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(4) Agrotis exclamationis, a black variety from Lancashire. 



(5) Xylophasia monoglypha, a short, varied series from 

 Barmouth and Crosby Sandhills, near Liverpool. 



(6) Cymatophora duplaris, a melanic series from Simons- 

 wood Moss, Lancashire, where this species seems to produce 

 only dark forms, some being almost black ; a Cornish 

 specimen for comparison. 



(7) Agrotis ashworthii, from North Wales, a second brood, 

 which emerged in October, bred by Mr. Mansbridge. 



(8) Melanippe fluctuata, from Woodford, Epping Forest, 

 having the central band much reduced and the ground 

 colour somewhat brown. 



(9) Acronycta leporina, a specimen from Delamere Forest, 

 with black thorax and abdomen, and having the fore-wings 

 suffused with smoky black coloration ; another Delamere 

 and a Lancashire specimen varying in the same direction, 

 but with the black colour less pronounced ; and a New 

 Forest example for comparison. 



Mr. Stanley Edwards exhibited a collection of various 

 groups of the genus Heliconius. 



Mr. West (Greenwich) exhibited his collection of British 

 Hemiptera, comprising specimens or series of 305 species out 

 of a total of 431 species. They were particularly interesting, 

 as being for the most part collected close around London. 



Mr. F. B. Carr exhibited a bred specimen of Lasiocampa 

 querciis in which the scales were extremely deficient in quan- 

 tity as well as size. 



Mr. A. Harrison exhibited on behalf of Mr. E. Harris, of 

 Chingford, long-bred series of Hemerophila abruptaria, and 

 contributed the following note : 



"The original parents were a dark female taken at Upper 

 Clapton May 25th, 1904, and a light male taken at Ilford, 

 May 26th. 



" Eggs laid between May 27th and 31st, hatched June 9th 

 and following days, and the larvae spun up from July 24th to 

 August 27th, the imagines emerging between August 7th and 

 27th. Of the offspring, five were dark males and five light 

 males, four were dark females and four light females, making 

 eighteen in all. Two of the pupae went over and emerged 

 April 4th and 5th, 1905, one a light male and the other a 

 light female. 



" From the above I paired two dark forms that emerged 

 August 12th, from which the following is the result : Larvae, 

 hatched August 28th and following days, spun up (fifty- 

 seven in all) between October nth and November 5th, and 



