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on the top of the divide there was a belt of small timber. I climbed 

 up to it to look over into the next valley, and vfhen I reached the 

 trees I found 5'. hermione in considerable nvimbers sitting on the 

 trunks, and flying from one tree to another when disturbed. When 

 settled it was not easy to see them, and they required careful 

 stalking. 



" I have also brought a few specimens of Pararge nuera, form 

 adra>>ta. I may call attention to the third specimen, a small female, 

 of the aberration known I believe as ab. bipKpillata. You will 

 notice the apical ocellus encloses two white spots, and there is 

 another small well-defined ocellus above it and a distinct black spot 

 in the interneural space below. The hindwing has a row of six 

 submarginal spots. 



"One of the most interesting insects I met with, and one which at 

 first sight puzzled me, was a variety of dmonympha tipJion. It is 

 the var. r/ioilopensis of Elwes, and somewhat resembles our northern 

 form, the var. scotica of Staudinger, which is often confounded with 

 the var. laidion of Borkhausen. In var. rlindopensis there are no 

 ocelli on the upperside, but in some of my specimens the apical 

 spot on the underside shows through. The colour is very near that 

 of C. paiiiphiliis. They are nearly unicolorous, but in the males the 

 hindwings are darker, as also are the veins and costal and outer 

 margins. Below, the forewings, except for their ashy-grey apices 

 and margins, are generally without markings, but I have one or two 

 specimens which show a trace of the white transverse band. Dr. 

 Seitz says that the hindwing of vars. rhodopensis below mostly 

 shows a complete row of ocelli, but in this respect the insect is 

 variable, some of the females having the full number of six rather 

 conspicuous ocelli, while, in most of them, the spots are very feebly 

 developed, and in one male from Montenegro they are entirely 

 absent. This latter form has been named by Dr. Kebel ab. occtipata. 



" I also show three hesperiid species — Pamphila lefehvrii, two 

 Dalmatian specimens, and for comparison two others sent me by 

 Signor Querci, from Formia, in the Italian province of Caserta. 

 There are short series of Hesperia sidrr, a southern species which 

 may, at once, be distinguished by the orange bands on the under- 

 side ; and of f/y/v/f/s orhifer from Cettinge." 



Mr. Robert iVdkin exhibited a series of Tinea pallescentella, reared 

 from larvfe feeding in hare's hair received from Brandon, Suliblk : 

 also some of the cocoons and pupa-skins from which they had 

 emerged, together with specimens captured in the City of London, 



