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aberrations taken in the Herts district in 1916, and read notes on the 

 various forms met with. — Mr. R. Adkin, series oi Polyovwiatus icarus 

 from many outlying parts of England, Scotland, Ireland, and the 

 islands, and compared the races as to size, colour, and markings. — 

 Hy. J. Turner. 



The Derbyshire Entobiological Society. — October 28th, 1916, 

 Mr. James Douglas, President, in the chair. — The special groups 

 selected for exhibition were the Melanippe (XanthorJioe) and 

 Melanthia (Mesoleuca). The President exhibited two boxes of 

 lepidoptera taken this year, including a series of Argynnis 

 eu2?hrosyne showing a fine range of variation. A bred series of 

 Plusia vioneta from larvse taken in his own garden at Chellaston, 

 the specimens being of a darker colour than those from the south and 

 having a more silvery appearance. Melanippe (Xanthorhoe) montanata, 

 a series from Shropshire showing a fine range of variation, with the 

 extreme form var. Limharia Hbn., var. contiimata Kaulik, and var. 

 degenerata. Mr. H. C. Hay ward showed a series of Lasiocampa 

 (Boinbyx) quercus and L. callunce (Palm.) from Bude and Derbyshire 

 respectively, both reared under identical conditions from 1915 ova 

 in the south, and both producing imagines in July and August, 

 1916. A series of Melanthia and Melanipjpe, including aberrations 

 of Melanthia rubiginata, Melanippe rivata, and 31. jticctuata, the 

 last named including Shetland forms, and a specimen of var. 

 costovata from Eepton. A collection of Tortrices, Tineae, and a few 

 Pyralides from Eepton, 1916, including the following thirty-seven 

 species not recorded in the county list in the Victoria County 

 History : Grambus pinellus, Scoparia cratcegella. Tortrices : 

 Sciaphila pascuana, S. icahlbomiana, Grapholitha cinerana, Retinia 

 piosticana, Dichroiampha simpliciana. Tinece : Dasystoma salicella, 

 Epichnopteryx pulla. Tinea biseliella, Lampronia rubiella, Micropteryx 

 purpurella, M. ^mimaculella, Sioammerclamia ccesiella, S. lutaria, 

 Prays curtisellus, Harpipteryx nemorella, Depressaria zephyrella, 

 Gelechia nigra, G. scalella, Pcecilia nivea, Butalis fusco-cenea, 

 Heliozele stanneella, Argyresthia conjugella, A. semifusca,A. vienclica, 

 A. pygmaeella, Cedestis farinatella, C. gysselinella, Ornix scoticella, 

 Coleophara lutipenella and Blcetoteres glabratella. The last species 

 is not yet included in the British lists but has been recently 

 reported elsewhere. Chrysochoris festaliella, Elachista apici- 

 punctella, Lithocolletes oxyacanthce, L. frdlichiella and Trifitrcula 

 pnlverosella. — Mr. S. Hooke exhibited Melanthia rubiginata, M. 

 albicillata, Melanippie hastata and M. procellata. — Dr. Winstan 

 St. A. St. John showed a series of Spilosoma mendica bred from 

 Kent ova, the majority being the type but three having a tendency 

 towards var. rustica. Two typical specimens of this brood paired, 

 the larvae being fed on osier. x\bout half the pupee emerged. The 

 $ ? tended to black spots on the posterior margin of the hind wing, 

 and to var. rustica, all the males being var. rustica. S. Inbricepeda 

 var. fasciata. Odontopera bidentata. A bred specimen with a large 

 area of the hind wings without scales. — Mr. W. H. Sankey exhibited 

 a series of ^ Saturnia pavouia obtained by "sembling" at Darby 

 Dale, including an almost completely melaniq form, Eugonia 



