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of Cyaniris (Lycccna) argiolus, bred on September 30th ; 

 specimens of three broods of Selcnia bilunaria, and remarked 

 that the third brood followed the second brood, and did not 

 revert to the first brood form ; and also specimens of a third 

 brood of Coremia ferrugata. 



Mr. Mansbridge exhibited four specimens of Polyommatus 

 (Lycana) bellargus, two blue vars. of the female, and two 

 underside aberrations. He remarked that the females in 

 the localities he collected in were getting bluer year by year, 

 and that he usually found that the females of the spring 

 brood were more liable to this variation than the autumn 

 one. Mr. Tutt said his experience in Kent had been the 

 same. 



Mr. Dennis exhibited pupae and cocoons of Chcerocampa 

 elpenor and Sphinx ligustri. 



Mr. Adkin exhibited series of BryopJiila perla, B. mura/is, 

 and Botys fiavalis, in illustration of his paper entitled " Lazy 

 Days by the Sea. Chiefly concerning Lepidoptera " (page 



5°)- ..." 



In the discussion which followed, Mr. Tutt said that many 



species were more or less continuous brooded in more 



southern countries of Europe, and suggested that Acidalia 



marginipunctata was a species which attempted to carry out 



this habit in England. He also remarked that several 



Pyrales, which occurred in all kinds of inland localities in 



Europe, were strictly confined to the neighbourhood of the 



coast in our own country, such as Sterna punctalis and 



Odontia dentalis. In reply, Mr. Adkin thought there were 



several broods of A . marginipunctata which overlapped each 



other. 



Mr. Tutt exhibited, on behalf of Mr. Gordon, a consider- 

 able number of species taken in Wigtonshire, including — 



Ccenonympha typhon, chiefly of the roihliebii form, one 

 having the ocellated spots reduced in size ; Saturnia pavonia, 

 four female specimens, very variable in size, one with much 

 red on the hind wing ; Smcvintlms popull, one pale fawn 

 example and one pale grey ; Phalcra bucephala, three 

 specimens, each with the right fore-wing dark ; Euthemonia 

 russula, five specimens, with the hind wings much suffused ; 

 Dasycliiva fascelina, five specimens, very variable as to the 

 transverse line just external to the discoidal spot. 



