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Dr. G. C. Hodgson exhibited a long series of many forms 

 oi Ccenonympha tiphon from Rannoch, Kincardine, Aberdeen, 

 Westmoreland, and Lancashire ; and a specimen of Pieris 

 rapcc with a black spot in the discal area of the hind wing. 



Mr. Stanley Edwards exhibited specimens of Caligo atreus 

 and C. beltrao, from South America. 



Mr. S. W. Gadge exhibited : 



Arctia caia : Bred from an Irish larva this year; the 

 antennae are black, the left one clubbed ; the larva was very 

 black and without the usual white tips to the hairs. 



Spilosonia Inbricipcdn : Taken at Streatham ; marked with 

 splashes in place of the spots. 



Porthesia chrysorrhcea : The original larvae were taken at 

 Ventnor in May, igo8 ; some of the moths bred last year 

 had black spots on the fore-wings, and these spots show 

 again in specimens bred this 3'ear from the same parents ; in 

 the first one two spots are seen in the centre of the fore- 

 wings on the upper side only ; in the last specimen a spot, 

 which is much larger on the under-side, is seen on the left 

 hind-wing. 



Melanippc fluctuaia : Bred from a larva taken in his garden 

 at Heme Hill, the whole of the central area being light grey. 



A gratis exdamationis : A specimen with a very long claw 

 to the left hind leg. 



Dr. Chapman exhibited Callophrys avis, with specimen of 

 the other West-European Thestuids C. ncbi (var. fervida, 

 from S. France) and Thcstor hallus, also Neolyccena lumdata, 

 to suggest the phylogeny of the dark margins of the white 

 spots in C. ritbi. Agriadcs coridon from a few Spanish and 

 other localities. 



Mr. E. P. Sharp exhibited : 



Dianthcecia carpophaga : Bred from wild pupae collected 

 March and April, igog, near Eastbourne, and showing diffe- 

 rent forms occurring in this locality. 



Nonagria neurica {edelstcni) : Bred from larvae collected in 

 East Sussex, June, igog. 



Leucania l-alhiin, female, taken at ivy-bloom, near East- 

 bourne, on October 14th, igog, and which laid ova on 

 October 15th and i6th. These hatched on November 5th 

 and 6th. The larvae are at present hibernating in pieces of 

 old reed stem, without having fed. 



Mr. Barnett exhibited a confluent pink-coloured form of 

 Anthrocera trifolii ; a female aberration oi Emahirga atomaria 

 in which the submarginal dark band was obsolete ; and an 

 aberration of Strenia clathrata which was asymmetrical and 



