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ABSTRACT OF PROCEEDINGS, 



FEBRUARY 13th, 1908. 



Mr. Alfred Sich, F.E.S., President, in the Chair. 



Mr. Robert Adkin exhibited a series of Anticlea rubidata, 

 reared from Devonshire parents, and called attention to the 

 colour variation in the individuals comprising the series, 

 some of which were intensely red, while others were pale 

 olive-brown. So far as he was aware, this latter form had 

 been found only in Devonshire. 



Mr. R. South exhibited a short series of Larentia (Amcebe) 

 olivata, Schiff. The larvae were received from Torquay in the 

 spring of 1907, when they were about half-grown. Goose- 

 grass (Galium aparine) being more readily obtained, the larvae 

 were reared upon this plant. Two male moths emerged on 

 June 4th, followed by two females on July 10th, and one 

 example of each sex on July 12th. The specimens are not 

 perhaps below the average size, but the general colour is 

 pale greenish-grey, and the central band is darker greenish- 

 grey. June 4th seems to be an unusually early date for this 

 species, but this was perhaps due to their having been reared 

 indoors. 



Mr. A. E. Tonge exhibited a large living spider (Hetero- 

 poda rcgia) from Jamaica, found by Mr. Gurney, of Pinner, 

 on a bunch of bananas. It had fed freely on cockroaches 

 and hibernating British spiders. A second exhibit was 

 Mclanippc fluctuata, taken on a tree trunk in Portsmouth on 

 February 12th. This was an abnormally early appearance. 

 He had never taken it earlier than April in previous years. 

 Mr. Tonge also showed a bred female example of Hybernia 

 rupicapraria that had emerged on February 12th, and called 

 attention to the peculiar drooping position of the wings in 

 its resting attitude. 



Mr. Step exhibited a Papilio machaon, set up between two 



