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that from Lancashire with much blue scaling ; a male from 

 the same locality had orange scaling on the upperside in a 

 similar position to that found on a normal female. Agriades 

 corydon, a Surrey male, with orange markings of " eye " spots 

 duplicated on hind-wings ; a Sussex female with no trace of 

 the orange scaling on the upperside ; and a Surrey female 

 referable to ab. scmisyngrapha, and without orange scaling. 

 Agriades bellargus, a Surrey female with much blue, and a 

 female with blue marginal band, interrupted on the secon- 

 daries, both specimens being devoid of orange on the upper 

 sides. A series of Urbicola comma from Clandon, including 

 pale and dark forms of both sexes, a cream-coloured aberra- 

 tion with well-pronounced black margins, and an unsym- 

 metrically bleached female. 



Mr. H. Moore exhibited a specimen of Xylocopa violacca, 

 which had been captured alive in the London Docks. 



Mr. R. Adkin exhibited, on behalf of Mr. C. E. Young, 

 of Rotherham, a specimen of Sirex juvencus ; it was found 

 alive on September 5th last, floating on the surface of the 

 water in a tank, sixty feet above the ground, at Rotherham. 



Dr. Chapman exhibited specimens of Oreopsyche pyrenceella, 

 bred from cases collected at Gavarnie at the end of July, 1907, 

 and emerging in August. They were very plentiful at one 

 or two spots near Gavarnie. The cases were also shown. 



Mr. R. Adkin exhibited a series of Porthesia chrysorrJicca, 

 L., reared from larvae collected at Eastbourne in June last. 

 The larvae were feeding on an isolated patch of bramble 

 near the sea. Many of their winter nests were seen, and the 

 larvae were in such great numbers that they had almost 

 completely denuded the brambles of their leaves. He read a 

 short paper entitled " Notes on Porthesia chrysorrhcea " (p. 12). 



In the discussion which followed, Dr. Chapman instanced 

 the thoroughness with which gregarious larvae were subject 

 to be parasitised, by reference to a nest of Eriogaster 

 arbusadce, every one of the larvae of which had succumbed. 

 Mr. Main similarly instanced a brood of Aporia cratcegi 

 received from S.E. France. He also stated that he had 

 placed a portion of a brood of Euvanessa antiopa out in his 

 garden in the open, with the result that every one was stung 

 by a parasite, while those kept indoors were entirely free. 



NOVEMBER 28th, 1907. 



The annual exhibition of varieties and notable captures of 

 the year. Nearly eighty members and friends were present. 



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