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'sj^nepigonic' evidence lias heretofore been adduced. My friend 

 Mr. A. F. Bayne and his brother have, however, now furnished 

 this, as my material will demonstrate. Besides two rows of 

 captured specimens, I am showing: ' bi'ood 1,' bred November, 

 1903, from a $ taken at La Paz, Mendoza, July, 1903, and 

 consisting of (jladiaria (6 cJ, 3 $ ), seriaria (2 c? , Guence's var. 

 A), rhomharla (11 9); 'brood 4,' bred about the same date 

 from a 9 taken at Palmira, Mendoza, September, 1903, and 

 consisting of three specimens only, more or less typical ; 'bi-ood 

 8,' one S, bred January, 1904, from a pairing obtained in 

 brood 4, this specimen being intermediate between gladiaria 

 and seriaria, while Mr. Bayne writes me that others of the 

 same brood follow each of those forms ; and a series of 9 c? 

 and 10 9 hred end of July and throughout August, 1903, 

 from a Mendoza (La Paz ?) 9 which seems to have been 

 yellow, though there is some uncertainty ; the progeny are 

 nearly all brown and I identify as ^Ajncia' maldama, Schaus, 

 yet one $ is purely gladiaria (though with brownish costa) and 

 two others intermediate. Perhaps maldama is a seasonal form 

 of gladiaria. I know of no other July or August examples of 

 the species excepting the parent of brood 1, and this Mr. W. 

 M. Bayne says was * yellow-browa with bi"oad violet margin.' 

 Three 9 's captured at San Juan, Argentina, April 16th, 1904 

 (by Mr. A. F. Bayne), were also brownish, with the lines 

 rather distinct, much like a few of the extremer examples of 

 the variable ' maldama ' brood. I may add that a fifth name 

 {Ajyicia nazadaria, Walk.) will probably also have to sink to 

 gladiariaJ' 



Mr. A. J. Chitty exhibited combs of the honey bee formed 

 on a branch of nut tree, the bees having swarmed late in 

 the year. After July they deserted the combs, and having 

 consumed all the honey contained in them, again swarmed on 

 a neighbouring tree. 



Prof. R. Meldola, F.R.S., exhibited on behalf of Major R. B. 

 Robertson a specimen of Prodenia littoralis, Boisd., which had 

 emerged in a breeding cage kept, with many others, by the 

 Major at Boscombe, Hants, for the reception of caterpillars 

 found in that district. The moth emerged on July 16th, 1905. 

 The species, which is figured in Hampson's " Moths of India," 



