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Mr. J. H. Carpenter exhibited drawers containing long 

 bred and varied series of Apatura iris, Colias hyale, Enodia 

 hypcranthus, Satyrus scmclc, Melitcea cinxia, and Eucliluc 

 cardamines. 



Mr. F. B. Carr exhibited the living larvae of a number of 

 species of Lepidoptera. 



Mr. J. A. Clark exhibited a case containing some very 

 beautiful varieties of Arctia caja. 



Mr. Stanley Edwards exhibited a large number of exotic 

 Lepidoptera from his extensive collection, including numerous 

 species of Papilio and Morpho, together with series of several 

 species of each of the genera Urania, Nyctalemon, Thais, 

 Armandia, Teinopalpus, Eurycus, and Scricimts. 



Mr. A. Hall exhibited five drawers containing a very fine 

 collection of the various species of the genus Catagramma 

 and its close allies, from South America, together with a 

 drawer of Apatura iris and A. ilia, with their various local 

 forms and aberrations. 



Mr. T. W. Hall exhibited (i) very fine series of the species 

 of the genus Eupithccia ; (2) a most interesting life-historv of 

 the rare Algeria (Sesia) spliegiformis ; (3) a drawer containing 

 examples, or series, of species which are already extinct or 

 are disappearing as British, including Chrysoplianus dispar, 

 Nomiadcs semiargus, Chora viduaria, Noctua subrosca, Lcvlia 

 ccenosa, and Macrogastcr castanea {arundinis) ; (4) two cabinet 

 drawers of rare species and varieties, including the following : 

 a nice bred series of Apatura iris, including the var. iolc, and 

 an intermediate form from the New Forest ; two varieties 

 of Melitcea atJialia ; series of Cry modes exulis, Cymatopliora 

 ocularis, and Xyloinigcs conspicillaris ; spotless forms of 

 Mamestra persicarice ; varieties of Demas coryli and Eubolia 

 plumbaria; several dark and blotched varieties of Arctia 

 caja and Ncnieophila plantaginis, var. hospita ; yellow varieties 

 of Anthroccra filipcndulce; yellow-banded forms of Algeria 

 culiciformis ; dark forms of Acronycta leporina ; a variety of 

 Cosmotrichc potatoria, with female coloration ; and a bred 

 specimen of Dicranura bicuspis, with pupa case. 



Mr. A. H. Hamm exhibited a case of varieties and aberra- 

 tions of British Lepidoptera, including a most interesting 

 form of Chrysophanus plilccas, having a large costal blotch 

 extending well into the disc of the fore wings, and a beautiful 

 smoky form of Acidalia immutata. 



Messrs. A. Harrison and H. Main exhibited : 



(1) A mphidasys betula-ria and var. doublcdayaria. Rows one to 

 four bred from New Forest parents. Rows one to three and the 



