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Var. (without rings) plesaura. 



" Mela7iari/ia (jalatea. — While in Sicily I found some large females- 

 of M. (jalatea. Ordinary specimens measure two inches, a little 

 more or less. These large females occur at Messina and Syracuse, 

 and also midway at the foot of Monte Scudei — and reach 2^ inches 

 in size. On examining the Marbled Whites at South Kensington 

 I discovered this form under the name of htcasi (Rambur) with 

 synonyms. 



1. dotlin, $ (Lucas) and figure. 



2. waiiretanica, Algeria (Oberthiir). 



3. vianretanica, Lang. The locality given is Atlas Mountains, 

 Algiers. I may mention that the specimen figured as clotho is a 

 male, and has no resemblance whatever to my large females, but 

 the females of liicasi agree exactly with my dark specimens taken at 

 Messina, except that the Sicilian examples are a little larger 

 (perhaps, as I have said before, a " seasonal "' variation). Now I 

 am waiting for my next visit to Sicily to get further information. 

 At present I am inclined to think that M. (jalatea ab. major would 

 suffice for its name — but it is unwise to decide on insufficient 

 data. 



. " It was very pleasing to find that Zeller's type specimen of 

 Ji. (jalatea var. f<jracitsana (dated 1844) still exists in fine con- 

 dition as fresh as ever ; and those I took on the River Anapo 

 agree with it. Var. proclda seems to be confined to Calabria, and 

 Messina specimens show a tendency to combine sijraciisana with 

 pnniila. I have added Kentish specimens for comparison." 



Mr. W. J. Kaye exhibited the pupa of Lyctma arion, taken 

 in North Cornwall by Mr. Percy Richards in 1908 in the nest 

 of a species of ant. It was stated to have been in a frail cocoon 

 in the substance of the nest, and not merely lying among the 

 growth over the top. 



Mr. F. W. Frohawk exhibited a variety of Encldo'e cardaminea 

 in which the discoidal spots of the forewmgs were very considerably 

 within the orange apical area. 



, , APRIL 10th, iyi3. 



Mr. rNewman exhibited a number of the stick insect {Dixippim 

 mnrosus) which several members had bred extensively. He pointed 

 out one specimen, a very melanic form, as unusual. He also 

 showed a remarkable aberration of a hybrid moth from a crossing 

 of Ejdtjra anniilata [niiiwronaria) male, with /'>'. penditlaria female, 

 in which the outer half of all the wings was melanic. 



