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" Boarmia rcpandata, var. sodorensiiun (Weir), was first 

 captured by T. Harper during the summer of 1881, and 

 some of the specimens that I saw were very fine, and similar 

 to those taken by me this season. In 1887 W. Salvage and 

 myself worked the island, and the first example oi B. rcpandata 

 that we observed was on a fir trunk in the Castle grounds. 

 We worked hard for days, but did not see another at rest 

 until we found specimens sitting on rocks by the sea-shore. 

 Our captures, as will be seen on looking at the 1887 series, 

 are not nearly such nice forms as those taken this year, and I 

 believe that this is accounted for by the colour of the rocks in 

 the different localities in which this year I took B. rcpandata, 

 being blue-grey, whitish grey, and a dirty 3'ellowish gre}', the 

 specimens matching the rocks very closely indeed. 



"This season Mel an ippc sociata, var. obscurata, was fairly 

 plentiful in one locality about midsummer, but examples of 

 the autumn brood were very rare, and, as you see by those 

 exhibited, smaller and darker in colour." 



Dr. Chapman exhibited a beautiful N. American Noctua, 

 Acontia urania, he had recently bred, and also three bred 

 specimens of Ocketicns omnivorus from New Zealand. 



Mr. R. Adkin read the Report of the Field Meeting held 

 on July 6th at Brasted, in Kent, when some thirty-six members 

 and friends were present (page 20). 



NOVEMBER 14th, 1901. 



Mr. W. J. Lucas, B.A., F.E.S., Vice-President, in the Chair. 



Mr. Lowe, Clarendon Road, Putney, was elected a 

 member. 



Messrs. Harrison and Main exhibited a long bred series of 

 Agriopis aprilina, from larvae obtained in the New Forest at 

 Whitsuntide, with an example captured in Delamere Forest. 

 The latter, compared with the former, was of a much deeper 

 green. They also showed a series of Calocampa exoleta taken 

 at sugar in Delamere Forest this year. 



Mr. H. Moore exhibited several trap-door spiders' nests 

 (adult and young), Ctcniza ionica (Saunders), from Corfu. 



Mr. Step exhibited a series of photographs of the more 

 prominent species of Fungi found at Oxshott during the 

 recent Field Meeting of the Society. The most noticeable 

 was that of the rare Sparassus crispa. 



Dr. Chapman exhibited long series of Parnassius apollo and 



