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i>an(fiiiii('un, Idalia alpina, Lnciola italica, Tricodcs alfcariiis, Saperda 

 earcJtariaii, Pacliyta (jtiadriiiiacidato, StrajK/aiio attcuKata, S. atra, 

 Le/diira tnactdicotuis, L. saiii/iiinolf^ita, Pac/i>jl>rac/iijs liieroiihiplncus, 

 etc. 



Mr. H. J. Turner exhibited living examples of a Longicorn beetle, 

 Ai/apiuitliia aspkodelan, sent to him from Hyeres by Dr. Chapman. 



Mr. R. Adkin exhibited an Agrotid that was taken in the Isle of 

 Lewis, in 1901. The specimen appeared to be a melanic form of 

 some species, but being in rather worn condition it was difficult to 

 place it with certainty ; its general appearance and such markings 

 as could be traced appeared to suggest its being an unusually dark 

 form of Ai/wtin siundana. He also called attention to a Sciaiihila 

 taken at Unst, in Shetland, 1892,- which he thought must be regarded 

 as an obscurely marked specimen bf S. i-ohpdiuunana. He further 

 exhibited a specimen of I'l/ramcis [i'ljuthia) caidtii, from the 

 collection of the late Mr. McArthur, in which the inner row of 

 black spots of the hindwings were united into an irregularly shaped 

 blotch. 



Mr. L. W. Newman exhibited, on behalf of Mr. Oliver, of 

 Wolverhampton, a series of bred Aphantopun /iijperantKn, the larvjo 

 of which were fed in metal boxes on Poa annua, and kept in a warm 

 room all the winter. The imagines emerged in January and 

 February. It was noted that the ocelli were very w^ell developed, 

 compared with a few specimens which had been captured in July 

 in the same locality from whence the larvjo came, and in which 

 the ocelli were somewhat small. 



Mr. A. T. Hemming exhibited a comparative series of Bienthis 

 si'lnic from Warwickshire and Ashdown, and stated that the former 

 are found to be a larger race than the latter, a fact that holds good 

 both in the largest and smallest specimens from each locality. 



Warwickshire. 



mm. 



Largest male ... 45 



Smallest male ... 88 



Largest female ... 15 



Smallest female ... 87 



Mr. L. W. Newman reported that in the lanes of N. Kent the 

 snow still lay a foot deep, and that close to it the larv;e of Aictia 

 caia were crawling up to feed in the bright sunshine. He had not 

 seen any of the hibernating butterflies, although in other j-ears his 

 records for the Kentish highlands were earlier than those of the 

 present year. 



