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fi'om Cardiff, also Polia flavicincta, and contributed notes. — Mr. S. P. 

 Doudney showed a series of Erehia cethiops with a xanthic aberration, 

 Argynnis cydippe, very strongly marked underside, Zepliyrus qiiercus 

 and Anaitis plagiata from Arnside ; Pleheiiis agon, var. masseyii, 

 Hydrelia unca, Carsia j}aliidata from Holker; Epinephile jurtina, 

 xanthic aberration, Agriades corydon, Bryophila viuralis and Gnophos 

 ohsnirata from Folkestone.— Mr. K. Tait brought Celastrina argiolus 

 from Penmaenmawr and reported the presence of larvae of Plusia 

 vioneta in the same locality ; Thecia pruni and Aplecta advena from 

 Monks Wood ; he remarked on the great scarcity of Lepidoptera 

 in South Devon and at Wicken in July. — Mr. J. W. Griffin : 

 Tephrosia biundularia, Ellopia prosapiaria, Eupithecia coronata, 

 Aplecta nehulosa and Brephos jMrthenias from Delamere ; Notodonta 

 caniclina, N. dromedarius, N. ziczac, Hylophila j^rasinana and 

 Euclidia mi from Simonswood ; Trocliilium crahroniformis and 

 Agrotis nigricans from Wallasey. — Mr. S. Gordon Smith exhibited 

 a large number of Lepidoptera, including the type-specimens of 

 CrocaUis elinguaria var. signatipeniiis, Newst. & Smith, Nyssia 

 zonaria var. ochracea, N. & S., Anqjhidasys strataria var. ochrearia, 

 N. & S., and Tephrosia biundularia var. venosa, N. & S. From 

 Chester, chiefly taken at light, Coenobia rufa, Cirrhoedia xerampelina 

 and QaJamia Intosa ; from Delamere, Nonagria geminipuncta, 

 captured by Prof. Newstead and new to the Lancashire and Cheshire 

 List. A series of Callimorpha dominula from Aberhosan, N. Wales. 

 From Prestatyn a series of Cosviotriche potatoria, including two 

 dark females and one male with tliree of the wings dark, the other, 

 right fore wing, being yellow^ — Mr. W. Mansbridge brought a long 

 series of Sarrothripus revayana from the New Forest, which included 

 vars. variegafa, adusta, afzeliana, fasciata, fusculina, melanosticta, 

 ramosana, and stoniniis; Plebeius csgon var. masseyii from Holker 

 and Witherslack, Hydrelia unca from Holker, Cidaria truncata and 

 Zonosoma pendularia var. subroseata from N. Staffs. A fine radiate 

 aberration of Ghrysophanus phlceas from Ainsdale. — Mr. Prince had 

 a very fine lot of Agriades corydon, including vars. semisyngrapha, 

 striata and otlier forms. — Wm. Mansbridge, Hon. Sec. 



KECENT LITERATURE. 



A Compendium of Named Varieties of Abraxas grossulariata. 



This most useful pamphlet, by the Eev. G. H. Raynor, M.A., 

 contains a great deal of compressed knowledge, the result of twenty 

 years' study by this well-known specialist. The fifty-five named 

 forms are arranged in three groups under the headings of Grossu- 

 lariata, Lacticolor and Varleyata, and comprise respectively 

 twenty-eight, twelve, and fifteen named aberrations. The work is 

 exceedingly well done, and should prove of value to all who are 

 interested is this protean species. 



