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agree much more closely with the spring than with the 

 summer form. 



Strictly speaking, of course, the name bryonies should be 

 confined to the female. 



The worn specimens at the end of each brood are the 

 parents. 



Mr. A. E. Tonge exhibited a series of Grapta c-album, and 

 contributed the following note : 



" I received six ova on April iSth and about a dozen 

 more on April 30th, from Mr. Barraud. They were laid by 

 a female he took in the Wye Valley last Easter. The first 

 hatching took place on April 28th, and others followed 

 almost daily. The first larva pupated June 20th, all being 

 reared upon red currant. 



" Emergences were as follows : 



Totals 472 



"All the females are pale ochreous below and bright fulvous 

 above, presumably approaching the summer form, or var. 

 hutchinsoni. Twoof them have bleached tipsto fore-wings, and 

 all but one are very lightly spotted. Two males are bright 

 above and ochreous below ; one is dull above but ochreous 

 below (June gth) ; one is bright above and has very pale 

 ochreous sub-marginal spots, but has a dark chocolate under- 

 side. This emerged July 14th." 



Dr. G. C. Hodgson exhibited series of Anthrocera trifolii 

 from one locality in Sussex, the result of four days' collecting 

 by Mr. Grosvenor and himself, and of two selective pro- 

 cesses. These were, first the usual one of allowing all those 

 not required for setting to escape, the second, an attempt 

 (successful, as the result showed) to keep the locality clear of 

 all cocoons spun above or more than just above the ground. 

 One was able to prove that cocoons so placed were not half 

 those that could be found, so that there was no hesitation in 

 taking all the exposed ones. This is, he thinks, the only 

 locality in which he has observed any Anthrocera cocoons 

 visible without search, except in the case of A. filipendulcz. 

 No exposed cocoons were subsequently found in the locality, 



