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AUGUST Sth, 1895. 



T. W. Hall, Esq., F.E.S., President, in the Chair. 



Mr. T. W. Hall exhibited specimens of Hadena oleracea, L., 

 in which both the reniform and orbicular stigmata were 

 scarcely to be traced. He stated that this species was gene- 

 rally invariable, and that all our Southern specimens were of 

 a dark reddish fuscous with the orbicular very strongly out- 

 lined with white, sometimes even forming a white spot. The 

 reniform was usually orange, but sometimes yellow tinted. 

 The hind wings of the male varied in tint, and were some- 

 times pale at the base. The hind wings of the female were 

 always darker than those of the male. Mr. Turner referred 

 to a variety he had bred, having the white streaks forming 

 the W character much wider and longer, and forming a 

 very conspicuous mark. 



Mr. R. Adkin exhibited a series of Eupithecia teniiiata, 

 Hb., which varied from the usual type in being somewhat 

 strongly marked. They were bred from sallow catkins in 

 the neighbourhood of Castle Bellingham, Ireland. 



Mr. Perks exhibited a species of apple snail from South 

 America, belonging to the genus Ampullaria. 



Mr. South exhibited a box containing representative series 

 of the species he had taken near Macclesfield during the 

 present season. He stated that the year was an exceedingly 

 bad one, entomologically speaking, almost as barren in re- 

 sults as last year. As to the cause, he was unable to say 

 except that it had been both wet and cold. He had taken 

 Xylophasia rurea, Fb., in some numbers, and four distinct 

 forms. Apamea geinina, Hb., was remarkably uniform. A 

 considerable number of Hadena thalassina, Rott., were bred 

 from a batch of ova found on sallow. H. adusta, Esp., was 

 peculiarly dark. 



Nochia atigtir, Fb., showed a considerable amount of varia- 

 tion in the ground colour. X. monoglypha, Hufn., was 

 the commonest insect at sugar ; every form, except the very 

 dark one, was represented. Miana strigilis, Clerk., were all 

 dusky, not a single light form being taken, but still very few 

 were cpmparable to the black variety cethiops, so common 

 around London. M. fascinncida , Haw., showed nearly every 

 form usually obtained in England. Specimens of Saturnia 

 pavonia, L., seemed m.ore vinous in colour than those from 

 the South. Hepialus velleda, Hb., he had found in two 

 localities, one a low-lying moss, and the other the neighbour- 



