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this spring at Amelie les Bains, South France. They were 

 rather large (48 and 50 mm.). The dark areas were reduced 

 to lines or almost wanting, and the fulvous areas correspond- 

 ingly enlarged, and much more conspicuous and vivid than 

 is usual. For comparison, an ordinary southern form and 

 the British dark form, egerides, were also shown. 



Mr. Edwards and Mr. Carr exhibited specimens of Ciicullia 

 chamomillce, taken at Blackheath and Lee respectively. 



Mr. Edwards also exhibited the larva of the stag-beetle 

 [Lucanus cervus), found in the rotting wood of some old 

 palings in the Shooter's Hill Road, Blackheath. 



Mr. Smith exhibited a melanic specimen of Tceniocampa 

 pulverulenta {cruda), taken at Dover in April. It was refer- 

 able to the var. haggarti. 



Mr. Newman exhibited a very extreme melanic female of 

 Spilosoma fnliginosa, bred this spring, from Sheffield. The 

 whole of the wings were uniformly dark, except the inner 

 margin of the hind-wings. 



Mr. Sich exhibited a specimen of Enpithecia castigata ?, 

 taken flying over heath near Richmond, Surrey, on May loth. 

 The right fore-wing was crumpled, and both fore-wings were 

 sparsely scaled on the upper side. There was a large basal 

 patch normally scaled, and an outer marginal band of almost 

 black scales ; but the space between these was almost desti- 

 tute of scales, and showed the venation perfectly distinctly. 

 The insect appeared normal beneath. If the pupa could be 

 found, the scales missing on the upper surface of the fore- 

 wing of the moth might be seen adhering to the inner surface 

 of the pupal wing-cases. 



Mr. West (of Greenwich) exhibited specimens of Cassida 

 fastuosa, taken by Mr. H. J. Turner at Box Hill in some 

 numbers, on the leaves of Inula conyza. It is stated to be 

 attached to ragwort, and also to be found on foxglove. But 

 none were found on the former plant, and the latter, being 

 shy of chalk, does not grow on the ground where the insect 

 is found. He also showed specimens of the rare Coccinellid, 

 Halyzia 16-guttata, taken by Mr. Ashby and himself in 

 numbers, on birch, near Brockenhurst, in the middle of May. 



Mr. Lucas read a paper entitled "The Scotch Fir (Pinus 

 sylvestris)," and illustrated his notes with a large number of 

 lantern-slides, many of them taken in localities well known 

 to most of the members, with the addition of a few giving 

 microscopical details by Mr. Noad Clark (see p. g). 



