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typical Z. gueneet and the var, bawferi in the box quite dispels 
this view. 
‘The first of the new forms to which I wish to call atten- 
tion is quite typical LZ. gueneet in texture, shade of colour, and 
in markings, with this very marked difference, that the sub- 
marginal area, between the dark marginal lunules and the 
submarginal line, is much paler than any other portion of the 
wing, throwing out by contrast these dark lunules very con- 
spicuously. In the worn specimen this feature is even more 
apparent than in the perfectly fresh example. In var. baxteri 
I note that this same area, instead of being lighter or uniform 
with, is distinguishably darker than the general wing-colour. 
I have called this new form ab. murrayi, from its captor. 
“The second new form, of which there are three specimens 
in the box, are undoubted L. gueneez in all their characters 
but depth of colour. I believe these are the first melanic 
specimens which have been obtained so far. All the mark- 
ings are much intensified, the ground-colour is much darker 
than in typical examples, very dark grey with, in a good 
light, faint flushes of a ferruginous tint. The contrast 
between ground-colour and markings is very much stronger 
than in any of the other forms. In the worn specimen of this 
form this contrast appears almost equally strong. There is 
no trace of the ‘ochreous tinge’ of the type nor of the 
typical ‘ pale grey ground-colour.’ This form being so distinct, 
I have thought it might well be termed var. fusca.” 
VARIETIES OF CoLEopTERA.—Mr. G. C. CHampion exhibited 
on behalf of Mr. J. H. Kays the black variety of Athous 
haemorrhoidalis, F., from Dartmoor, recorded by the latter in 
the Ent. Mo. Mag., xlvi, p. 262 ; and also a red variety of the 
g of Agabus bipustulatus, L., from the same locality. 
POLYGONIA C-ALBUM, VAR, HUTCHINSONI IN THE 2ND BROOD.— 
The Rev. A. T. Stirr, who was present as a visitor, was intro- 
duced by Dr. Cuapman, and exhibited some 2nd-brood speci- 
mens of the var. hutchinsoni of Polygonia c-album. He remarked 
that they were bred from Wye Valley larvae, received from 
Mr. L. W. Newman, F.E.S., Sept. 24th, 1910. The larvae fed 
upon nettle, and pupated between Oct. 1st and Oct. 10th. 
Emergence commenced on Oct. 16th, and the last butterfly 
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