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during the last few years, including many of the Western European 

 species, amongst the more Southern being A. hilaris, A. contmninei, 

 A. mrpedon, A. antlnjllidia., A. rhadaii}antli\ifi : about sixteen species 

 altogether. 



Mr. Hy. J. Turner exhibited a number of the Alpine species of 

 Anthrncera from many localities, mainly of the five- and six-spotted 

 species. The TranKalfiinifornies group, including some of the five- 

 spotted form from the Channel Islands, a series of large and 

 confluent-spotted A. tn'folii-niojor — paluKtri^, from the Isle of 

 Wight, a short series of small A. trifolii from Surrey and Kent, a 

 small six-spotted male with well-divided sixth spot, taken at 

 Zermatt, iu mp. with a large five-spotted female. 



Mr. L. W. Newman exhibited : — 



(1) Long and varied series of Dianthrrria barrettii bred from wild 

 larvfe collected in County Cork, and from pupae dug in South 

 Devon. In the Irish form melanic specimens are rare, but in the 

 Devon they are moie abundant. A point that is interesting is that 

 the Devon specimens as a series are smaller than the Irish. In the 

 Devon series are three examples of a decided ochreous shade ; this 

 form does not appear in the Irish series. 



(2) Series of Boarmia repandata, all bred from wild larvae col- 

 lected in a small radius in the Wye Valley, the range of variation 

 being remarkable, including melanic specimens equal to the Sheffield 

 form, very pale examples like some from Scotland, var. conversaria, 

 and almost every intermediate form. 



(8) Series of the same insect from North Cornwall, bred from 

 wild larv!^, and showing considerable variation. 



(4) Series of hybrid ocellatitsxpnjndi and extreme forms of A. 

 ■popnli. 



Mr. Tonge exhibited hybrid ncellatns-popidi bred from ova in 

 1913-14, and an example of Euinicia phUras taken at Deal in 

 September, 1914, in which there was entire absence of the usual 

 red submarginal band on the hindwing. 



Mr. Page exhibited two cabinet drawers illustrative of the British 

 anthrocerids, viz., Anthrocera piirpiiralis : A. exulans with ab. 

 minor (Braemar) ; A. vicite {ineliloti) ; A. lonicerce (Chattenden and 

 the New Forest) with ab. rninoides and ab. orobi : A. trifolii and sub 

 s^p. jjalustris ; A. filipendula ; and a series of A. hippocrepidis taken 

 at the same time and place (Chattenden, May, June, 1892) as those 

 from the late Mr. J. W. Tutt's collection, exhibited by Dr. 

 Cockayne. 



