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Butterflies." Upper side not completely black, but shewed 

 faint white markings both on primaries and secondaries. 



Mclitcea aiirinia ; series bred from Irish larvae, June, 1903. 

 No striking varieties. Thirty-three per cent, of the pupae 

 did not emerge as imagos, owing to the inclement weather. 

 The pupge contained perfectly formed insects, and were 

 quite up to full size. Every care and attention were given to 

 the larvae, very few of which were stung by ichneumons. 



Ccenonyiupha davits, var. vothliebii; series taken at Withers- 

 lack, July, 1903. Typical except one male, which has the 

 primaries partly bleached. Saw a female deposit on the 

 beak rush, which was forwarded to Mr. Frohawk, who states 

 that the larva will not feed on the rush, but feeds up on 

 common grasses in confinement. 



Argynnis (Brenthis) enphrosync ; a strongly marked female, 

 taken in May, 1901, near Reading, Berks. Strongly marked 

 on upper side of primaries, underside normal. 



Carsia imbiitata ; series taken at Witherslack, July, 1903. 

 One of the specimens agrees with the third figure in New- 

 man's " British Moths." 



Xanthia ocellaris ; one taken in November, 1894, and 

 another taken in October, 1899. 



Mr. Manger exhibited a case containing twenty-two species 

 of the gorgeous South American Nymphalid genera Cata- 

 gramina, Perisama, and Callicore, including Perisama 

 {Catagranuna) oppelii, Perisama {Catagrauiina) lincata, Perisama 

 {Catagranima) alicia, Catagrauiina peristera, Callicore {Cata- 

 gramma) nystographa, Callicore {Catagramma) inarchalii, 

 Catagranima hydaspcs, Catagramma colnmbiana, Catagramma 

 cyllene, Catagramma Immboldtii, Catagramma eunomia, Cata- 

 gramma mionina, Catagramma janeira, and Catagramma sorana. 

 Most of the species of these genera are of a velvety black, 

 with blue, green, crimson, or ochreous bands and markings 

 on the upper sides, while on the under surfaces of the wings 

 there are numerous types of curious arrangements of spots, 

 bands, and rings, one section being known as the " Eighty- 

 eights," on account of the similarity of the markings to the 

 figures 88. 



Mr. Schooling exhibited a varied series of Spilosoma fidi- 

 ginosa, bred from ova, and also a fine series of Xylocampa 

 areola (lithorhiza). 



Mr. E. Step exhibited a series of fifty-six photos, of British 

 fungi, illustrating the genera Scleroderma, Ly coper don, Phallus,, 

 Sparassis, Helvella, Clavaria, Thclephora, Merulius, DadaUa, 

 Polystictus, Fomes, Fistulina, Boletus, Coprimes, Hypholoma, 



