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there is a considerable amount of variation in both sexes. Five of 

 the males are of a ^rej form, which in the more extreme specimens 

 is completely grey, with blackish markings ; others are strongly 

 speckled with bright yellow, and the remainder typical, or nearly 

 so. Among the females one is distinctly of the grey form, and 

 another somewhat approaches it, while many were, on emergence, 

 quite " golden," but unfortunately^ this brilliant appearance almost 

 entirely disappears after death, leaving them practically indistin- 

 guishable from ordinary typical specimens. Of those that 

 emerged in 1909 and 1910, just 40 per cent, were hopelessly 

 crippled, but of those reared this year only 20 per cent, were so 

 affected." 



Mr. West, of Ashtead, exhibited a series of Diant/uecia capdn- 

 cola bred by him from larvas taken in his garden on Silene 

 iv/iata, and an example of Xylophasia hepatica which he had 

 captured in a headless condition. 



Mr. Blenkarn exhibited a selection of about 2,500 bred examples 

 of Abraxas r/rofisnlariata from Gateshead. The variation was 

 scarcely more than trivial, only a very few aberrations of note 

 being produced. Two specimens had asymmetrical markings ; in 

 one the left Aving was very much suffused with black, while the 

 right wing was about normal in marking, and in another nearly 

 the whole of the yellow coloration was suppressed on the left wing, 

 while on the right this colour was well developed. 



Mr. Jilger exhibited a series of twelve CalUworpha hera bred on 

 June 22nd of this year, a much earlier date than he had ever reared 

 the species before. The usual time of emergence was late July, 

 He stated that the imagines were very active in the early morning 

 and late evening, but apparently rested during the afternoon. 



Mr. Tonge exhibited flowers of Statics linwniuiii gathered a few 

 hours earlier on the shore of Langstone Harbour. 



Mr. W. J. Kaye exhibited a fine aberration of Mimas tilitc bred 

 from a Bexley larva. It had the usual transverse fascia of the 

 forewings reduced to a very small elongated central spot. He 

 made reference to the coloured plate issued in the " Entomologist's 

 Record" for 1891, with notes on the species by the late Mr. J. A. 

 Clarke. One of the figures was almost identical with the present 

 example. It was remarked that all the figures of the aberrations, 

 as well as the specimen shown, had a very red central area, while 

 the more typical forms had the central area much more greenish. 



Mr. Step read a Report of the Delegates to the Annual Con- 

 gress of the South-Eastern Union of Scientific Societies, held at 

 St. Albans in June. 



