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appears to be rather an uncommon form. Staudinger's 

 diagnosis of gothicina, H.S. — " Smaller, with less markings, 

 almost unicolorous " — certainly does not appear to agree with 

 Herrich-Schaffer's description or figures, but perhaps it has 

 led to that name being applied to the more or less uni- 

 colorous forms that occur not uncommonly in the Rannoch 

 district, and are also more rarely met with in some of the 

 other Scottish localities. 



Captain Cardew exhibited a bred series of Pachnobia leiico- 

 grapha from Dover, all very dark in coloration, a series of T. 

 gothica bred from v. gothicina parents, all of the typical form, 

 and three specimens of Phigalia pedaria, from Wimbledon. 

 One, taken on January 2nd, was worn ; the other two, taken 

 on March i8th, were in good condition. 



Mr. J. Piatt Barrett reported that he had seen Brephos 

 parthcnias and Gonepteryx rhamni in the woods around 

 London ; and said, respecting the last exhibit, that in his 

 experience P. pedaria was much greener in tint if the emer- 

 gence took place in moist weather than if the weather were 

 dry. 



APRIL 14th, 1910. 



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



Mr. W. J. Ashdown exhibited about 120 species of Coleop- 

 tera taken in Switzerland during July, igog, including: 

 Staphylinus fossor, Anouiala frischi, Luciola italica, Houialisns 

 suturalis, Eros aurora, Tornoxia biguttata, Trichodes alvearius, 

 T. apiarius, Haplocncmus nigricornis, Anocodes ustulata, 

 Cteniopus sulphureus, Endomychus coccineus, Spondylis bupres- 

 toides, Strangalia attenuata, Hylotrupes bajidus, four species of 

 Pachyta, Oberca linearis, Molorchus minor, Pidonia lurida, 

 Hispa atra, etc. 



Mr. Dennis exhibited a series of photographs of British 

 Lichens. 



Mr. Hy. J. Turner exhibited a number of species of Lepi- 

 doptera sent to him from Redvers, Saskatchewan, and Vic- 

 toria, Vancouver Island, by Mr. A.J. Croker, and commented 

 on their general British-like appearance. The species were 

 Argynnis bremnerii, Polygonia marsyas, Notolophus badia, 

 Ccenonympha clko, Malacosoma plnvialis, M. disstria, and 

 Petrophora defensaria from the latter locality, with A. aphro- 

 dite (cypris), Eurymus etay theme, Epidemia helloides, Thanaos 

 persins, Chorizagrotis introferens, Paragrotis divergens, and 



