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extend westward from Syria and Asia Minor to Spain, 
Algeria, and the Canaries, and northward to Germany, France, 
England and Denmark. 
Aberrant Lepidoptera.— Mr. F. C. Oldaker showed a case, 
containing various aberrant forms of Lepidoptera, viz. :— [a) 
an example of Argynnls aglaia, a very dark form taken at 
Chatelard, Valais, Switzerland, on August 16, 1909 ; (/;) 
examples of Folygonia C-allmvi bred from ova, September 
16-21, 1910, sent by Mr. L. W. Newman from the Wye Valley, 
including one specimen, a $, of a very pale form ; (c) a series 
of Noctua ditrapezium, including a form in which the ground¬ 
colour of the fore-wings is almost uniform dark reddish brown, 
the usual black markings being only slightly darker than the 
rest of the wing, and very faintly discernible ; and (d) a 
series of Epione advenaria, bred from ova at Haslemere, 1907 ; 
one of a remarkable form very much smaller than usual, and 
of a uniform dull brown colour, with white fringes, but no 
markings on the wings. The specimen is a $, and is recorded 
in the “Entomologist,” Vol. xli, p. 157, being similar to the 
male recorded (Joe. cit.) Vol. xliii, p. 201, taken April 8, 
1907, by CajDtain Cardew. 
Melitaeid Variety.— Mr. A. H. Jones exhibited a series 
of Melitaea dictynna, var. vernetensis^Ohth., taken by him this 
year at Vernet-les-Bains, Pyrenees-Orientales, and said that 
in his opinion the so-called variety was probably a distinct 
species, having regard to its general appearance, and the 
surroundings in which it is taken. With it he also showed 
examples of M. dictynna type, and M. athalia for comparison. 
Papers. 
The Rev, F. D. Morice, M. A., read a paper entitled “ Hymen- 
optera Aculeata collected in Algeria : The Sphegidae” being 
Part V. of the work commenced by the late Edward Saunders, 
F.R.S., F.E.S., in the TYans. Ent. Soc., 1904. p. 515. 
Professor E. B. Poulton, D.Sc., M.A., F.R.S., communicated 
a paper entitled “ Experiments with the larva and jjupa of 
Uropteryx sambucaria in connection with their Colour Sur¬ 
roundings,” by Elizabeth Bridges. 
The President, at the close of the discussion which followed, 
