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a very heavily marked inner margin ; a race of Nc!):cobins 

 lucina much larger than is ever taken in England ; specimens 

 of Paniassius innonosyne, a species which was fairly common ; 

 a series oi Brenthis daphne; an extremely dark aberration of 

 Colias phicomone, male ; Mclitcea phoehe in fine condition ; M. 

 dictynna, some very bright and large ; a fine range of shades 

 o{ Agnadcs thetis {bellargiis) with a beautiful ab. hyaciuthus ; 

 somewhat large Aglais urtica:; Cyaniris seiniavgtis with some 

 very curious shades of colour in the males ; a few Issoria 

 lathonia and worn Etwancssa antiopa ; a series of the beautiful 

 and varied Anthrocera carniolica, etc. 



Mr. R. Adkin read a paper entitled " The Lepidoptera of 

 a London Garden" (see p. i). 



MARCH loth, 1910. 

 Mr. A. SiCH, F.E.S., Vice-President, in the Chair, 



Mr. West (Greenwich) exhibited two more drawers of 

 the Society's collection, which he had just re-arranged and 

 re-mounted. 



Mr. J. P. Barrett exhibited specimens of Nyssia hispidaria 

 taken on February 27th, and stated that he had taken the 

 species forty years ago in the same localitj^, Richmond Park. 

 He also exhibited Eupithecia puniilata, taken at New Cross, 

 together with specimens of Phigalia pedaria and Hybernia 

 lencophcraria, taken in Richmond Park. He noted that of 

 the last-named species about one third of those seen at the 

 time were cripples, possibly owing to the prevalence of high 

 wind at the period of their emergence. 



Mr. Lucas exhibited a photograph of an earwig new to 

 science taken in the Liverpool Docks. Only one specimen 

 had been observed, and it had been named Odontopsalis lewisi. 



Commenting upon the effects of the recent mild weather, 

 Mr. R. Adkin said that a plant of green hellebore [Helleborus 

 wmizs), that had been growing in his garden at Lewisham for 

 many years, had fully expanded blossoms on February 19th, 

 whereas last year, although the buds were fully formed by 

 the end of that month, the blossoms did not expand until 

 the beginning of April. Also, that on March 5th Biston 

 hirtaria emerged in an outdoor breeding cage, and on the 

 6th Endromis versicolor appeared in an adjoining one. The 

 dates on which the earrliest examples of these species had 

 emerged under similar circumstances on such occasions as 



