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and Mr. B. S. Curwen, of Richmond, were elected mem- 

 bers. 



Dr. Hodgson exhibited numerous selected specimens of 

 Agriades coridon, including two partiall}' gynandromorphous 

 forms, and two females with bluish spots on the upper sides 

 of hind-wings, forming a median band exactly reproducing 

 that of the underside. The rest of the females showed 

 slightly blue-scaled forms, typical of those which were 

 extremely prevalent in all the localities visited, amounting in 

 one locality to over two thirds of those seen. Among the 

 males shown were some greyish-blue forms seen in numbers 

 in all the localities visited, more or less markedly dull. 

 Among the aberrations shown were ab. antico-obsoleta, ab. 

 discreta-blomerata, an almost black male, and several varia- 

 tions of ab. suffusa. The examples were from Dover and 

 Clandon in 1906 and 1904 respectively, and from Sussex, 

 Surrey, and Herts in 1910. 



Mr. J. Platt-Barrett exhibited a short series of bred speci- 

 mens of Vanessa io, from Brockley, with a greasy appearance 

 caused by the mal-development of the scales ; and a specimen 

 of Arctia villica of the second brood, from Sicily, bred on 

 November ist. 



Mr. Robert Adkin exhibited aseriesofL?7//oimca;»'6i/a, reared 

 from ova, and read the following note on his experiences 

 in feeding them up : " On August 7th I received from the 

 Rev. J. E. Tarbat some ova of this species, which had been 

 deposited on July 30th-3ist by moths that he had captured 

 in Devonshire a day or two previously. On August gth they 

 hatched in the early morning, and, as I was leaving home 

 for the day, I threw into their box a few pieces of Lotus 

 cornicidatus. On my return in the evening I found the larvae 

 very restless, and apparently not taking to the Lotus at all. 

 I therefore obtained some lichen-covered hawthorn twigs, 

 which I put into a glass-topped metal box, and turned the 

 larvae together with the Lotus in with them. They remained 

 without further attention, except for the occasional addition 

 of a fresh piece of lichen-covered twig and pieces of Lotus 

 and knotgrass {Polygonum avicidarc), until September i8th, 

 when it was found necessary to turn them out on account of 

 the box showing signs of mould. On an examination of the 

 food being made, distinct signs of their having fed were 

 discernible on the knotgrass, some of the Lotus tiowers had 

 been nibbled, and there was little doubt that the lichen also 

 had received some attention. The larvae had increased in 

 size, though they were still quite small. On October 24th, 



