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that on Ashtead Common the blackthorn was, in the last 

 week of February, showing its white-tipped buds. 



MARCH 10th, 1906. 



The Exhibition. 



Mr. Robert Adkin's exhibit comprised, among other things : 



(1) A long series of Aglais (Vanessa) urticcs, showing many 

 forms of minor variation, including large and dwarf in- 

 dividuals ; examples of unusually dark and pale ground 

 colour, and some from Lancashire and Sligo of a pale 

 tawny shade ; specimens having very broad, dark, and pale 

 margins ; aberrations in which the central-costal and inner- 

 marginal blotches were united so as to form a band ; some 

 from which the inner marginal blotch was absent ; and others 

 in which the two black discal spots were unusually large or 

 reduced in size to mere specks ; a specimen with blue tips 

 to the fore wings, and undersides showing great differences 

 in the amount of black marking. 



(2) The British species of the Anthroceridcc (Zygcenidce), 

 including yellow examples of A. trifolii and forms of A. 

 fiUpcndulcc, grading in colour from the typical rich red 

 through varied shades of terra-cotta to pale yellow. 



(3) The British species of the Nyctcolidcc and Nolidce, the 

 latter including long series of Nola albulalis and A 7 , ccntonalis. 



(4) A long series of Paclinobia hyperborca (alpina), and the 

 specimen of Mesogona acctosellcc taken near Polegate, Sussex, 

 in 1895 ; also long and varied series of Taniocampa gotliica 

 and T. inccrta from English, Scotch, Welsh, and Irish 

 localities. 



(5) Series of Sclenia lunaria and 5. tetralunaria, with hybrid 

 5. bilunaria £ x tetralunaria ? , and S. tetralunaria S x bilu- 

 naria $ , and a varied series of Odontopera bidentata. 



(6) A long series of Abraxas grossulariata, including light 

 and dark forms, the var. varleyata, and many other aberrant 

 forms. 



Mr. B. W. Adkin exhibited cabinet drawers containing : 

 (1) Races, varieties, and aberrations of Odoncstis potatoria, 

 Lasiocampa quercus, and Pachygastria (Bombyx) trifolii; (2) 

 aberrations of Butterflies, Geometers, and Nocture, among 

 which the following were the more notable : var. hispulla of 

 Epinephele janira from the Scilly Isles, a fine pale form of 

 Cosmia trapezina, with the transverse band of .the fore 



