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and the blue patches obsolete ; Vanessa io, var. belisaria, the 

 form with complete confluence of the dark costal blotches, 

 and extreme dulness and obsolescence of the ocellus of the 

 hind-wing ; Aglais urticce, var. ichneusoides, the form with 

 complete confluence of the two outer costal blotches, and 

 hind-wings entirel)' shaded with black ; and v. atrebatensis, 

 from Stiermark, Austria, with absence of discal spots and 

 blue lunules of fore-wing, and almost black hind-wings. 



Mr. W. Schmassmann, on behalf of himself and Mr. G. 

 Talbot, e.xhibited numerous specimens of the above species, 

 produced by experiments under extremes of temperature, to 

 compare with those exhibited by Mr. Gottmann, and con- 

 tributed the following note: "The Siberian specimen of 

 E. antiopa, var. hygicea, has also been produced as a low 

 temperature form. It is recorded as occurring sporadically 

 in nature. The specimens shown of A . urticce, also Siberian, 

 seem to be var. ichnusoides. This variety is also got as a low- 

 temperature form, of which I show one specimen with a few 

 others approaching it. We also exhibit forms either approach- 

 ing or identical with A. tcrtica:, var. urticoidcs, var. polaris, var. 

 connexa, from Japan, and a few having the dull and washed- 

 out appearance of var. caschinirensis. We include a high- 

 temperature form resembling the Corsican variety x.idinusa, 

 the two spots in the middle of the fore-wing having nearly 

 disappeared. There are also a few specimens with fore- 

 wings practically devoid of scales. Of Pyrameis atalanta we 

 show a series of low-temperature forms, together with a high- 

 temperature specimen." 



Mr. W. J. Lucas exhibited the so-called English trap-door 

 spider, Atypus affinis, and its silken tube, with another tube 

 occupied b}^ the beetle, Ptcrostychiis madtdns, taken in the 

 New Forest, August, igio. A very large stick-insect with 

 beautiful wings, and a large spider, from Toowoomba, 

 Queensland. On behalf of Patrol-Leader S. F. Irwin, one 

 of the fifteen boy-scouts who accompanied Sir R. Baden- 

 Powell to Canada, some butterflies taken on the trip : A few 

 clouded yellows and fritillaries, with Vanessa antiopa caught 

 at Cochrane, Alberta ; and specimens of Colias philodice and 

 Anosia plexippus, taken in the exhibition grounds, Toronto. 



Mr. H. M. Edelsten exhibited a flne bred series of Dian- 

 thcecia luteago, var. harrettii, from Devon ; a series of Tapino- 

 stola extrema, four of them bred, from Northants ; Tapinostola 

 heUmanni, bred, from Wicken Fen ; Leucania l-album, bred 

 [vide " Entomologist," xliii, p. 313) ; a var. oi Meliana flaniniea, 

 from Horning, and type for comparison. 



