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Mr. Cowham exhibited a specimen of Ophiodcs lunaris, bred 

 on July 3rd, 1907, from an ovum sent by Dr. Chapman from 

 S. France. 



Mr. Newman exhibited two examples of Dicranura vinula, 

 one an extremely dark, almost chocolate form, and the 

 other having the submarginal and basal transverse zigzag 

 lines very dark and cleanly cut, with the intervening area 

 unusually light. 



Mr. Ashdown exhibited a number of species of Lepidop- 

 tera taken by him during a trip in Switzerland in July, 1908, 

 including Picris daplidice, Thecla w-album, T. ilicis ab. cerri, 

 Chrysophanus dorilis, Lycccna avion, L. orion, L. phcretes, and 

 L. daiiiou, Melitcea parthenie, Brenthis pales, (Ends aello, 

 Satyrus cordula, Pararge mcera, P. achinc, Ccenonympha saty- 

 rion, several species of Ercbia, Anthrocera, and I no, Thyris 

 fencstrclla, Naclia ancilla, Cleogcnc lutearia, Psodos quadrifaria, 

 P. coracina, etc. 



Mr. H. Moore exhibited a box of butterflies selected from 

 a collection recently made in Northern Nigeria near Lake 

 Chad, and remarked that in a long series of Danais cliry- 

 sippus, all were of the alcippus form, and that of the two 

 females of Hypolimnas misippus, one was typical and the 

 other of the inaria form, the former being the mimic of 

 typical chrysippus, the latter that of the form dorippus. A 

 series of the forms of D. chrysippus from various localities 

 were also shown for comparison. 



Mr. West (Ashtead) exhibited a very fine specimen of the 

 rare and local Hydroid Zoophyte, Thuiaria thuja, from Scar- 

 borough. From its shape it is popularly known as the 

 bottle-brush zoophyte. 



Mr. Coote exhibited living larvae of Celastrina argiolus, and 

 called attention to one example which throughout its instars 

 had been of an obscure red colour, while all the rest of the 

 larva; had been of the typical green tint. They were fed on 



iv >'- .... 



Mr. Sich exhibited the imago bred from the larva exhibited 



by him on July gth last. It was undoubtedly Parnassius 



apollo. It was noted that the larvae of P. apollo and P. 



deli us were scarcely to be differentiated except by locality. 



Possibly the yellow tinge in the young larvae of P. deli us 



persists longer than in the allied species. 



