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Vanessa c-aRmm, two of which belonged to the first brood, and 

 the third to the second brood. One of the specimens of the 

 first brood was remarkable in having the under side of a very 

 dark colour, identical with typical specimens of the second 

 brood. Mr. Adkin stated that out of a number of larvae 

 reared from the egg he received six nearly full-fed on June 

 15th, 1892. The first imago emerged on July 2nd, followed 

 by two on the 8rd, and one on the 7th, all of the ordinary 

 spring form. On the 5th a fourth attempted to emerge, but 

 did not get free of the i^upa case, and its wings did not 

 expand ; and on the 23rd the sixth appeared, a perfect speci- 

 men, but having the under side coloration of the autumn 

 brood. The weather during the seventeen days between the 

 last complete emergence of the ordinary form and that of the 

 one bred on the 23rd was chiefly cold, with a considerable 

 amount of rain, the mean temperature on the 17th being 20'^ 

 below the average ; "but it became somewhat warmer on the 

 21st and 22nd. No doubt the low temperature and absence 

 of sunshine delayed the emergence of this insect, and thus 

 caused the altered colouring of the under side. 



Mr. F. W. Frohawk exhibited a series of striking varieties 

 of Satynis hyper antlms, bred from ova laid by a female taken 

 in the New Forest in July last. 



Mr. F. D. Godman exhibited a specimen of Awphonyx 

 medon, Cr., received from Jalapa, Mexico, having a pouch-like 

 excrescence at the apex of its body. Mr. McLachlan, Mr. H. 

 J, Elwes, and Mr. Poulton commented on it. 



Papers, dc, read. 



Mr. C. J. Gahan communicated a paper entitled "Additions 

 to the Longicornia of Mexico and Central America, with notes 

 on some previously recorded species." The author stated 

 that this paper was a supplement to that by the late Mr. H. 

 W. Bates, which had already appeared in the ' Transactions ' 

 for this year. Twenty neAV species were described, of which 

 nineteen belong to the family Lamiidai, the remaining species 

 being placed in a new genus of Prionidm. With these addi- 

 tions the number of Longicornia recorded from Central 

 America was brouglit up to a total of 1372 species. 



