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at Piano del Pieve, below Assisi, July 17th, 1909, in which the 

 whole of the left hindwing and almost the whole of the forewing 

 were black, there being also black patches on the right forewing ; 

 the underside also exhibited marked melanism. 



The xanthic specimens consisted of Ari/ynnis niohe var. eris, 

 from Switzerland, A. adippe var. deodoxa, from South Switzerland 

 and Central Italy, Dri/as paphia var. dives, the Algerian form, 

 and Urbicola cnmnia ab. fiara, from Mt. Cubly, above Clarens ; 

 in all these the yellow takes the place of silver ; in a second box 

 were four specimens of Callimorpha dominula var. persona, from 

 Eoccaraso and Palena (4,000ft.) in the Abruzzi, in which the 

 yellow replaces red, and two of ab. bithynica, from Switzerland, 

 in which the white spots of the forewing are replaced by yellow or 

 orange. Other instances of yellow taking the place of white were 

 shown in the type specimen of Kuchlo'e cardatnines, ab. male 

 citronea, where the normally white part of the forewing is suffused 

 with yellow on the underside, and a specimen each of the females 

 of K. cardainines, Ant/iocharis belia, A. simplonia, and A. siuiploiia 

 var. fiacidior, in which the hindwings on the upperside were of 

 a dull buff. The exhibitor remarked that this was a common 

 feature in the genus Anthocharis, and that he bad specimens of 

 A. belemia var. t/laiice, A. falloid, and A. tof/is var. hdlizliia in 

 which the same tendency was shown. In the example of E. 

 cardaiidnes exhibited, the forewings were similarly affected. The 

 same thing occurs in the genus Pier is, especially in P. rapa\ P. 

 napi, and P. 7iapi var. bryoni<i. In P. eri/ane the hindwings of the 

 female are normally of a pale canary-yellow. 



Mr. Kobert Adkin exhibited a series of third brood specimens of 

 Celastrina arr/ioliis, together with first and second brood examples 

 for comparison. He said that occasionally one met with odd 

 specimens of (J. an/iolns on the wing in September, and was 

 always in doubt whether they were belated individuals of the 

 summer emergence, or whether they were really third brood 

 specimens, but, in his experience, it was very unusual for the species 

 to produce a third brood. This year, however, there had un- 

 doubtedly been a third emergence. On September 11th he 

 collected some 40 larvae on ivy flower-buds at Eastbourne. Many 

 of them were, as usual at that time of the year, nearly full-fed, and 

 within a week or so pupated, and he quite expected that they 

 would all remain in pupa through the winter, and produce imagines 

 in the following April and May ; but on September 29th he was 

 surprised to see three freshly emerged specimens in the breeding 



