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specimens of Gelechia popiUella, taken on birch trunks at Oxsliott on 

 Aug. 20i;b, 1904. He also showed a hybrid between Anthrocera 

 (Zi/i/cvna) fiUpendalm female x A. trifoUi male, and contributed the 

 following note : — ^The specimen of Zi/gccna exhibited was reared from 

 eggs deposited by a female Z. Jllipendiil (b that had paired with a male 

 Z. trifolii. The parents, also exhibited, were one of the four cross 

 pairs to which reference was made at a meeting of the Society held on 

 Oct. 22nd, 1903 (see also Entom. xxxvii. 15). Although all the eggs 

 hatched, and the larvffi, over 100 in number, appeared at first to be 

 doing fairly well, they gradually died off until there appeared to be only 

 a few that seemed likely to survive the winter. In the spring of 1904 

 it was found that only four larvfe gave any promise of completing their 

 metamorphoses, but two of these ultimately disappeared ; the other two 

 formed cocoons in due course, but only one imago emerged, and this 

 was unable to clear itself properly from the pupal case. The specimen 

 therefore is imperfectly developed, and each antenna is still encased in 

 the pupal sheath. However, it is evident that the offspring has in- 

 herited characters of each parent, but in a modified form. The sixth 

 spot of the fore wings is present, but only famtly discernible (in the 

 female parent this spot is unusually large, and united with spot 5) ; 

 the border of the hind wings is much broader than in Z. JllipendnliB, 

 but not quite so broad as in Z. trifolii. Altogether the specimen closely 

 resembles the form of Z. fiiipendiiLe known as var. hippocrejiidis. — Mr. 

 Edward, two male examples of the rare Papilio blumei, from Celebes. — 

 Mr. Priske, an example of Calosoma sycophanta, recently picked up in 

 Kew Gardens. — Dr. Chapman, a long series of bred Hastula [Vlcheiia) 

 hycrana and its dark var. wargijiata, a Tortrix from the South of 

 France, together with a quantity of details of its life-history, including 

 larvaa in each instar, pupa-cases, stems of asphodel showing the 

 ravages, photographs of ova, microscopical slides showing tubercles, 

 &c., and read a paper on the exhibit. 



February 23' (/. — The President in the chair. — Mr. G. H. Briault, of 

 Acton, was elected a member. — There was a special exhibition of 

 Hyberiiia marginnria (proyemmaria). — Messrs. Harrison and Main, 

 series from (1) Epping Forest, mostly typical ; (2) neighbourhood of 

 Liverpool, including a number of var. fuscata ; (3) Delamere Forest, 

 only a few var. fuscata. — Mr. Tonge, series from Tilgate Forest and 

 Reigate, with some very prettily variegated forms from the latter 

 place. — Mr. Priske, a short series from Eichmond Park, including one 

 specimen with the basal half of the fore wings dark, and the only 

 example of southern origin approaching var. fuscata. — Mr. Adkin, bred 

 series from Yorkshire, and read notes on the brood, together with 

 series from Rannoch, Kent, and Surrey. — Messrs. Dennis, Eayward, 

 Edwards, and Turner also exhibited series from various southern 

 localities. — A discussion took place, and it was noted (1) that all the 

 southern specimens had light hind wings, while in all var. fuscata 

 forms they were dark ; (2) all but var. fuscata had the submarginal 

 row of light wedge-sliaped marks on the fore wings ; and (3) a general 

 absence of intermediate forms between the general type and the dark 

 var. — Mr, Priske, a specimen of Helojjs striatus in which the left 

 antenna was bifurcated about one-third of its length from the apex. — 

 Mr. Main exhibited specimens of various species of scorpions, and also 

 an example of the king-crab {Limulvs), and by means of a series of 



