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SEPTEMBER 26th, 1907. 



Mr. Hugh Main, B.Sc, F.E.S., Vice-President, in the Chair. 



Dr. Gerald C. Hodgson, of Red Hill, was elected a member. 



Mr. Tonge exhibited a living larva of Cucullia asteris from 

 Sussex. At the time of capture it had a parasitical larva 

 feeding upon it. This was successfully removed and the larva 

 was now apparently healthy and full grown. He also showed 

 some stereographs of imagines of Staiiropus fagi and Trochi- 

 lium sphegifonnis at rest on tree trunks. 



Mr. Ashby exhibited series of Donatio, cvassipes, F., from 

 the New Forest, and of Donatio, clavipes, F., from Wicken 

 Fen ; together with a specimen of Hcemonia curtisi, from 

 Gravesend. 



Miss Fountaine exhibited both sexes of the S.E. European 

 Pierid, Picris crgane, specimens of the spring brood from 

 Montenegro, and of the summer brood from Herzegovina. 



Mr. Newman showed a very large number of varieties of 

 several species bred and captured by him during the present 

 season, including a P. brassicce with the discal and inner 

 marginal blotch connected by an irregular band of black ; 

 and an Adopcea lineola with pale blotches on the discs of all 

 four wings. 



Mr. Simmons exhibited a series of Hemerophila abniptaria, 

 bred by him this season from a dark wild female crossed 

 with a bred typical male, which was the offspring of a dark 

 wild female. Among those exhibited was a very fine gynan- 

 drous example, the left side being of the ordinary female 

 colour and character, while the right side had the male 

 characters of the very dark form. 



Messrs. Harrison and Main exhibited a portion of a brood 

 of Acidaiia oversata, with the parents, both of which were of 

 the banded form. The whole of the offspring were similarly 

 banded. 



Mr. Gadge exhibited a variety of Abraxas grossulaviato, 

 captured on Denmark Hill, in which the black markings 

 were reduced to mere remnants on all the wings, while the 

 yellow blotches were somewhat increased in area. 



Mr. Goulton exhibited a bred series of Eucliloe cardamines 

 from Surrey, which were notable as being unusually large, 

 especially the males. 



Mr. Main exhibited the ova of Pararge cgeria in situ on 

 grass stems. 



