( yee Y) 
‘«¢ ginalibus nonnullis nigris ;’ and gives as its range ‘ Italy, 
«Southern Germany, Alpine Valleys; Northern Spain, 
«Dalmatia, and, doubtfully, Bithynia.’ The species is 
‘very variable. Besides the above, Staudinger describes 
‘a var. punctigera, Fu., as being ‘alis anterioribus punctis 
‘¢nieris paucis;’ with a range spreading over ‘Gaul; 
““¢Southern Germany; and Alpine Valleys.’ He also 
‘‘ describes var. rippertii, Bdy., as ‘alis anticis nigricantibus’ 
‘‘from the ‘Pyrenees’; then a var. inquinata, Rambur, as 
‘“‘¢capite flavescente, alis anticis flavo-albidis, punctis non- 
‘“ ¢nullis marginalibus mediisque nigris,’ and, lastly, a doubt- 
‘ful var. chrysocephala, Hb., from ‘Andalusia, Mauritius, 
‘“¢and, doubtfully, from Southern Russia.’ His diagnosis 
‘runs ‘capite ochraceo, alis anticis albis punctis marginalibus 
6 sempre Ts) 
Mr. R. Adkin exhibited for Mr. H. Murray a specimen 
of Hrebia cthiops, in which the left forewing was much 
bleached, taken in August last, near Carnforth. Mr, Adkin 
also exhibited a series of Acronycta rumicis from Co. Cork, 
Ireland, including light and black forms, with examples 
from the Scilly Isles ; Isle of Man; and North of Scotland 
for comparison. 
Mr. Elwes exhibited a series of Chionobas alberta (male and 
female), Chionobas uhleri, var. varuna, and Hrebia discoidalis, 
from Calgary, Alberta, N.W. Canada, collected in May last, 
by Mr. Woolley-Dod. He said that the validity of C. alberta, - 
which had been questioned by Mr. W. H. Edwards, was 
fully established by these specimens. 
Professor Poulton gave an account of the changes 
he had recently made at Oxford in the arrangement 
of the Hope Collections in the Department of Zoology, 
and as to the laboratory and rooms now available for 
students working at these collections. 
Paper Read. 
Mr. G. T. Bethune-Baker communicated a paper, 
entitled ‘Descriptions of the Pyralide, Crambide, and 
Phycide, collected by the late T. Vernon Wollaston in 
Madeira.”’ 
