ABSTRACT OF PROCEEDINGS. 
1870-71. 
SEPTEMBER 8TH. 
AN EVENING FOR THE EXHIBITION OF 
SPECIMENS. 
Mr. Pocock exhibited a fine specimen of Deilephila Galit (madder 
hawk moth), caught by his father in a garden at Kemp Town. 
Mr. Wonror mentioned that, possibly owing to the very dry 
summer, this comparatively rare moth, and the rarer one, D. Livornica 
(striped hawk moth), had been plentiful : about 20 specimens of the 
two having been taken near Brighton and Lewes. Larvz, from which 
moths were subsequently bred, had also been found near Brighton. 
Mr. Wonror exhibited dwarf specimens—with one exception 
caught ones—of several butterflies and moths, to show that dwarfs 
were found in Nature, as well as produced by artificial rearing ; and 
several blue varieties of the females of three species of ‘‘the blues,” 
in which the blue markings were almost as bright as those of the males. 
Mr. M=rririeLp, remarking on the dwarfs, stated that, as a rule, 
bred specimens were smaller than caught ones. There were ex- 
ceptions ; for he had, in some cases, bred far finer moths than 
were generally caught. Some insects, by in-breeding, so degenerated 
that they were hardly half the natural size. 
Mr. Pocock stated that among the hawks, especially in the case 
of S. Ligustri, bred specimens were generally finest. 
Messrs. HowEnt and Wonror exhibited specimens of Websterite, 
Allophane, Selenite, and other peculiar minerals, obtained in the 
excavations for the main drainage works in Vernon-terrace and Clifton- 
