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JULY nth, 1907. 



Mr. W. J. Waterer, of Brockley, was elected a member. 



Mr. Rayward exhibited three very fine bred females of 

 Lyccena (Agriades) bcllavgus, from Ranmore Common, and 

 commented on the vividness of the blue coloration. He also 

 showed a bred series of Lyccena (Polyommatus) icarus, males, in 

 which the paler scaling along the costa, etc., was very 

 abundant and conspicuous. Ants had been almost constantly 

 attendant upon the larvae, " milking " them incessantly, but, 

 judging by the size and development of the specimens 

 exhibited, without producing any deleterious effects. Even 

 the pupae of bcllavgus, corydon, etc., always had ants on or 

 around them if exposed. 



Mr. Moore exhibited specimens of Euchelia jacobcece taken 

 on the Dunkirk sand-dunes. In one specimen the colour was 

 exceedingly pale. 



Mr. Gibb exhibited the " Simplex " net, frame, and stick, 

 the frame consisting of a steel band, which could be rolled 

 into close compass and placed in a small bag for the pocket. 



Mr. Sich exhibited three cocoons of Ccdestis farinatclla, 

 Dup. The larva, he said, lives in the needles of Scots Pine, 

 but leaves the needles when about to spin up. The larvae 

 were found when descending by a silken thread towards the 

 ground. 



Mr. Newman exhibited a gynandromorphous specimen of 

 Amorpha populi bred by him, in which the right side was 

 female in marking, antenna, and anal appendages, while the 

 left side was male ; a specimen of Smcrinthus ocellata with 

 extreme and very beautiful development of the pink colour, 

 especially in the fore-wings ; a selection of underside varieties 

 of Lyccena {Polyommatus) icarus, from N. Kent, June, 1907, 

 some of which approached the var. obsoleta, and one example 

 in which the submarginal row of spots was considerably mis- 

 placed, being close to the marginal lunules ; specimens of 

 Cucullia gnaphalii just bred from larvae taken in N. Kent ; 

 and a very fine and extremely varied bred series of Boarmia 

 repandata, (a) from Leigh Woods, Bristol, from a female 

 parent var. conversaria, and including many of that form ; 

 (b) a similar series from Torquay ; (c) a series from Epsom ; 

 and (d) an especially fine series, the sixth generation from a 

 pair of var. conversaria, originating from the N. Kent woods, 

 including a melanic form, a rusty brown suffused form, also 

 unapproached by any other form, several ordinary melanic 

 forms, and several var. conversaria, in which the white band 



