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Mr. G. T. Bethune-Baker exhibited specimens of Polyorn- 

 vmtHs dispar var. rut Hits, taken in England by his father about 

 sixty years ago. He stated that it was generally believed 

 that this form of the species was confined to the Continent, 

 but his specimens proved that it formerly occurred in 

 England. 



Mr. C. G. Barrett exhibited dark varieties of Acroiujcta 

 leporina, bred by Mr. J. Collins, of Warrington ; also a white 

 variety of Triphoina pronubu, taken at Swansea by Mr. W. 

 Holland. 



Mr. M. Jacoby exhibited a specimen of Stujm femorata, 

 from India, with differently sculptured elytra, one being 

 rough and the other smooth. 



Mr. J. A. Clark exhibited a long series of remarkable 

 varieties of Liparis monacha, bred from a pair {^ and 5 ), one 

 of which was taken in the New Forest, and the other on 

 the Continent. Several of the specimens were as light in 

 colour as the typical form of the species ; others were quite 

 black ; and others intermediate between these two extremes. 



The Eev. J. Seymour St. John exhibited a monstrosity of 

 Abraxas grossulariata, and a specimen of TcBniocampa stabilis, 

 with a distinct light band bordering the hind margin of the 

 upper wings. He stated that he had bred both specimens. 



Mr. E. B. Poulton exhibited two series of imagos of 

 GnopJws obscnrata, which had been subjected to dark and 

 light surroundings respectively. The results were seen to be 

 completely negative, the two series being equally light. 



Mr. F. Merrifield showed a number of pupje of Pieris napi. 

 About eight of them, which had attached themselves to the 

 leaves of the cabbage plant on which they were fed, were of a 

 uniform bright green colour, with light yellowish edgings ; of 

 the others, nearly seventy in number, those which had 

 attached themselves to the black net covering the pot, or the 

 brownish twigs which supported it, the great majority were 

 ash-coloured, with dark spots and lines, and the remainder 

 of a green colour, much less vivid than in those which had 

 spun up on the leaves, with numerous dark spots and lines 

 on them. 



Mr. R. Adkin exhibited three bred female specimens of 



