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pieces of glass fixed at a slight distance apart, for use as an 

 object for students of Art Schools. 



Mr. Rayward exhibited the hibernating larva of Aricia 

 agestis (astrarche). 



Mr. Newman exhibited an extremely light specimen of 

 Mellinia (Xanthia) gilvago ; two curious Hylophila prnsinana, 

 with two very indistinct silvery bands, and the third (inner 

 one) missing; a very light var. of Cidaria prunata, the light 

 bands being very much whiter than usual, and the hind 

 wings pearly white ; a fine form of Mesotype virgata {lincolata), 

 the dark band being much broadened and margined on both 

 sides with white lines, extending to the lower wings as well ; 

 also a curious rayed variety of Melanippc sociata. 



Mr. Hy. J. Turner exhibited the following species of 

 Pyralid moths kindly given to him by Mr. L. B. Prout, who 

 had taken them during a visit to Canada last summer : 



i. Evcrgestis straminalis, from Wellington, British Co- 

 lumbia, and Toronto. This species, well known to us in 

 Britain, has a very wide range over both the Palsearctic and 

 Nearctic regions. Some of the specimens obtained had 

 dark suffusion along the margins and fringes of both upper 

 and under wings. A specimen was exhibited from New 

 York in which the suffusion was much more prominent on 

 all the wings. 



2. Pyniusta fodinalis, from Wellington, confined to the 

 Northern States and Columbia. The specimen was remark- 

 ably bright in colour, exactly agreeing with one in the 

 British Museum collection, which in itself was remarkable 

 as being very aberrant in both size and colour from the rest 

 of the long series there contained. 



3. P. thestinalcs, from Wellington. ( Both species belong to 



4. P. ceglealis, from Toronto. J the more obscure 

 section of the genus. 



5. Phlyct anodes sticticalis, from Toronto. This is another 

 species of extended range, being found both in Europe and 

 America. 



6. Pionea profundalis, from Vancouver and Wellington. 

 A species closely allied to our P. fcrruginalis, and, in fact, it 

 was at first thought to be a form of that species. 



7. Nympluda badiusalis, from New Park, Toronto. This 

 Hydrocampid much resembles our N. stagnalis. It was 

 taken on trunks of trees ; rather an unusual position for 

 this genus, most of whose members settle among herbage. 

 The two specimens exhibited were much brighter in mark- 

 ings than the only two specimens in the Museum. 



