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var. hutchinsoni bred from ova, and read full notes on the life-history. 

 He also showed hand-paintings of the finest varieties bred and 

 captured by him during the season, and an almost perfectly black ex- 

 treme form of A. grossulariata, the under wings alone showing slight 

 traces of white. — Mr. W. Crocker, Phryxiis livornica, from Torquay, 

 May, 1906, a fawn-coloured Gnophos ohscuraria from Babbacombe, a 

 very varied series of Hesperia malva var. taras, Leucania extranea, 

 taken at sallow in April, 1906, and varieties of Melitcea athalia and 

 M. aurinia. — Mr. Hy. J. Turner, extremes in size of Polyomviatus 

 clamon from the /_lps; a number of species of the genus Brenthis, in 

 which the submarginal spots and lunules were more or less coales- 

 cent ; a nice series of Satyrus cordula from Vissoye, with female var. 

 pacts ; and a box containing numerous species of Ehopalocera from 

 German East Africa and from Bik6 in Central Africa. — Mr. Lucas, 

 the large earwig Labidura riparia, which he had kept alive for some 

 months, feeding it on fish. — Mr. Tonge, Sirex noctilio, taken in his 

 house at Eeigate. — Mr. Edelsten, a long series of the new British 

 species Nonagria neurica from Sussex, with Continental examples ; 

 and series from various localities of N. dissoluta and var. arundineta. 

 — Mr. Joy, an unusually pale example of Argynnis paphia. — Mr. 

 Ashdown, a long series of the Longicorn, Strangalia armata, to show 

 the range of variation in the markings. — Mr. H. W. Andrews, 

 examples of the British species of Eristalinae, and read notes on the 

 mimetic resemblances shown. — Mr. Baldock, a number of species of 

 Ornitlwptera, including the rare 0. miranda and 0. andromache. — 

 Mr. Gibbs, a long and very variable series of Argynnis adippe, cap- 

 tured in the Vosges Mountains this season, including fine examples 

 of var. cleodoxa, and some very brilliant undersides. — Mr. T. W. Hall, 

 a drawer of hybrid Lepidoptera, including Smcrintlms occllatus x 

 populi, Notodonta ziczac x dromedarius, Selenia tetralunaria x bi- 

 litnaria, and Ennomos erosaria x fuscantaria. — Dr. Hodgson, a 

 selected series of Plebeius argus {cegon) from various localities. — 

 Mr. Step, about fifty photographs of fungi found in 1908. — Kev. E. 

 Tarbat, a box containing examples of forty-one species of Lepido- 

 ptera taken at Eareham, settling on a white wall in the full glare of 

 a strong electric light, including Stauropus fagi, Epunda nigra, 

 Luperina cespitis, Nonagria typha, &c. He also showed o, Melitaa 

 aurinia with unusually small spotting ; a Taniocampa gothica, with 

 the "character" reduced to two small spots; and a Malacosoma 

 neiistria with a very broad, uniformly wide band across the fore 

 wings. — Mr. West (Greenwich), his collection of British Homoptera, 

 including a series of Idiocerus rutilans, a species new to Britain, and 

 a specialised series of the innumerable forms of Philenus spumarius. 

 — Mr. W. Lucas, a large number of photographs illustrating the life- 

 histories of the denizens of the Scotch fir. — Mr. Pennington, a box 

 of varieties of British Lepidoptera, including yox. foioleri of Agriades 

 corydon. — Mr. Stanley Edwards, several species of exotic Papilio, 

 among them being P. domasepe, P. telearcJms, P. slateri, P. cannus, 

 &c., which mimic different species of Danaine butterflies. — Eev. W. 

 Wheeler, a case containing the species and forms of Apatura obtain- 

 able from the Alps ; a case of the closely allied species and forms of 

 the athalia group of the genus Melitcea ; and a case of the smaller 



