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flew to the bank, alighted, and proceeded to kill its capture by 

 rapidly beating it on the ground. I left it to enjoy the reward of 

 its labours." 



Mr. R. T. Baumann exhibited a series of Hydriomena /areata 

 (sordidata) bred from larvfe collected at Leith Hill and Manchester, 

 the latter forms being all of the black race; a series of Diantha:cia 

 carpophaifa, mcluding some very pale forms, bred from wild pupae 

 collected on the East Sussex coast ; and a short series of Pkiha- 

 lapteryx vittata (lignata) taken at Gower, near Swansea. 



Mr. A. G. Scorer exhibited aberrations of Abraxas grossidariata, 

 bred from St. John's Wood larvae ; aberrations of Rtnnicia pldaas, 

 including one with long tails, one with underside spotless, and one 

 with right lower wing bleached ; aberrations of Papilio machaon, 

 one being exceptionally heavily banded, the band almost absorbing 

 the large discoidal spots, and another was a light banded specimen 

 as contrast to the former ; both were bred from Wicken pupae ; 

 aberrations of Euchlo'e cardaviines, one dwarf measuring 28'5mm., 

 another with a white streak running through the orange patch on 

 right wing ; a male Porthesia siniilis with costal margins edged with 

 black ; aberrations of Hadena {Einnicldis) protea from the Guildford 

 district; a pink form of Himera pennaria, female, bred Guildford; 

 two Calliviorpha dominnla, one with rounded wings, the other with 

 asymmetrical markings ; several aberrational forms of Pieris napi, 

 including a heavily spotted male, and a set of five undersides show- 

 ing marked variation in colouring, including two from Donegal. 



Mr. J. G. St. Aubyn exhibited two fine specimens of the yellow 

 form, -dyO. jiara, of Anthrocera filipendidtE taken at Coulsdon in July 

 last. 



The Rev. F. M. B. Carr exhibited a box of insects collected last 

 June in mid-Vv^ales, including P. interrogationis, a variable series, 

 one with heavy wedge-shaped markings in place of the customary 

 " note of interrogation " ; together with the Dragonflies : — Calopteryx 

 vin/n and ('. splendens taken within about a yard of one another. 



Mr. H. W. Andrews exhibited the following dwarf specimens of 

 Diptera, Bombylitis major, L., FJristalis pertinax, Scop., and 

 Chrysochlaniys ciiprea, Scop., with normal forms for comparison. 



On behalf of Mr. P. J. Barraud, Mr. Andrews exhibited a 

 teratological specimen of Spiloyantn- iiliyhiosa, Fin., with the 

 terminal portion of the 3rd and nearly the whole of the 4th 

 longitudinal vein missing in each wing.' 



Mr. Stanley Edwards exhibited a specimen of the large 

 Coleopteron, Oxynopterus audouini, from North Borneo, with 



