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resemblance to [/((iinna. He enquired if anyone knew in what 

 stage P. gamma passes the winter ? 



Mr. B. G. Eye exhibited a specimen of ZygcBnafilipenduJcB var. 

 chrysantheiiii, two varieties of Arctia villica and a black variety 

 of HomalopUa ruricola, taken at Lancing, Sussex ; also dwarf 

 specimens of Euchloe cardamines from Wimbledon; a variety of 

 Thecla rubi from Bournemouth, and specimens of Coccinella 

 ocellata var. hehraa, and C. ohloncjo-guttata, from Oxshott. 



Mr. A. H. Jones exhibited specimens of Argynnis pales var. 

 isis, and var. arsilache, the females of which showed a tendency 

 to melanism, recently taken at Campfer, in the Upper Enga- 

 dine ; one of the females was especially dark, and on the 

 under side presented a remarkable variety, the basal half of 

 the hind wings, with the exception of the nervures, being 

 pearly white, and the marginal spots were replaced by long 

 white dashes. A male also showed a melanic tendency in the 

 hind wings. The under side was not unlike the type, but the 

 marginal silvery spots, as in the female, were replaced by 

 dashes. He also showed melanic forms of Erebia melampus, 

 and a specimen of Erebia nerine, taken at Bormio, at the foot 

 of the Stelvio Pass. 



Mr. Elwes exhibited specimens of typical Erebia melas, 

 taken by himself at Campiglio, in the Western Tyrol, on the 

 25th July last, at an elevation of 7000 feet ; also specimens 

 of the same species from Hungary, Greece, and the Eastern 

 and Central Pyrenees. He slated that the supposed absence 

 of this species from the Alps, which had seemed to be such a 

 curious fact in geographical distribution, had been first dis- 

 proved by Mrs. Nichol, who discovered it at Campiglio two 

 years ago. He also exhibited fresh specimens of Erebia nerine, 

 taken on very hot rocks at Riva, on the lake of Garda, at an 

 elevation of about 600 feet ; also specimens of the same spe- 

 cies, taken at the same time, at an elevation of about 5000 feet, 

 in cool forest glades. He remarked that the great difiereuce 

 of elevation and climate did not appear to have produced any 

 appreciable variation in this species. Mr. Elwes also showed 

 a pair of Dasydia tenebraria var. wockearia, Stgr., from Cam- 

 piglio, which appeared to liim to be sufficiently constant and 

 distinct from the typical form to be treated as a species. 



