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three extra spots in upperside, one with complete absence of spots, 

 &c. Mr. Newman, for Mr. Percy Eichards, a fine collection of pre- 

 served larvae of British Lepidoptera, which had been hand-painted 

 in their natural colours. For Mr. G. B. Oliver Mr. Newman exhibited 

 a fine series of aberrations of Agriades thetis, including ab. obsoleta, 

 ab. semi -obsoleta, striated forms, one with ground colour creamy 

 white, a leaden-coloured upper side, one ^ leaden and blue mixed ; 

 many aberrations of Po/?/o?/iHiaiz<s icarus ; and GomonympJiapamphiliLS 

 with spotless underside. For Signer Piatzzo Mr. Newman showed 

 a fine subroseata form of Zonosoma pendularia which had a con- 

 spicuous white line between the dark outer border and the red 

 suffusion. Mr. Newman's own exhibits were (1) a series of bred 

 Celerio galii from Cornwall, (2) hybrid ocellatus x pojmli with much 

 variation, (3) many aberrations of Amoypha popitU, (4) Unicolorous 

 black examples of EupitJiecia lariciata ivom. Warwickshire, (5) a 

 series of a new species of British Geometer, which has recently been 

 differentiated from Lampropteryx suffitmata by the Rev. W. Metcalfe, 

 and somewhat resembles Eustroma silaceata. — Rev. A. T. Stiff 

 (1) many aberrations of Epinephele tithonus, including xanthic, 

 bipupillate, and extra-spotted forms, with a male having pale bars on 

 the hind wings ; (2) a pale Hypocrita jacobacsce ; (3) a lai^ge Coe- 

 nonympha pampihikis with black ocelli on hind wings, a bipupillate 

 2 and a ^ with minute apical spot on underside, — Mr. Porritt, a 

 very fine series of extreme forms of Abraxas grossulariata ab. nigro- 

 sparsata from Huddersfield. — Mr. West (Greenwich), for the Society, 

 12 drawers of the Freeman collection of European Butterflies.- — Mr, 

 G. C. Russell, many aberrations of Aphantopus hyperantus, including 

 ab. ccBca, ab. arete and ab. lanceolata, kc, mostly bred from ova from 

 North Hants ; (2) a fine blue A. coridon and an unusually pale 

 specimen without dark margins ; (3) a gynandromorphic Satiirnia 

 jmvonia; (4) Deiojjeia pulcliella taken in Surrey in June, 1913 ; and 

 (5) Mimas tilice. lacking the four spots on upper wings. — Mr. Buck- 

 stone, several series of Selenia htnaria, successive broods from a 

 Teesdale female, and read notes on the broods and specimens and on 

 the variation shown. — Mr. Bowman, specimens of Zonosoma pen- 

 dularia, including examples with pink markings absent, with pink 

 suft'usion between the marginal lines, with marginal dots elongated 

 into striae, a very beautiful form with all four wings of a rich purple, 

 and forms in which a white conspicuous line appears between the 

 dark area and the pink suffusion. — Rev.. J. E. Tarbat, ? A. coridon 

 without trace of marginal spots, an ab. obsoleta, and a 5 with the 

 marginal sjDots coalesced ; and an asymmetrically marked Sphinx 

 ligustri. — Mr. Prideaux, a series of aberrations of ? P. icarus and 

 an example of Bumicia phlaeas ab. schmidtii (yellow). — Mr. Edwards, 

 exotic Papilionidce. and species of the genus Urania. — Mr. H. Moore, 

 a box of specimens of species showing the same kind of deformity as 

 ab. roystonensis of A. coridon to support his contention that they are 

 cripples and not worthy of distinctive names. — Mr. C. P. Pickett, a 

 drawer of representative specimens of Angerona prunaria, the results 

 of nineteen years' breeding, and read notes on his experiments with 

 coloured environment. He also showed a long series of ab. picket- 

 taria. Mr. Pickett also exhibited several drawers of A. coridon, 



