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local variation : Dr. G. G. C. Hodgson, a series selected from over 

 one hundred specimens bred, 1910, from Wiltshire larvae ; there was 

 a marked melanic tendency in some cases, while in others the black 

 marginal markings approached obsolescence. Some examples approxi- 

 mated to var. 2^^'ceclara, and others showed almost unbroken fulvous 

 coloration. Trichura cratagi abs. : Mr. L. W. Newman, dark 

 forms from Selkirk, and pale forms from Lincoln. Gnophos obscu- 

 rata : Mr. L. B. Prout, a variable series, Folkestone, August, 1910 ; 

 some males nearly white, some females blackish, many with two 

 black lines very pronounced, and a good proportion of the banded 

 ab. fasciata (Prout). Vanessa io var. cyanosticta (Raynor) : Mr. 

 V. E. Shaw, three examples of this var. bred August, 1910, from 

 Darenth Wood larvae ; also an asymmetrical Zygcena fiUpenchdcB with 

 spots confluent on left wing only; Dover, August, 1910. Vanessa 

 antiopa : Mr. P. H. Tautz, a specimen taken at Oakham (Rutland), 

 October 20th, 1910, inside a shop window, by Mr. A. Hassan. 

 Melanic Coenobia ricfa : Mr. R. G. Todd, two very dark specimens, 

 said to be not referable to ab. fusca and therefore apparently a 

 new variety. Pieris napi, female ab. : Mr. H. B. Williams, a speci- 

 men with black bar on under side fore wings, faintly indicated on 

 upper side, and connecting up the two black blotches thereon. 



January llth. — Se7ita maritima vars. : Mr. C. E. Capper, a series 

 from Isle of Wight, including vars. bipunctata, nigro-striata, wis- 

 7)ianiensis, and combinata. Dianthoecias : Mr. F. B. Cross, a bred 

 series of D. conspersa, North Cornwall, including very dark example, 

 almost unicolorous save for pale marginal line. Mr. H. M. Edelsten, 

 a very variable series of D. carpophaga bred from Sussex pupae, the 

 emergence extending from end of May to mid- August ; the speci- 

 mens ranged from strongly marked dark forms to almost white with 

 only the stigmata faintly indicated. Argynnis paphia abs. : Mrs. 

 C. Hemming, specimens bred, 1909 and 1910, from New Forest 

 parents, showing exaggeration of black markings ; also var. valezina, 

 with increase of black markings and general melanic suffusion. 

 Hesperia linea : Mr. A. F. Hemming, a series showing two different 

 forms occurring together in a Sussex locality, the one with light 

 ground colour and narrow border, and the other with dark ground 

 colour and broad border. Taniocavipa pulverulenta var. haggertii : 

 Mr. J. Morris, an example of this somewhat rare ab. taken near 

 Godalming. — Sidney J. Bell, Hon. Secretary. 



RECENT LITERATURE. 



The Bhopalocera of Java : Hesperida. By M. C. Piepers & P. C. T. 



Snellen. With the collaboration of H. Fbuhstoefer. 



Royal 4to. Pp. i.-xxvi. and 1-60. Plates, 6 coloured. The 



Hague : Martinus Nijhoff. 1910. 

 The Introduction (pp. i-xxvi) is largely biological, the subject of 

 colour-evolution is discussed at some length, and reasons are given 

 for treating the Hesperidee as " not so far differentiated from the 

 Heterocera as the other Rhopalocera, and therefore in some respects 

 they still stand between these two groups." 



