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largest ? measuring i££ in., being over a quarter of an inch 

 larger than normal ; the ? s had quite a small amount of 

 orange in the fore wing, though Mr. Kaye said he could not 

 correlate this with the treatment. 



SEPTEMBER 27th, 1906. 



Messrs. A. Harrison and H. Main exhibited a series of 

 Melitcea cinxia, bred from Isle of Wight larvae, one or. two 

 of the under-sides of the hind wings having a clearly-defined, 

 pure-white band. 



Mr. L. W. Newman exhibited a very large number of 

 specimens, mainly bred by him in the present season. They 

 were as follows : A long series of Brcphos notha, bred from 

 pupae three years old ; a pair of Xylomiges conspicillaris, from 

 pupae dug in Worcester ; series of Laphygma exigua, taken at 

 sugar in the Isle of Wight ; Hadena glauca, from Lancashire, 

 Rannoch, etc., some of the Lancashire specimens being 

 extremely dark forms ; an extremely fine variety of Ennomos 

 autumnaria, bred from ova laid by a wild ? taken at Dover 

 in 1905, in which the wings were thickly suffused with dark 

 chocolate colour, especially on the under-side, and with all 

 markings suppressed; a suffused specimen oi Arctia villica 

 with smoky hind wings ; a yellow var. of Callimovplia 

 dominnla, and one with cream spots instead of white ; a 

 series of Chrysophanus pldceas, showing much variation in the 

 size, shape, and number of the black spots ; specimen of 

 Bombyx rubi, in which the bands were absent ; Aglais urticcu, 

 with a complete black band on the fore wing ; Polygonia 

 c-album, with ground of a deep golden hue ; var. tarns of 

 Hcsperia malvce : and a long series of Mimas tilice, showing 

 extreme variations of the markings in the disc of the fore 

 wing, from mere dots to a complete band, black hind wings, 

 beautiful green shade suffusion, and pale general coloration. 



Mr. Step exhibited for Mr. Theo Carreras a remarkable 

 variety of Polygonia c -album, from the banks of the Wye, in 

 Herefordshire, in which the usually dark markings were 

 suffused, enlarged, and confused almost beyond recognition. 



Mr. H. Moore exhibited a large cockroach, Blabera cubensis, 

 found in a bale of hides. 



Mr. R. South exhibited (1) a ? specimen of Amphidasys 

 betularia, a form intermediate between the type and var. 

 doubledayaria. It was reared in June this year from a larva 

 found feeding on sallow in his garden, August, 1905 ; (2) 



