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them, or at least, the mites themselves, with the name of the 
insect given in all cases, for the purpose of his forthcoming 
monograph of the Tyroglyphide. 
Mr. J. W. Turt showed a fine series of forms of Hemerophila 
abruptaria, Thunb., on which he read the following note: 
“Mr. W. G. Pearce has, during the years 1895, 1896, 1897, 
been accustomed to take occasional dark specimens of 
Hemerophila abruptaria in his garden at Holloway. From 
these captures he, and his friend, Mr. W. Southey, have bred 
a considerable number of interesting forms, some of which are 
exhibited. The first was taken on May 14th, 1895, at the 
front of the house (probably attracted by light). The second 
was taken on May 28rd, 1895, a male, iz cop. with a normal 
female on a bush in the garden. Eggs from the dark female, 
and from the ordinary female paired with the dark male, were 
procured, and in April and May, 1896, several dark and 
ordinary forms were the result. Pairings from these were 
obtained and some of the larve feeding up rapidly produced 
a partial second brood, some of which were dark. Other 
captures of the dark form of both sexes were made in the 
garden in 1896 and in 1897. Mr. Southey and Mr. Pearce 
both bred many examples, some forty-four emerging altogether. 
Among the specimens may be observed: 1, a male form much 
yellower (or more orange) than the type; 2, specimens much 
suffused in ground colour on the forewings; 3, specimens 
with the transverse lines on the hindwings changed into a 
broad band extending towards the base, and with the outer 
margin of the forewings much suffused, extending to the 
characteristic transverse band ; 4, a bright mahogany-brown 
form with a pale apical dash and traces of a pale submarginal 
line on both fore- and hindwings ; 5, examples entirely suffused 
with fuscous-brown, with faint traces of the actual black 
markings—one or two of these being entirely black-brown ; 
6, one gynandromorphous example, with the wings and right 
antenna of the female type, the left antenna being strongly 
pectinated. In all the dark forms the thorax is of the normal 
pale coloration ; there is a distinct purplish hue about some 
of the second brood specimens bred in August, 1896, by 
Mr. Southey.” 
