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A. jilipendid(B, each with one under wing partially bleached, and an 

 example of S. hyperanthas with one upper wing in a similar condition. 

 — Rev. C. R. N. Burrows, seven pupae of P. machaon reared from ova ; of 

 these, five, having pupated on carrot stems, were pale green, while the 

 remaining two, one of which pupated on glass, and the other on muslin, 

 were dark grey in colour : also three cocoons of C. fwrcnla on three 

 different woods, each closely resembling its base. The exhibitor pointed 

 out that in the latter case the protective coloration was obviously 

 produced mechanically. — Mr. Edelsten, a long series of C. russata bred 

 from ova laid by a typical female taken in the Norfolk Broads ; the 

 specimens ranged from the type through var. comma-nntata to var. 

 perfuscdta, with many fine intermediate forms ; also N. })lecta, from 

 South Devon, with the usual pale costal streak suffused with the ground 

 colour ; and from Norfolk, with this streak very prominent. — Mr. 

 Kaye, a line series of C. elpenor bred from larvffi taken near Basing- 

 stoke Canal ; although it is generally stated that this larva will not 

 accept a change of food-plant, Mr. Kaye, having found the larvae on 

 yellow balsam, had no difficulty in feeding them up on willow-herb. — 

 Mr. Mera, A. sinuata from Cambridge. — Mr. Pickett, P. phlceas from 

 Dover, August, 1905, with spots on hind wings elongated sO that 

 they coalesced with the marginal band ; also B. perla from Torquay, 

 Folkestone, and Southend, those from the latter locality having the 

 orbicular and reniform very strongly marked. — Mr. Riches, G. smarag- 

 daria, bred, from Essex marshes, including a specimen with the two 

 left wings much paler than the right-hand pair ; also M. fluctuata var. 

 costovata from Hornsey. — Mr. Shaw, A. Incernea taken at valerian at 

 Torquay on July 18th, and a larva of (EnopJdla v-fiavum mounted for 

 the microscope. — Mr. Harris stated that the beetle exhibited by him 

 at the previous meeting was Conhjlomera snturalis. — Mr. Kaye reported 

 the capture of one X. semihrunnea at ivy near Leatherhead. — S. T. 

 Bell, Hon. Sec. 



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