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The Rev. J. E. Tarbat exhibited a short series of Gnophos 

 ohscurata, comprising specimens from Freshwater, Whitby, 

 Dawlish, Budleigh Salterton, and the New Forest, each set 

 showing a ground colour distinctive of the area of origin. 

 Attention was drawn to the set exhibited from Budleigh Salterton, 

 which contained specimens of two quite distinct forms, the one 

 ochreous and the other almost black. He understood that the 

 ochreous form had not been met with hitherto. 



Mr. T. L. Barnett exhibited a bred series of Pii>iirra anachoreta, 

 from Devonshire, and of Apamea leiicostitiDia, including many forms 

 of Ya,v. fibrutia from the Fen district of Cambs. 



Mr. Schooling exhibited some extremely large specimens of 

 Arctia caja, including two second brood examples, and a very fine 

 aberration in which the rich dark colour was so largely extended 

 on the forewings as to leave only an imperfect and narrow sub- 

 marginal light fascia, with one or two apical and several sub-costal 

 dots of the same cream colour, while the intense black blotches of 

 the hind wings were united into a band of irregular width. He also 

 showed a very pretty aberration of Abraxas (/rossiilariata, in which 

 there were only mere traces of the usual dark markings. 



Mr. C. W. Colthrup exhibited a series of seventy-nine Colias liyale 

 taken at Margate between September 4th and 23rd this year ; also 

 the only ('. edusa taken. He communicated the following note : — 



" The ('. lujale are not such a rich sulphur yellow as those taken 

 in 1900 and 1901, a short series of which I have put in the box for 

 comparison. All the females taken this year were of the white 

 form, and two of the males are nearl}' white. The last specimen 

 m the 1900 row is a yellow female, the only one I have taken in the 

 three years I have had the good fortune to meet with the species. 

 The fifth specimen in the third row, although freshly emerged, has 

 the dark markings very pale. Several examples have the discoidal 

 spot on the underside of the forewing elongated into a very 

 conspicuous streak." 



Mr. B. H. Smith exhibited a very fine aberration of Melanippe 

 montanata having the median band obsolete and the forewings 

 almost completely white; a Catocala niipta, with hindwings smoky 

 brown ; and three specimens of Agrius cniirolnili, all taken at 

 Warlingham, Surrey. Manduca atropos (two examples), Phryxus 

 livornica (two examples), Sterrha sacraria, Laphijf/iiia exif/ua, 

 Plusia ni, Aporophyla anstralia var. inyeniia, a series of Polia 

 xantlwmista, and a series of Rumicia phUcas, including one example 

 with right forewing var. scJnnidtii fading into var. alba. All these 

 latter were taken in September, in South Cornwall. 



