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Mr. Edwards exhibited a female of Morpho cypris, from 

 Bagota, which he stated was very rare, although the male 

 was fairly common. 



Mr. Dennis exhibited ova and young larvae of Leucophasia 

 sinapis, L., and also of Lyccena argiolus, L. These were 

 shown after the meeting, under the microscope. 



Mr. T. W. Hall exhibited two specimens of Mamestra 

 persicarice, L., var. unicolor, Stand., with type specimens for 

 comparison. They were bred by a northern collector from 

 a dark specimen, said to have been obtained out of a batch 

 of larvce from a suburban garden. This specimen was paired 

 with a type form, and the above varieties were the result. 

 It was stated to be very rare in Britain, but fairly common 

 on the continent. 



Mr. Hall also exhibited six specimens of a Eiipithecia from 

 the late Mr. Machin's collection, which that gentleman had 

 labelled as doubtful. Several members considered that they 

 were most likely E. minutata, Gn., var. knautiata, Greg., 

 which had been bred in Ireland and the West of England 

 from Scabiosa {Knatdia arvensis). 



A question was asked as to what measure of success 

 members had experienced in hybernating the larvae of 

 Callimorpha hera, L. Mr. Hall had got a number into pupa, 

 but the severe frost had considerably diminished his brood. 

 It was stated that Mr. Tugwell had been very successful, 

 most of his larvae pupating safely. Mr. Robson lost the 

 whole of his in the frost, and Mr. Auld had lost four out of 

 the eight larvae he had during the winter. 



Mr. Carrington introduced the subject of the recent 

 felling of trees in Epping Forest, giving an account of the 

 visit of the Essex Field Club, in company with experts from 

 various parts of the kingdom, on Saturday last. In his 

 opinion no harm whatever had been done, and he could see 

 no appreciable difference in any part he had visited. What 

 had been cut was small timber and practically of no value. 

 He thought from an entomological point of view more open 

 spaces in the denser woods would be very beneficial. The 

 general opinion of members agreed with that of Mr. Car- 

 rington. 



Mr. Barrett, in referring to the last remark of Mr. Car- 

 rington, instanced the method of periodically cutting the 

 undergrowth in Surrey and Kent, and remarked how advan- 

 tageous this was to the entomologist. 



