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jet-black Cymatoplwraocidaris from Chingford. — Mv. W. J. Ashdown, 

 Geotrupes pyrenmis from Surrey, with a fine bronze-tinted aberration. 

 — Mr. Curwen, the 'Book of Beautiful Butterflies.' — Rev. G. Wheeler, 

 Eev. A. T. Stiff, Mr. Sperring, Mr. Buckstone, Mr. Leeds, Mr. Frohawk, 

 Mr. Turner, etc., series of Epinephele tithomis. — Mr. Wheeler read a 

 paper, "The Variation in Epinephele tithonus." 



November lith. — The President in the Chair. — Mr. Clifford 

 Craufurd, of Watford, was elected a member. — Miss G. Lister, 

 President of the Essex Field Club, gave a lecture on " The Myce- 

 tozoa," illustrating her remarks with a large number of specimens 

 and coloured drawings of the species representative of the sections 

 and chief genera of the group with a large number of lantern-slides. 

 There was an interesting discussion. 



Nove7nber2Qth. — The President in the Chair. — Annual Exhibition. 

 —Messrs. E. W. Nimmy, F.E.S., of Watford, and D. C. Johnstone, 

 of Eayleigh, were elected members. — Mr. W. G. Sheldon exhibited a 

 very long series of SarrothrijMS revayana (undulamis), including the 

 forms ramosana, stonanus, dilutana, fusculana, ilicana, afzeUanus, 

 lathamianus, nndulana, hifasciana, etc. — Mr. W. J. Lucas, an album 

 of photographs of well-known entomologists in the field. — ^Mr. R. 

 South, three aberrations of Brenthis selene for Mr. Penn, of Brighton : 



(I) Melanic, with only traces of the fulvous ground ; (2) pale straw- 

 coloured ground ; (3) pale buff-coloured ground ; also a ragged 

 specimen from the New Forest similar to (1). Mr. South also showed 

 Epi7ie2)hele jurtina : (1) With pale hind wings, (^ ; (2) with lower 

 part of fulvous blotch whife, ? ; Tricdpteryx polycommata, for Mr. 

 L. Meadon, two brown suffused specimens, bred ; also various 

 species of Coleoptera. — Mr. W. J. Lucas, five species of NemopteridcB 

 (Nat. Ord. Neuroptera) from the S.E. Mediterranean district, 

 including Nemoptera sinuata, N. bipennis, N. coa, Lertha barbara, 

 and Halter pallida. — Mr. Hy. J. Turner, series of (1) Euchloe carda- 

 mines race turritis from Cyprus, with ^ and $ examples of the 

 very small ab. minor ; (2) Parnassius apollo race piimilus from the 

 Calabrian Mountains, Southern Italy, a very local and small race ; 

 (3) Colias edusa, the clear yellow form ab. helicina from Cyprus, and 

 ab. helice, one with orange hind wings ; (4) Satyrus briseis race 

 fercjana from Cyprus, with the rich orange-brown ab. pirata, together 

 with a very small male from Neu Spondinig ; (5) Satyriis p)rieuri 

 from Spain, a species similar to the last, with its parallel ab. uhagonis ; 

 (6) Agriades corydon, the single-brooded species from near Florence, 

 with ab. albo-lunata ; (7) Agriades aragonensis, the double-brooded 

 species from the same ground ; (8) Plebeius cegon race masseyi, (^ 

 and $ , from Witherslack ; (9) Ccenonympha tiphon race philoxemis 

 from Witherslack ; (10) Notodontia ziczac, a second-brood specimen 

 bred in a sleeve in Dr. Chapman's garden at Redhill, July 31st, 1918 ; 



(II) Agriades corydon, ab. semisyngrapha and ab. roystonenis from 

 Royston, ab. per-aurantia and ab. irregularis obsoleta from Reigate ; 



(12) Salebria semirubella (carnclla) from Box Hill with dh.sanguinella; 



(13) exurm^les oi Danaida p)lexi2)p2is (Asia) and D.arc/jyj^z^s (America), 

 and called attention to the absolute confusion for the past 150 years 

 in the application of these two names, etc. — Mr. J. H. Carpenter, 

 aberrations of under-sides of A. corydon, including many named forms. 



