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Eubordeta, Craspedopsis, and Bordeta, comprising 87 species of brilliant 
Geometers ; a local race of Papilio paradisea; a new Diacrisia; the 
largest New Guinea Pyrale, Hthopia roseilinea, ete. 
Mr. Stallman, Amorpha populi, a bred series, males three typical, 
three coppery tint, and two grey with olive markings, females one rich 
copper and three very pale olive with markings indistinct; Boarmia 
abietaria, a bred series, males type to completely black, females no 
typical, dark to black; 6. gemmaria, greyish and ochreous forms, two 
var. perfumaria, and one banded male; sixteen species of Hupithecia 
bred this year. 
Mr. Schmassmann, Exotic Rhopalocera, including Papilio memnon, 
a series of female local forms; P. memnon female, L. achates and P. 
coon of similar pattern, which fly together in Java; P. mayo and P. 
rhodifer, of similar pattern, which fly together in the Andamans; 
Cethosia leschenaulti, showing resemblance to Huvanessa antiopa; Arqy- 
rophorus argenteus, a silver coloured Satyrid; several brillant South 
American Nymphalidae of the genus Callithea. 
Mr. C. B. Williams, ab. oltvacea of Lasiocampa quercis, with its 
dark coloured cocoon and a very dark coloured larva of the same form ; 
and under the microscope, species of Thrips, including Hakothrips pisi- 
vora aad British species of Protura. 
Mr. A. H. Gibbs, aberrations of A. coridon from Herts, including 
ab. semi-synyrapha, female forms with blue spots inside hindwing 
margin, white fringed female, rayed females, many undersidgs spotting 
aberrations, a coffee coloured underside, females with white ringed 
discoidals, asymmetrical forms, male with orange on the submargin of 
hindwings, ete. 
Mr. Bacot, living examples of the yellow-fever mosquito, Stegomyia, 
in all stages. 
Mr, Edwards, the paris group of Papilio, P. ganesa, P. arjuna, P. 
brama, P. arcturus, P. peranthus, P. montanus, P. bianor, and P. paris 
var. karna and var. vernalis. 
Mr. Hi. J. Salisbury, D.Sc., the variation in the seedlings of maize, 
Zea mais, and contributed notes. : 
Mr. R. Adkin, eight representative series of families of Boarmia 
gemmaria reared through successive years from captured females of the 
black form. (1) Black x black, result, all black, 89% g, 61% @; (2) 
black g x type 9, result, 44% typical, 56% black; (8) black x black, 
result, 22% typical, 78% black; (4) black x black, result, 50% typical, 
50% black ; (6) black x black, result, 299% typical, 71% black ; (6) type 
& xblack 2, result, 62% typical, 38% black; (7) black x black, result, 
all black ; (8) black x black, result, 29% typical, 71% black. 
My, F. W. Frohawk, Lycaena arion, a long series of Cornish speci- 
mens, including spotless to heavily spotted males, females with spot- 
ting like males to large club-shaped spotted females, dwarf examples, 
dull coloured forms; Gonepterya rhamni, aspecimen similarly coloured 
to G. cleopatra. 
Mr. C. Pickett, A. coridon from Herts, 1915, inciuding 66 asym- 
metrical gynandromorphic females ab. roystonensis, fourteen females 
with asymmetrical splashes of male colour ab. inaequalis, light golden- 
brown females, females with golden-brown patches, other aberrant 
females such as black, white rayed, ab. semisynyrapha, ab. obsoleta, ab. 
minor, and examples with blackish-grey undersides, whitish to sky- 
