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istic species of the district were non-British. Reference had 

 been made to Canwnyniplia arcania, a well-distributed and 

 common species in many Continental localities. At 

 Fontainebleau Forest this species absolutely swarmed, and 

 was there peculiar in its smaller size and duller appearance, 

 no doubt due to being on the northern limit of its distribu- 

 tion. These Arques examples were also noticeable as being 

 small, poorl}' scaled, and not so bright in coloration as the 

 typical southern forms, but still not so extreme in these 

 peculiarities as the mountain form C. var. darwiniana. He 

 could not understand why the species was absent from 

 many apparently suitable localities in the south of England. 

 Another species exhibited was a six-spotted Anthrocerid. 

 Some time ago he had discussed the various forms of the 

 six-spotted species, including the closely allied A. filipendulce, 

 A. transalpina, and A. hippocrepidis. The A. transalpina 

 was a denizen of the high southern Alps, bright and 

 brilliantly scaled. A . hippocrepidis was a lowland, dull, and 

 poorly scaled insect. He could not see why the latter species 

 should not occur in our own country, and perhaps a close 

 examination of the races of the common A . filipendulcE in 

 various localities would result in its discovery. He referred 

 to several species, which occurred still nearer to England, as 

 at Calais, and yet were absolutely missing from these shores, 

 e. g. ChrysopJmnus doriiis. There were, of course, records of 

 a kind of various species, but none of a character sufficiently 

 pronounced to show native origin. As regards Dr. Chap- 

 man's paper, he thought that it showed its own value when 

 it was regarded as the mature results of more than thirty- 

 three years' experiment and consideration. 



NO]'EMBER 2-]th. 1902. 



Mr. F. NoAD Clark, President, in the Chair. 



Mr. E. J. Hare, 163, Dulwich Grove, was elected a 

 member. 



Messrs. Harrison and Main exhibited series of Eupithecia 

 venosata and Dianthcecia nana (conspersa), smoky and dark 

 forms from the Shetland Islands, with south country forms 

 for comparison. 



Mr. Cant exhibited a pair o{ Henierophila abrtiptaria, of the 

 very dark form hitherto chiefly found in Hackney. They 

 were taken this year in Regent's Park. 



Mr. Kaye exhibited a long series of forms of /4 nclwcelis hinosa. 



