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Hartlepool, for comparison ; Lasiocampa trifolii, a light 

 form, from Romney Marsh, bred by Mr. Mitford; Cosomotriche 

 (Odonestis) potatoria, light and dark females; Ardia caia, a 

 most uncommon form with radiated hind wings, from Wicken 

 Fen. ; Nutodonta chaonia, a fine suffused form ; Pygcera cuvtula, 

 P. pigni, hybrids. Hcliuthis peltigcra, light and dark bred 

 forms, from Swanage ; Gnophos obncuyaria, light and dark 

 forms ; Zunosonia linear ia, banded form from the New Forest ; 

 Melanippc flnctuata, extreme light and dark forms. 



Mr. F. M. B. Carr exhibited — 



A. series oi Nocticaf estiva taken at Hailsham, June, igoo. 



A series of Diloba cccruleoccphala, bred this year. In one 

 the 8-mark is very distinct, in another it is only represented 

 by two small pale spots. 



Two specimens of Diphtlicva oriuii taken on treacle at 

 Hailsham, igoo. 



A specimen of Coremia propugnata (dcsignata) with a very 

 narrow brown bar across the wing, and without a trace of 

 the flame colour. New Forest, June, igoo. 



Six male Bombyx neustria; one with scarcely any sign of 

 the pale transverse lines. Four were bred, and others taken 

 at Hailsham, in i8gg. 



Mr. Colthrup exhibited varieties of the eggs of the fol- 

 lowing birds : 



1. Blackbird {Turdns uiernla), variations in density and 

 distribution of the spots. 



2. Starling [Sturnus vulgaris): (i) a pure white egg; (2) 

 an intensely blue eg,g, like the blue in a thrush's egg. 



3. Thrush {Turdns iiiusicus), with spots bunched at the 

 smaller end. 



4. Common fowl, two extremely small eggs, and a curious 

 malformed egg deficient in lime, showing a uniformly rugose 

 surface. 



5. House sparrow {Passer doniesticus) , a pure white speci- 

 men, a large-sized elongated example, and several small 

 specimens. 



6. Greenfinch {Ligurinus chloris), with markings collected 

 at the smaller end. 



7. Robin {Erithacus ruhecula), a variety with pure white 

 ground colour. 



8. Chaffinch (Fringilla ccelehs), with markings collected at 

 the small end in the form of a ring, and two specimens with 

 larger ends blotched very much with red-brown. These two 

 eggs were taken from a typical chaffinch's nest very early in 



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