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21 emerged fine perfect males, 

 i ,, deformed male. 

 4 ,, fairly perfect females. 

 3 „ badly deformed females. 

 2 ,, gynandromorphous, perfect, 

 i „ November 8th, fine female. 

 9 pupae were crippled and malformed. 



The remaining 23 were healthy pupae awaiting the final 

 change. 



Mr. Newman also showed Abraxas grossulariata, ab. 

 varlcyata, male, bred on November nth, second brood, 

 showing white rays on the hind wings. 



Mr. West (Greenwich) exhibited a series of the recently 

 discovered species, Aleochara crassiiiscula, taken at Lewisham, 

 where it had turned up in some numbers in a manure heap. 

 He noted that at Great Yarmouth, where he had previously 

 taken it, the habitat was in the sand. 



Mr. Main exhibited the series of photographs of the life- 

 history^ of Pieris brassiccc recently exhibited by him at the 

 Royal Photographic Society's Exhibition (Plate III). 



Dr. Hodgson exhibited, on behalf of Mr. Grosvenor and 

 himself, a long series of Anthrocera trifolii, selected from a 

 very large number examined, and from many bred ; together 

 with a number of specimens of A. hippocrepidis, all from 

 Sussex localities. Included in the series were about a dozen 

 very fine ab. obscura (?) of the former species. 



Mr. Coote exhibited a third brood specimen of Celastrina 

 argiolus, which was bred on October 18th from a larva 

 collected in September at Swanage. Several members noted 

 that they had also occasionally obtained specimens of a 

 third brood of this species. 



Mr. Smith exhibited a bred specimen of Cleora glabraria 

 from the New Forest, in which the black markings were 

 much extended and suffused. Mr. Kaye mentioned that 

 melanic specimens had been obtained more frequently in 

 recent years than was formerly the case. 



Mr. Hy. J. Turner exhibited a number of species of 

 Lepidoptera taken by Dr. Chapman in Switzerland during 

 the past summer, among them being series of Erebia mnestra, 

 a small race of E. ceto, E. gorge, E. lappona, E. pronoe (1), 

 several (Ends acllo, Satyrus hermionc, a Bvcnthis euplirosyne in 

 which the submarginal circular black spots were united to 

 the inverted V-marks around all the wings, some very fine 

 silvery-spotted Argynnis niobc (type) with intermediates to 

 var. eris, specimens of Lycccna phcrctes, a female specimen of 



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