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Algeria, Japan and Turkistan. The five Corsican specimens are 

 dark, of the form var. eleiis, those from Turkistan are known as var, 

 tvrania. The Japanese specimens are very large, and especially in 

 the summer brood, very dark. A short series from North America 

 (Canada and the United States) of the species known as Heodes 

 hi/pnphltras scarcely differed from the Palfearctic species, and it 

 presents the same range of variation as does I!, pldcuas, and is 

 common throughout the greater part of the Nearctic Region. In 

 addition Mr. Gibbs showed numerous allied species of the genus 

 Chrysophannx, etc., including Heodes virr/aiire(e, Loweia aiciphron 

 and var. (/ordius, (J. hippothoe, and L. iorilis, from Southern and 

 Western Europe, C. pavana from India, C. aoluatiun from New 

 Zealand, and ('. thoe, Kpideiiiia iiianpoaa, K. zeroe, C. helloides, 

 K. dorcas, E. epi.canthe, Thamalea /teniieti, Gxides xauthoides, and 

 G. gonimi from North America. 



Mr. Turner exhibited series and examples from various localities, 

 including his beautiful var. alba from Brasted. 



Mr. R. South exhibited a selection of British specimens illustra- 

 ting the ordinary variation of the species. 



(a) Red-copper, and pale copper inclining to brassy. {h) Dusky 

 suffusion on forewings, leading up to var. deus. Fab. (r) Spots on 

 forewings large, band on hindwings narrow, {d) Spots on fore- 

 wings small, band on hindwings broad, {e) Spots on forewings 

 small, band on hindwings narrow. (/) Tendency of band on hind- 

 wings to break up, leading to ab. radiata, Tutt. (//) Presence of 

 blue dots or spots on hindwings, ab. (■(crnleopiinrtata, Staud. An 

 example of ab. schinidtii, from Essex ; some specimens of var. 

 tiineus, Cramer, from Northern India ; and two forms of the large 

 Chinese race were also included. 



Mr. South said "The variation of the North American hypopldccas, 

 Boisd., is ahnosc exactly parallel with that of the European phhras, 

 and it is curious to note that whilst the form with elongate spots — 

 ab. extenm-coiijum-ta, Tutt — is sporadic in Britain, the counterpart 

 aberration of hyjiopldaas is recurrent and certainly not uncommon 

 in some parts of Massachusetts. There are seven examples of the 

 form from that State in the British Museum. Ah. fasciata, Strecker, 

 has the spots elongate as in e.vtenm-cnnjuncta but they are all of about 

 the same length, and rather broader, so that the forewings appear 

 to be traversed by a broad black band. A British specimen of 

 this form has been recorded from Finchley, and there may be others 

 in our collections." 



Mr. Cowham exhibited series, including a specimen of the var. 

 schinidtii, taken at Oxshott. 



