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pupated by October 9tb. Tbe moths emerged between June 27th 

 and July 27th, 1911. Mr. Sich said that the female parent had 

 probably flown into the garden from the adjacent meadow. 



Mr. H. Moore read the following note on a Silphid beetle from 

 the Orange Hiver Colony : — " Some months ago I exhibited a pair 

 of beetles that had been kept for nearly two months without food, 

 i.e., since their capture in the Orange River Colony. The male 

 died shortly afterwards, but the female is still apparently in 

 good health. They were taken during the third week in March, 

 which gives an age for the survivor of over seven months ; but 

 though interesting in itself, that is not my excuse for again 

 exhibiting the beetle. The beetles were brought home in a common 

 chip match box, and at the time were noticed to be covered with a 

 whitish dust, apparently scraped ofi" the box. The beetle is black, 

 sparsely covered with stiff reddish hairs, and during the time we 

 have kept it, we have been much exercised as to how^ it got the 

 particles of food over its elytra and thorax. Its captor says it is 

 an exudation, but upon putting it under the microscope, we 

 distinctly recognised what appeared to be the mycelium and spore 

 clusters of a fungus. The beetle in fact appears covered with 

 mildew, and as I understand this is their general condition during 

 life, I have thought the occurrence worth noting." 



Mr. W. Ct. Sheldon exhibited a long series of L'olias jiastes var. 

 irernamii in beautiful condition, taken by him near Abisko in 

 Swedish Lapland during mid-June last. He remarked on the 

 similarity of the Arctic fauna and flora to the fauna and flora of 

 the Alps. The plants and general appearance of the swamps were 

 apparently identical in both localities. Unfortunately, the weather 

 was most unfavourable. He found butterflies by no means 

 generally distributed, and nearly always associated with swampy 

 ground. It appeared that, immediately upon the disappearance of 

 the snow, insects began to appear and many species soon became 

 common. The series contained several of the known forms, 

 including ab. innnaculata, and one or two interesting aberrations. 



Mr. L. W. Newman exhibited long and varied series of Atitoipha 

 popuU bred from selected parents from Bexley, 1911. The 

 specimens varied from extreme deep pink to delicate flushed pink, 

 and very light pale drab to darker drab, with three specimens of a 

 partial second brood, the wings of which were extremelj' narrow 

 and the colour a pretty pink. He also showed a short series from 

 Aberdeen, all of which were pink and heavily banded. At the same 

 time he reported that he had obtained one gynandromorph among 

 those bred. 



