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Mamestra negussa, from the former place. It was difficult 

 to distinguish several of these species from allied species 

 taken in Great Britain. He also showed the cases with 

 living larvae of a species of Coleophora feeding on the seeds of 

 a Dianthus, sent from Hyeres by Dr. Chapman. 



Mr. L. W. Newman exhibited larvas and pupae of Dryas 

 paphia which had been forced in a hot-house. The first pupa 

 was formed twenty-eight days after the forcing commenced. 

 He also showed larvae and pupae of Melitcca nthalia, which 

 had been put early under forcing conditions, as well as larvae 

 oi Argynnis adippe, A. aglaia, M. cinxia, ^.xxdAgriades coridon. 

 The last two species were practically all full fed, but the .-1. 

 adippe and ^4. aglaia would not respond to the forcing treat- 

 ment. 



Mr. Coote exhibited a short series of Nyssta hispidaria, 

 which he had bred from ova laid by a female taken at 

 Richmond in 1909. 



Mr. A. Sich exhibited our two species of the genus Adda, 

 each with entire yellow fasciae: Adela crcesella, Scop, {snhella, 

 Schiif.), in expanse about 12 mm. The yellow fascia is nearer 

 the centre of wing. Veins 8 and g of fore-wings are 

 separate. Adela degeerella, L., measures about 18 mm., and 

 the yellow fascia is much beyond the centre of wing. \"eins 

 8 and 9 of the fore-wings are stalked. 



Mr. Robert Adkin exhibited a long series of Hcpialus 

 hniimli, var. thuleusis, Newman, = var. hcthlandica, 

 Staudinger, from Shetland, together with series of H. 

 hnmidi from Orkney, Hebrides, Ireland, and sundry 

 English localities, all of the latter being typical specimens 

 for comparison ; and read a short paper (p. 13). 



APRIL 28/h, 1 910. 



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



Mr. W. West (Greenwich) exhibited a large store-box, 

 containing numerous rare and interesting species, taken 

 mainly by himself forty or fifty years ago, many of the 

 specimens being of local interest to entomologists of south- 

 east London. Among them were Eiichloe cardamines, the 

 first butterfly taken by himself, in April, i860, in Kidbrooke 

 Lane, Blackheath ; four examples of Pievis daplidicc, taken 

 by some Deptford woodcutters, at Folkestone, in the 

 " sixties " ; two specimens of Colias ediisa and v. helice, from 



