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H. phyllis, in its typical form, was spread over a very lar^e 

 area in tiie southern half of Brazil and varied but little, 

 while in E. Bolivia it was the most variable of species. 



Mr. T. L. Barnett exhibited a considerable series of species 

 taken by him at Wicken Fen in early August, 1910, including 

 Taptnostola hcllmanni, Lcucania straminea, Nndaria senex, 

 Herininia cribralis, Agrophila trabealia, Bankia argentula, 

 Ccenobia riifa, Orthosia suspecta, etc., together with a bred 

 specimen of ^geria andrencsformis, with the stem of guelder 

 rose and pupa case from which it had emerged, and speci- 

 mens oi j'E. cnliciforinis, which he had met with commonly 

 at Darenth Wood. 



Mr. Colthrup exhibited several series taken bv him during 

 the present season, and contributed the following notes on 

 them : 



" Litpe/ina testacea. — A long series taken at Margate in 

 September, igio, which is remarkable for the range of 

 variation. I was at Margate from the 3rd to the 24th 

 September, 1910, during which time high winds and gales 

 prevailed, with the exception of two evenings, which were 

 beautifully calm, and when I had made arrangements other 

 than entomological. Sugar was a failure, so I turned my 

 attention to flowers, etc. I came across a held enclosed by 

 hurdles, which was cropped short by sheep. The grass had 

 been left close to the hurdles, and here I found L. testacea 

 emerging, and drying their wings ; some were already in 

 copula before this had been accomplished. They emerged 

 from 7 to 9 o'clock in the evenings. Ihe females were very 

 lethargic, and where I left any with a distinguishing mark 

 they were sure to turn up in almost the same place on 

 succeeding nights. The females varied very much in size, 

 some being one and a half inches in expanse of wing, while 

 others were barely an inch. Some had very long, heavy bodies, 

 others emerged with small, short bodies no larger than that 

 of the males. The pattern on the wing varied so much that 

 I more than once thought I was taking a different species. 

 The colour varied from black, dark grey, brown, to pale 

 ochreous in the females, whereas in the males the pale 

 ochreous form did not occur, but I took two beautiful pale 

 grey specimens of that sex. 



" Dianthcecia carpophaga. — A pale series bred from East- 

 bourne pupas. In some specimens the ground colour was a 

 rich white, the markings scarcely discernible. Also, a very 

 beautiful specimen bred from a Folkestone pupa, in which the 

 ground colour was white and the markings an intense black. 



