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" Wherever found it only flies at dusk, resting during the 

 day on the ground or amongst dead leaves. 



'' The specimens exhibited are from the Phihppine 

 Islands, New Britain, N, Queensland, E. and W. Africa, 

 Andaman I., etc." 



Mr. Thos. Wm. Hall exhibited varieties of Agriades thctis 

 (bellai-giis), including a fine female with splashes of the male 

 coloration in the left fore-wing, an asymmetrical male 

 under-side, in which the left hind-wing was practically 

 devoid of spots, and the left fore-wing with only a few 

 spots, the right side being normal ; also some other interest- 

 ing underside varieties of the same species. 



Mr. A. E. Gibbs exhibited fine series of Agnadcs thetis 

 {bcllargiis), including ab. ptincta females and ab. ccronus 

 males, from Mt. Tendre, Swiss Jura, taken in July, 1909 ; 

 series of Agriadcs coridon, including ab. syngvapha from 

 Wiltshire, very large males with light ground colour on the 

 under-side from Caux, Montreux, taken in July, 1909, and a 

 series of aberrations of the under-side, males and females, 

 from Dover. 



Mr. H. J. Turner exhibited a very perfect specimen of 

 Ruinicia phlccas ah. alba taken at Brasted, Kent, on August 

 28th, 1909 ; minute specimens of Cnpido miniuuis from Win- 

 chester and Aigle, Switz. ; a male under-side oi Polyommatus 

 damon with all the eye-spots of the fore-wing except the dis- 

 coidal obsolete, from Aigle ; specimens oi LyccBiia arion, var. 

 obscura, taken at Zermatt, six thousand feet, on Jul}' 31st, 

 1909 ; a graduated series of the dark suffused female form of 

 Chrysophantis virgaurcce, var. zeruiattensis, with specimens of 

 var. uiiegii, males, with an incipient row of spots on the 

 coppery upper side, from Zermatt, Jul}- and August, 1909; 

 specimens of the dark dwarf form of Melitcea anrinia, var. 

 iiieropc, from the Riffelalp, eight thousand feet, August ist, 

 1909 ; a series oi Anthrocera carniolica and var. hedysari, from 

 Gex, S. Jura, August nth, 1909 ; specimens of Apatura iris, 

 from St. Gingolph, Savoie, and Aigle, one of the latter having 

 been captured with the fingers while drinking on the road- 

 way ; a confluent form of A. achillccc from Gex ; and a curious 

 form oi MelitcBa didyvia from Zermatt, in which many of the 

 usually black, costal, apical, and hind-marginal spots were 

 devoid of pigment and of a dull silvery appearance. 



Mr. Leeds exhibited a specimen of Picris brassicce, in which 

 the under-side of the hind-wings was a ver}' distinct blue, 

 captured in Monkswood ; and a dusky variety of Satnrnia 

 carpini. 



