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St. Anne's. (9) Sati/nis semele, from St. Anne's and Fifeshire coast, 

 the latter bearing much stronger markings on the under side; this 

 form also occurs on the Crosby sandhills, but not at St. Anne's. 

 (10) EinnepJiele ianira, from Fifeshire. (11) Series of Lyccena icarus, 

 from coast of Fife, including a var. of the female with the spots of 

 the under side showing through the wing as whitish blotches, and 

 under side vars. of the male with many of the spots obsolete, or 

 nearly so ; all the females were exceptionally bright. (12) An ochreous 

 var. of Amphiclasys betularia female, captured wild at St. Anne's, 

 June, 1891 ; also a fine intermediate, bred from typical male x 

 doiihledayaria female. — Mr. Eobert Adkin showed a series of Tortrix 

 pronuhana, bred from Eastbourne larvaB in 1907. — Mr. J. J. Eichard- 

 son, an aberration of Halia vauaria, taken at light, Sefton Park, 

 Liverpool. — H. R. Sweeting and Wm. Mansbridge, Hon. Sees. 



City op London Entomological Society. — January nth, 1908. 

 Rev. C. R. N. Burrows exhibited Cucullia verbasei, bred by Mr. Norgate 

 from larv£e taken end of July, 1906, the imagines emerging in early 

 May, 1907 ; some of the specimens were typical, but others were so 

 light, and others again so dark, as to make them hardly recognizable as 

 C. verbasei. — Mr. S. J. Bell, Abraxas ulmata, ranging from specimens 

 with black markings almost obsolete to others in which these formed 

 almost continuous fascias, Chalfont Road, July, 1906 and 1907. — Dr. 

 S. A. Chapman, Pteropliorus braehydaetylus, a third generation bred 

 at Reigate from Swiss stock. — Mr. J. A. Clark, two fine Aretia caia 

 abs., one with yellow hind wings, from Leyton, the other with fore 

 wings almost entirely deep brown with mere traces of the usual cream 

 ground colour, and hind wings of an orange shade with black 

 nervures and the black spots forming two wide bands. — Mr. H. M. 

 Edelsten, Sesia andreniformis, bred in 1907, from Kent and Bedford- 

 shire ; also its rare parasite Meniseus bilineatus. — Mr. T. H. L. 

 Grosvenor, very yellow Pieris napi, from Aberdeen ; also P. brassiece, 

 from same locality, with fore wings heavily speckled with black at 

 the base, and under side of hind wings similarly powdered. — Mr. A. 

 Hemming, Deilephila eupJiorbice, taken at Eastbourne, 1907. — Mr. 

 A. W. Mera, Abraxas grossulariata abs., from London and Aberdeen ; 

 in the London specimens the increase of black marking was usually 

 most noticeable at the base of the wings, while the Scotch aberra- 

 tions were usually blackest on the marginal areas. — Mr. L. W. 

 Newman, Notodonta ehaonia, bred from Perth and New Forest, those 

 from the former district being much darker than the Hampshire 

 broods. — Mr. P. H. Tautz, Xylina semibrunnea, from Brighton, and 

 Luperina eespitis from Richmond Park. 



January 21st. — Mr. L. W. Newman, Smerinthus populi, from 

 Bexley, females varying from very light to very dark specimens. — Mr. 

 P. H. Tautz, two series of Vanessa io, bred in 1905 and 1906 from 

 larvaB taken at Chalfont Road and Chorley Wood respectively ; the 

 1905 brood were normal, but those bred in 1906 had a transparent 

 greasy appearance, while the ground colour of the wings was a pale 

 dingy brown. — Mr. A. J. Willsdon, Pararge egeria, bred January 

 20th, from ova laid by females taken at Torquay, end of September, 

 1907. The first imago appeared on December 25th, and it was 



