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connected or all are confluent, or tlie three basal ones. In 

 some the basal part of the hind-wings is yellowish in day- 

 light. Although specimens were not collected after the first 

 visit, the colonies were examined two or three times after- 

 wards, but no example with even three confluent spots was 

 observed in the one colony, though these continued to pre- 

 dominate in the second. One very windy day several speci- 

 mens were made to fly, but in each case they returned against 

 the wind to the starting-place. The cocoons were in all cases 

 formed well up on the rushes, and therefore easily seen. All 

 imperfections in the specimens are due to the fact that, not 

 being a Lepidopterist, I was not equipped for collecting 

 moths. 



The series of Parasemia plantaginis was taken on a bare 

 hill-side near Dorchester, where the species was very abundant 

 on May 29 over an area of a good many acres, its distribution 

 exactly coinciding with that of Agriades hellargus, whereas 

 corydon ranges over the whole hill. Many of the specimens 

 were worn, and only fresh males were captured, but all the 

 nine $ $ that were seen, were taken. The latter are of interest 

 because probably none are really typical and most of them 

 have the black colour of the fore-wings much reduced. The 

 hind-wings appear to have a tendency to resemble those of 

 cJ S, rather than those of typical ? ?. No second colony could 

 be found either on the same or on the neighbouring hills. 



Winged " Weta." — Commander Walker also exhibited, 

 on behalf of Mr. Morris N. Watt, of New Zealand, a photo- 

 graph of a '' Weta " {Deinacrida sp.) fully winged, the species 

 being usually apterous. (Plate B.) 



CoLiAS ERATE AND HYBRIDS. — Mr. A. H. JoNES exhibited 

 a series of Colias erate, from Sarepta, and its supposed hybrids, 

 with C. hyale and C. edusa. This hybridisation has long 

 been suspected. Kane in his manual published close upon 

 thirty years ago speaks of " ab. Sareptensis, Stgr., hybrid 

 with erate'i from Sarepta, South Russia — of deeper yellow 

 than preceding {hyale), with darker marginal band extending 

 longer and wider." 



These hybrids are shown together with the cross between 

 C. erate and C. edusa, var. chrysodona, Boisd., and the di- 



