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Mr. H. Moore exhibited a specimen of A glais urticce, which 

 very closely approached the form var. polaris. 



Mr. Goulton exhibited a specimen of the scarce Heliothis 

 armigera, which he had taken at light near Sutton ; he also 

 showed several specimens of JEgeria myopiformis from the 

 same locality. 



Mr. Edwards exhibited three species of large Coleoptera 

 from Sierra Leone, viz., Aphitorliina julia, Ccratorhina 

 morgani, and Mecynorrhina torquata. 



Mr. Step exhibited two species of slug, Amalia gagates and 

 A. sowerbyi, taken at Betchworth, Surrey, by Mr. Lionel 

 Adams ; the former being the first time the species has been 

 taken in the county. 



Mr. A. L. Rayward exhibited ova of Thecla w -album, in 

 sitii on wych elm. One of the ova was situated at the 

 extreme base of a leaf stalk, but the ova of this species 

 appear to be more generally deposited on the bark of the 

 twigs, and frequently at the junction of the new wood and 

 that of the previous year's growth. The ova of this species 

 are usually laid singly, but occasionally two or three are 

 found side by side. 



Mr. Robert Adkin exhibited a series of Scoparia dubitalis, 

 Hb., taken at Eastbourne in June last, including some 

 exceedingly pale forms ; also an example of the latter from 

 the late Mr. C. G. Barrett's collection for comparison ; and 

 read the following notes : 



"In the 'Entomologist's Monthly Magazine' for 1899 

 (vol. xxxv, p. 103), Mr. H. F. Fryer gave an account of the 

 capture at Eastbourne, in the early part of the previous 

 summer, of a pale Scoparia, which he was unable to identify, 

 and which he thought might possibly be a new species. He, 

 however, sent specimens to the late Mr. Barrett, who con- 

 sidered them only a variety of S. dubitalis, but a form quite 

 new to him. From the description given of the spot where 

 they were taken I was convinced that I knew exactly where 

 to look for them, but although I have paid frequent visits to 

 Eastbourne during the intervening years, none of them have 

 fitted in with the time when S. dubitalis was on the wing, 

 until June last, and then even I did not find the species 

 until I was on the point of leaving, and had little more than 

 an hour to work it. However, they were then common 

 enough, and I had no difficulty in securing a series of fully 

 a score, the majority of them very pale forms, including 

 some quite as pale as Mr. Fryer's specimens, but they 

 occurred at a spot some distance from where I believe his to 



