101 



JUNE 23rd, 1898. 



Mr. J. W. Tutt, F.E.S., President, in the Chair. 



Mr. E. Broome, Christchurch, Oxford, was elected a 

 member. 



Mr. Filer exhibited living larvae of Thecla mbi feeding on 

 rock-rose (Cistus), and called attention to their remarkable 

 protective coloration. 



Mr. R. Adkin exhibited living larvae of Acidalia margini- 

 punctata (proimttata). The ova from which they were reared 

 were deposited by a female taken at Christchurch in August 

 last. They hatched early in the autumn, and the larvae con- 

 tinued to feed so long as the mild weather lasted, but re- 

 mained stationary during the winter, commencing to feed 

 again with the return of warm weather in spring. Some of 

 them were now full-fed, but others were still only about half 

 grown. 



Mr. H. Moore exhibited two specimens of Arctia cam bred 

 from ova by Mr. Cooke, of Lower Road, Deptford. The 

 batch of larvae, about sixty in number, fed through the 

 winter on cabbage. The imagines exhibited emerged on 

 May 30th, and were extreme varieties, but in opposite direc- 

 tions : — 



1. Fore-wings uniformly dark chocolate, without the usual 

 cream markings. Hind wings with the black markings in- 

 creased in area, and the red very intense. 

 - 2. Fore-wings with a very considerable decrease in the 

 area of the dark markings. The imagines were derived from 

 French parents, and were of good average size. 



Mr. Barnett exhibited a specimen of Venilia metadata 

 taken in a wood south of West Wickham, having the 

 blotches of dark colour irregularly joined and blurred on one 

 side only. 



JULY 14th, 1898. 



Mr. R. Adkin, F.E.S., Vice-President, in the Chair. 



Mr. H. Shortridge Clarke, F.E.S., Sulby Vicarage, Isle of 

 Man, was elected a member. 



Mr. South exhibited a series of Lycczna corydon to illustrate 

 the scheme of variation in the spots of the under surface. 

 With regard to the spots on the basal area of the fore-wings, 

 it was seen that these might be entirely absent, or range 

 from one up to five in number. Gradations leading up to 



