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individuals. On the 8th, however, a couple of fresh examples were 

 taken, and from that date onward until the end of his three weeks' 

 stay, there appeared to be continued emergences, upwards of eighty 

 specimens in all being taken. Only two Colias eclitsa were met 

 with. 



OCTOBER 2eth 1911. 



The Kev. George Wheeler, M.A., F.Z.S., F.E.S., of Gloucester 

 Place, W., and Mr. H. B. Wells of Gipsy Hill, were elected 

 members. 



Mr. A. Sich exhibited specimens of Lithocolletis hortella, F., 

 an oak feeder and Lithocolletis sylvella, Hw., a maple feeder. He 

 said that these species differ from all others of the genus in their 

 ground colour and in the possession of very slender fascia on the 

 forewings. They are somewhat similar in ground colour and 

 markings, but L. sylvella may easily be recognised by the last two 

 fascias forming together the letter K. This mark is clearly visible 

 on the left forewing. On the right forewing the letter-like mark 

 is of course reversed. 



Mr. A. Eussell exhibited a specimen of Phryxm livornica, taken 

 by Mr. E. C. Joy in his garden at Purley on August 3rd, 1911, at 

 about 7.30 p.m., hovering over a clump of white phlox, and three 

 specimens of DiacHsia saruiio [Eiithemonia rnssiila), females bred 

 from ova laid by a female taken near Grange-over-Sands about the 

 middle of July. Out of a full brood of larvffi six went ahead, 

 pupated, and produced female moths, the three exhibited being the 

 largest. The imagines emerged, two on September 7th, one on 

 September 9th, one on September 12th, and the remaining two on 

 September 13th. The rest of the larvte are going over as is usual 

 with the species. It will be observed that the forward movement 

 was entirely restricted to larvas producing female moths. 

 Included in the exhibit was a captured New Forest female, by 

 comparison with -v^hich it was noticed that those bred are somewhat 

 under-sized. Mr. Eussell recorded the capture of a female 

 specimen of Bithys querciia in a very worn condition, at Haslemere, 

 on September 1st, 1911. 



Mr, E. Adkin exhibited a series of Eiipithecia subfidvata reared 

 from ova. The parent moth was taken by Mr. A. Sich in his 

 garden at Chiswick early in August 1910. The eggs hatched on 

 the 12th of that month, the larvae fed up on yarrow, eating the 

 lower leaves but apparently avoiding the flowers, and the}^ had all 



