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representing the following varieties referred to in Tutt's 

 " Brit. Noct.," vol. ii, pp. i68 — 170 : — var. obsoleta, var. 

 huuiilis, var. hrunnea, var. neurodes, and var. agrotoides. The 

 red form, var. rufa, was not shown, and Mr, Kaye said it must 

 be rare, although in the work cited it was stated to be as 

 common as the type. 



Mr. Robert Adkin exhibited the following hybrid Lepi- 

 doptera, and read notes : 



1. Three very perfect full-sized examples obtained from a 

 pairing between a wild male Snierinthiis occllatiis and a 

 female S. populi, reared in captivity from a wild larva. 

 The ground colour of the head, thorax, and body of the 

 specimens exhibited closely followed that of the female 

 parent, but the brown thoracic patch of ocellatus was very 

 distinctly represented, although in a somewhat modified 

 shade of coloration. The margins and pale veining of the 

 wings resembled populi, and the general tone of colour in- 

 clined to the grey of that species, but with the pinkish shade 

 of ocellatus underlying it. The markings of the fore-wings 

 appeared to embrace those of both species, while the ocelli 

 of the hind wings, although prominent, were blurred. The 

 larvae from which the specimens exhibited were reared 

 appeared to be robust, fed up well on sallow, poplar, etc., 

 and in appearance were intermediate between the two 

 species. 



2. A single example of a hybrid obtained by a pairing 

 between a wild male Selenia hilunaria {ilhmaria) and a 

 female S. tetralunaria {illustraria), reared in captivity. From 

 this pairing about sixty ova were obtained, but the larvas 

 appeared to be sickly, and in the result only three moths 

 (all males) were reared, their emergence taking place be- 

 tween July 30th and August 2nd, thus being the second 

 or summer brood, with specimens of which comparison 

 should therefore be made. In general tone of colour the 

 hybrid more nearly approaches that of tetralunaria, and the 

 inner line of the fore-wings and the band on the hind wings 

 follow that species. The outer line of the fore-wings, how- 

 ever, is distinctly that of hilunaria, and the absence of any 

 spot on the hind wings is also characteristic of that species. 



3. 4. A series of hybrids obtained from a pairing between a 

 male PygcBrapigra {reclusa) and a female P. c/^r^z^/a, and between 

 a P. curtula and a female P. pigra. In both cases a plentiful 

 supply of ova was obtained, and the larvae fed up well ; and 

 in each the hybrid more nearly resembles the female than 

 the male parents, but the markings, more particularly the 



