Vanessa Antiopa, five of which were captured 

 in Norfolk, three in Yorkshire, and one each in Leicestershire 

 and Essex. 



Mr. C. A. Briggs showed a remarkable collection of 

 varieties of the genus Li/C(e>i((, including one hermaphrodite 

 L. JEyon, having tiie wings on the right side malt', and on 

 the left female; also numerous varieties of X. a/e.r/.v, and two 

 hermaphrodites, both having the wings on the left side male, 

 and ou the right female; a remarkable series of varieties of both 

 upper and under sides of L. adonis, including two femalt^s, 

 having streaks of the male colouring; and L. cor t/don, \v'\ih 

 the distinct blue and brown forms of the female. 



Among the other specialities were an entirely black variety 

 of Aii/e yalalhea, belonging to Mr. Farn ; and two varieties 

 of Colias Edusa, from the collection of Mr. W. P. Weston, the 

 one iiaving the wings on the right side the vaiiety Helice, and 

 on the left the typical Edusa ; and the other with the anterior 

 wings Helice, and the posterior wings Jildusa. 



'V\\G Rev. Windsor liambroiigh exhibited a drawer of 

 rarities, including hermaphrodite Colias Ednsti ,- a remarkable 

 variety of I'anessa ttrliccs, in w hich the usual l)lack markings 

 were concentrated into four confluent blotches ; varieties of 

 Jji/ccena, Conjdon and L. aijeslis; and ihe specimen of 



