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unusually light in colour, owing to the irregular suppression 

 of some of the usually dark transverse lines. 



Mr. Payne exhibited a melanic example of Argynnis aglaia, 

 and a specimen of Agriadcs coridon, var. syngvapha. 



Mr. E. Bedwell exhibited a variety of Brcnthh sclene taken 

 by him at Childerditch Common, Brentwood, Essex, in 1905 ; 

 specimens of Odoutuscelis dorsalis, a species of Hemiptera- 

 Heteroptera new to the British fauna, from near Lowestoft, 

 in June, igog ; Anclwmenes gracilipes, a rare species of 

 Coleoptera taken near Lowestoft, in 1898, and the sixth or 

 seventh known British specimen ; and two examples of 

 Hctarius fcmigineuui, a myrmecophilus beetle lost sight of in 

 this country for forty-six years, but taken by him at Box 

 Hill in April last in a nest oi Lasius fiiliginosus. 



Mr. R. Baumann exhibited : 



A bred series of Angerona prunaria (banded form) from 

 Epping Forest ; a series of Polia chi, var. olivacea, bred from 

 Middlesbro' ova ; a series of Noiiagria gcuiinipunda, including 

 dark forms from pupa taken at Lewes, in August, 1909; a 

 series of Gnophos ohscurata, from Lewes, including var. miin- 

 data; and a very dark, obscurely marked aberration oiCuspidia 

 niegaccphala, bred from a larva taken on Hackney Downs. 



Mr. J. Piatt Barrett exhibited a case of Lepidoptera, con- 

 taining numerous species taken in Britain for comparison 

 with the same species or their equivalent forms taken near 

 Messina, in Sicily, including — 



Enchloc cardaniines and E. tnrrith (?). 



Melanargia galathea and the larger M. iapygia. 



Epinephcle janira and vds . fortunata (?). 



Parargc megcera and the large Sicilian form. 



P. egeria and the form with very yellow ground and less 

 dark markings ; and 



Hipparchia semclc and its larger and brighter Sicilian form. 



He also showed a very dark female form of Melitcsa didyina, 

 from Sicily, and a series of Hadena dentina, from Surrey, 

 taken in 1909, showing much more variation than a series 

 taken at various times from 1871 to 1895. 



Mr. H. W. Andrews exhibited two species of Diptera : 



CJiorisops tibialis, Meig. : Light forms (typical for New 

 Forest district), and dark forms from S.W. Ireland ; and 



Microclinysa polita, L. : Typical green form and bronze 

 variety, taken at Darenth, July 31st, 1909. 



Mr. J. T. Winkworth exhibited a very large number of 

 specimens of Helix capcrata, showing extensive and extreme 

 variation. They were all collected in September and October, 



