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much in the minority. A number were greyish white with 

 the central shade almost obsolete, and one or two specimens 

 were of a red-brown tint. 



Mr. Main exhibited series of numerous species he had 

 collected in the New Forest at Easter. 



Mr. Kaye exhibited a very line series of Heliconius lindigii 

 taken in British Guiana on the Rio Potaro, and also 

 specimens of the Lepidoptera Mdittia ceto and M. caudatiiui, 

 both from South America. 



Mr. Robert Adkin exhibited a series of dark forms of 

 Psiliini uwnacha bred from a New Forest parent taken at 

 rest in igoi. The intensity of the black markings and the 

 amount of suffusion of the wings with black scales varied 

 considerably in different individuals, especially in the 

 females, but even in the most densely suffused specimens the 

 white ground colour was discernible. 



Mr. H. Moore exhibited specimens of the following 

 Orthoptera : — Polyspilota striata, Stal (Africa) ; Tcnodcva aridi- 

 folia, Stal (Africa) ; Hierodula vitrea, Stal (Sylhet, India) ; 

 Creoboter iirbana, F. (Sylhet, India). 



Mr. Clark exhibited the following plants and flowers 

 which he had just obtained from Gloucestershire : 



1. Hellcborus fcetidus, in flower. He pointed out that the 

 typical leaves were pedate, and not digitate as in H. nigev, 

 and at the same time referred to the well-developed nectaries. 



2. Daphne lanveola, in flower. This plant grows well in 

 all chalk soils. 



3. Anemone Pulsatilla, in flower. 



4. Pidmonaria officinalis, which was stated not to be an 

 indigenous plant, and somewhat rare. 



5. Pctasites vidgaris, the butterbur, showing both flower 

 and leaf at the same time, a most unusual occurrence. 



6. Fritillaria meleagris, in flower. It was remarked that 

 under cultivation two flowers were frequently produced on 

 one stem. 



Mr. Colthrup exhibited a variety of Abraxas grossidariata, 

 in which the black markings were extended, some coalescing 

 into bands ; and a specimen of Cicada niontana found in the 

 New Forest, together with the pupa-case from which it had 

 just emerged. The case was fastened to a stem of grass. 



The Rev. J. F. Perry exhibited a specimen of the sea- 

 mouse. Aphrodite aculeata, and called attention to the delicate 

 hair structures, which were such beautiful objects under the 

 microscope. He also showed a number of insects from 

 South Africa, including Coleoptera, Homoptera, Hemiptera, 



