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wing was narrower and paler. (Subsequent!}' the identifica- 

 tion was verified.) 



Mr. Harrison exhibited a long series of Aplecia nebulosa 

 from Delamere Forest, including some very dark specimens 

 referable to var. robsoni, together with a very dark form of 

 Xylophasia monoglypha from the same locality, referable to 

 var. (xthiops. 



Mr. Robert Adkin exhibited a series of Caradrina amhigiia 

 bred in December last from South Devon parents, and read 

 the following notes : — " On September 15th last I received 

 from Mr. G. T. Porritt a batch of eggs of this species that 

 had been laid by a moth that he had taken in South Devon a 

 few days previously. They hatched on the iSth, and the 

 young larvae were put into a wide-mouthed glass bottle 

 with a supply of narrow-leaved plantain and dandelion 

 leaves and some knotgrass. The mouth of the bottle was 

 covered with a piece of calico, secured by an elastic band, 

 and kept in a warm room. Within a few days it was evident 

 that the larvae were feeding, and an examination of the food 

 showed that they were taking very kindly to the knotgrass, 

 and eating the dandelion sparingly, but the plantain 

 appeared to remain untouched by them. As the larvae 

 increased in size they were shifted to larger bottles. Some 

 time, however, before they were full-grown the supply of 

 knotgrass failed on account of the rapidly approaching 

 winter, and it was necessary to find some other pabulum ; 

 dock, groundsel, chickweed, and a species of crepis [Crepis 

 virens, I believe) were offered them, all of which they ate, 

 but preferred the last named. On approaching full growth 

 they were removed to a small cage consisting of an earthen 

 pot containing sandy peat, a glass cylinder, and perforated 

 zinc cover, to enable them to undergo pupation. On 

 November 4th two or three of them made fairly hard * sand 

 cocoons' on the surface of the earth, and by the nth all 

 but about a dozen had pupated. These were of various 

 sizes, from quite small to others that looked as though they 

 were on the point of full growth ; but as they would neither 

 feed nor pupate, they were removed out of doors for hyber- 

 nation, but very soon succumbed to such treatment. The 

 moths emerged between December 6th and 15th." 



Mr. McArthur exhibited preserved larvae of Abraxas 

 grossnlariata, A. nbnata, and Pachnobia alpina, together with a 

 specimen of .4. ulinata taken near Brighton some fifty years 

 ago. For years afterwards the latter species was sought for in 

 the same place, but none were taken until about sixteen years 



