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showed some stereographic views he had made of insects at rest. — Mr. 

 Ashby, series of Donacia crassipes from the New Forest, P. clavipes 

 from Wicken, and Hmmonia curtisi from Gravesend. — Miss Fountaine, 

 both sexes of the two broods of Pieris eigane, the spring specimens 

 from Montenegro, and the autumn from Herzegovina. — Mr. Newman, 

 a very large number of varieties and forms of the various species bred 

 and captured by him during the present season. — Mr. Simmons, a 

 series of Hemerophila abritptaria bred by him from a dark wild female 

 crossed with a bred typical male, including a very fine gynandrous 

 example, the left side the ordinary female colour, while the right side 

 had the very dark form of male characters. — Messrs. Harrison and 

 Main, a portion of a brood of Acidalia aversata, all of which followed 

 the colour and markings of banded parents. — Mr. Gadge, a fine variety 

 of Abraxas grossulariata, with mere remnants of the usual black 

 markings, captured on Denmark Hill. — Mr. Goulton, a bred series of 

 Euchloe cardamines of unusual size, particularly the males. — Mr. Main, 

 ova of Pararge egeria in situ on grass, and living larvae of Phorodesma 

 smaragdaria. — Mr. Coote, (1) living larvae of Celastrina argiolus on ivy 

 berries, from Eastbourne ; (2) a photograph of Orchis hircina, from 

 Wiltshire; and a specimen of Argiades corydonv&r. obsoleta, from East- 

 bourne. — Mr. Turner, series of Pamassius delius and Colias palano 

 taken in the Engadine in August. — Mr. Sich, (1) Tineola biselliella , 

 bred specimens of large size, larvae fed on red cloth ; and (2) Boric- 

 hausenia pseudospretelia, from larvae found in flax-seed by Mr. W. West. 

 — Dr. Chapman, (1) Plebius argus (agon), uniformly dark on the upper 

 side; and (2) larvae of Cleogene peletieraria with imagines from Gavarnie 

 and specimens of C. niveata from Corinthia for comparison. — Hy. J. 

 Turner, Hon. Rep. Sec. 



Birmingham Entomological Society. — September 23rd, 1907. — Mr. 

 G. T. Bethune-Baker, President, in the chair. — Mr. G. H. Kenrick 

 exhibited various Lepidoptera from Wicken Fen, collected by him 

 during a few days' visit. Amongst others were Erastria argentida, Hb., 

 which a local man told him was not native to the Fen, but had been 

 introduced there by himself ; there were also Phragmatcccia castanetr-, 

 Hb., Meliana fiammea, Curt., Pyrausta cilialis, Hb., &c. — Mr. Hubert 

 Langley showed various Lepidoptera taken by him at Princethorpe 

 Wood, South Warwickshire, during the second week in July ; there 

 was a long series of Boarmia roboraria, a species hitherto regarded as 

 very rare in the county, but which was very common on this occasion , 

 when many males came to light between 10.45 and 11.30 p.m. at 

 night; there were also Aplecta prasina, F., a very dark specimen; 

 Rabrosyne derasa, L. ; Euchloris pustulata, Hufn. (bajularia, Schiff.) ; 

 Cidaria silaceata, Hb., &c. — Mr. L. Doncaster showed a very interest- 

 ing bred series of Abraxas grossulariata, L., bred and arranged in con- 

 nection with the Mendelian hypothesis. The experiments had been 

 made with var. flavafasciata (lacticolor, Raynor). He said that in 

 nature the variety occurs only in the female sex. The results of the 

 experiments, whilst according generally with the required Mendelian 

 proportions, were curiously complicated with the sex question ; for 

 although in the second generation = cross X cross, the proportions 

 were three to one, yet the males were all the dominant, i. e. the type, 



