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in the New Forest in July last, consisting of both the type 

 form and the bhie-green variety, a form which, although 

 regularly occurring, had as yet received no varietal name. 



The variety was by far the commoner form met with, the 

 proportion being three of the variety to one of the type. 



Mr, West (Greenwich) exhibited a short series of the rare 

 Homopteron, Oliariiis leporinus, taken by him on July 8th at 

 Holmsley in the New Forest. 



Mr. Newman exhibited a curious example of Eucliclia 

 jacoba^cr, with the red markings united and continuous all round 

 the fore-wings ; a series of A morpJia popnli, showing great varia- 

 tion, including a pink-tinged specimen with a green band, 

 a specimen without trace of markings, and an extremely 

 red example ; also a long series of Spilosoina fuliginosa, bred 

 in August from ova obtained in June, from Aberdeen parents. 

 The specimens of the last species were much larger and 

 redder than is usual in the southern form ; and full}- go per 

 cent, of the brood had emerged already. 



Mr. Step exhibited, on behalf of Mr. E. B. Bishop, a 

 living cluster of Drosera intermedia, found near the Cutmill 

 ponds in West Surrey. By the combined efforts of several 

 leaves the dragonfly, Agrion puella, had been captured, and 

 was still in the grip of the plant. The insect was alread}' 

 dead when noticed by Mr. Bishop. It was remarkable that 

 so large and comparatively powerful an insect should be 

 successfully held by the glands of the plant (PI. IX, fig. 2). 



Dr. Hodgson exhibited a gynandromorphous example of 

 Brenthis euphrosyne, taken by him in Ashdown Forest. The 

 right side was male and the left side female. 



Mr. Sich exhibited the egg-shells of the upright ova of 

 ColeopJwra nivcicostella, on thyme ; cases containing larvae 

 of Coleophora paripennella, to compare with cases containing 

 larvse of what may be C. potent illcr. The cases of the C. 

 paripennella lie flat on the leaves, but those of C. potentillce 

 stand off at an angle. Both cases and larvae are very similar 

 in the two species. He also showed mines of the larvae of 

 Ceniivstoma scitella, on hawthorn, now abundant at Ealing. 



Dr. Chapman showed a series of slides illustrating various, 

 chiefly structural, points in relation to the " blues," espe- 

 cially P. argus, A. coridon, and A. theiis. The larvae at 

 various stages, characteristic hairs, honey-glands, etc. Pupal 

 structure, such as the curious pockets in P. argus (and 

 others), between segments 4 and 5 of the abdomen, to 

 receive the ends of legs, antennae, etc. The male appen- 

 dages, to illustrate the characteristic form in the Plebeiids. 



