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decrease of the ground colour, and all intensities of suffusion. 

 He discussed the varieties v. suffusa, V. eleus, and ab. schmidtii 

 with special reference to Mr. Pickett's exhibit, and also 

 pointed out the peculiarities of the Lapland forms which are 

 ranged under v. hypoplilceas. In conclusion he stated that 

 the predominant Central European form was typical H. 

 phlcBas, that of Southern Europe was H. phlceas var. eleus, 

 and that of Lapland, etc., was the form H. phlceas var. hypo- 

 phlceas, although each race had the capability of producing 

 the other forms, and did do so in nature. 



Mr. Moore exhibited a specimen of H. phlceas from the 

 Himalayas, from which almost the whole of the copper had 

 disappeared from the fore-wings while the hind wings were 

 normal, and also specimens from America (Indiana to Cape 

 Breton) somewhat small but closely resembling the Lapland 

 form H. hypoplilceas 



Mr. Carpenter exhibited several series of beautiful bred 

 specimens of separate broods from Abbot's Wood, Folkestone, 

 and Bude. Each brood had a facies peculiar to itself, 

 although the divergence was but small. 



Mr. Montgomery a long series with many pale and sparsely 

 spotted specimens which had emerged late in November. 



Mr. Harrison and Mr. Main exhibited (i) bred series of 

 Dicinthcvcia conspersa [nana) and Eupithecia venosata from the 

 Shetland Islands, with south-country typical specimens for 

 comparison. The Shetland D. conspersa were all very much 

 darker than our southern forms, and some were almost black. 

 The E. venosata had a dull smoky colour for the ground 

 colour of all the wings, very different from the yellowish 

 colour of the type. 



(2) Series oi A pled a nebulosa, bred from larvae collected in 

 Delamere Forest this year. Some of the specimens were of 

 the usual dark form from Delamere, and several were the form 

 known as var. robsoni. For comparison, specimens were 

 shown from Cornwall, New Forest, and Argyllshire, all of 

 which were much lighter than the Delamere series. 



(3) A series of Noctua brimnea, bred from larvae taken this 

 3^ear in Delamere Forest. 



(4) A series of Notodonta dromedarins, bred from larvae 

 taken in Delamere Forest in September, igo2. These appeared 

 to be a decidedly darker race than the southern form. 



(5) A specimen of Euchelia jacobcece, bred from New Forest 

 larvae. This specimen had the hind wings and markings on 

 the. fore- wings of a very pale pink or salmon colour. 



(6) A bred series of Noctua baia, from larvae taken in Dela- 



