Proposed Alteration of Byc-Laivs. 

 The proposed alterations in the Bye-laws were read for the 

 second time. 



Exliibitions. 

 Varieties op British Lepidoptera. — Prof. Poulton ex- 

 hibited on behalf of Mr. F. C. Woodforde the following 

 varieties from the collection of British insects in the Hope 

 Department at Oxford. 



1. Chrysophamis phlaeas, L., ab. schmidtii, Gerh., Burnt 

 Woods, Market Drayton, N. Staffs. : Sept. 8, 1917. F. C. 

 Woodforde. 



2. A variety of the same species with the cojipery area of 

 the fore-wing replaced by a smoky ochreous. The same 

 locality : Aug. 5, 1918. H. F. Onions. 



3. The var. eleus, F., of the same species, Milford, Surrey : 

 July 29, 1908. From the collection of the late Lt. R. J. 

 Champion. 



4. Cyaniris argiolus, L., var. with radiate spots on the 

 hind-wing underside, the fore-wing spotless. Near Ashurst 

 Lodge, New Forest : May 8, 1915. F. C. W. 



This variety approaches the ab. suhtus-radiaia, Oberth., 

 taken at Rennes and figured by M. Charles Oberthiir (Etudes 

 d'Entomologie, XX, PI. iii, fig. 24). The figure, however, 

 shows on the fore-wing under surface the existence of large 

 spots of which the one next the costa is considerably elon- 

 gated. The spots on the hind- wing are exactly similar to 

 those of the exhibited specimen. M. Oberthiir remarks : 

 " C'est I'echantillon le plus characterise que nous connaissions 

 pour le developpement de ses points noirs en dessous." 



5. Catoccda nwpta, L., var. with the red of the hind-wings 

 replaced by a dark maroon colour. Taken at light, Guild- 

 ford : Sept. 2, 1907. From Coll. R. J. Champion. 



The Stratiomyid fly Beris vallata captured with its 

 Tenthredinid models. — Prof. Poulton exhibited a series of 

 6 examples of Beris vaUata, Forst., captured with the follow- 

 ing Tenthredinidae — 2 ? Dolerus aericeps, Th., 1 c? Selandria 

 serva, F., 4 <J Athalia lineolata, Lep., by Mr. A. H. Hamm, 

 on July 13, 1907. All 13 insects were taken from flowers. 



