Gaal) 
‘aberrations. Mellinia circellaris.—The series is composed of 
‘about half each of the greyish-ochreous type (circellaris) and 
ithe redder ab. ferruginea, Esper. The suffused ab. macilenta, 
Hb, is not represented. Orthosia lota.—These are a most 
uniform series. Of the thirteen examples, twelve are quite 
-of the typical coloration, whilst one shows a slight tendency 
_ to approach the ab. rufa, Tutt. 
‘““The two following species sent by Mr. Prince did not 
‘come from the Cheshire sandhills. LHmaturga atomaria.— 
‘These were captured on Thurstaton Common, by the river 
‘Dee, in May, 1896. They are rather smaller than our 
‘southern form and more nearly approach in size and their 
dark fuscous coloration the specimens from the northern 
moors. /ypsipetes ruberata.—Captured at Flaybruck Hill, 
near Bidston, in May, 1896. These are an interesting series, 
‘somewhat smaller than the Wisbech specimens. Most of the 
individuals show the transverse markings fairly well, whilst - 
only two examples exhibit the pale central band so conspic- 
uous in the two allied species—H. trifasciata and H, furcata 
(sordidata).” 
Mr. Tutt then exhibited some typical specimens of Zyqana 
ochsenheimeri, Zell., from Piedmont, and also some hybrid 
Zygenids, obtained by crossing 4%. ochsenheimeri with Z. 
jilipendula, and read the following notes:—‘‘It is in the 
memory of you all that Mr. W. H. B. Fletcher has bred 
hybrids between AZygena lonicere and Z. filipendule and 
between Z. lonicere and Z. trifolii (the progeny of the latter 
proving fertile for four generations). In my ‘ Notes on the 
Zygenide,’ I re-described two very distinct Zygenids which 
had been united by Staudinger under the name of 7, trifolii 
var. dubia. There were 4%. medicayinis, Led., and Z,. ochsen- 
heimeri, Zell.; the former a five-spotted species, closely 
allied to, but larger than, 7%, lonicera, the latter a six-spotted 
species closely allied to 4%. jfilipendulw, aberrations of which 
have been erroneously referred to this species. In 1894 
Dr. Chapman sent eggs of 7%. ochsenheimeri from Courmayeur 
(Piedmont), to Mr. W. H. B. Fletcher. These duly hatched, 
and when the imagines emerged a ¢ Z. ochsenheimeri was 
paired with a ? Z. filipendule from the Sussex Downs (Lewes 
