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the normal cegon tint, the remainder bluer and of the ordi- 

 nary tint of L. argils, W.V, The females much suffused 

 with blue, and almost identical with specimens of L. cegon, 

 var. Corsica, which Mr. Tutt had received from Mr. Nichol- 

 son, of Lewes. 



A series of Hydrcecia Ittcens from the mosses near Warring- 

 ton, Mr. Tutt pointing out how these specimens supported 

 his statement in " British Noctuae and their Varieties " 

 that kicens was now perfectly distinct from nictitans, and 

 entitled to at least sub-specific rank. This series consisted 

 of ninety specimens, and comprised the various named forms 

 of the insect ; vars. grisea, rufa, and the type, with their 

 respective sub-varieties being well represented. 



Interesting, as bearing on the last exhibit, was a series of 

 the allied Hydrcecia pahidis and its varieties intermedia, 

 brunnea and grisea. These were also taken near Warring- 

 ton, but in a direction opposite to that in which lucens 

 occurred. The captor, Mr. T. Acton, had informed Mr. 

 Tutt that although parallel variation exists in the two forms 

 they never overlap. 



A long series of Dyschorista {Oi'thosia) suspecta, also from 

 Warrington, including vars congener, Hb., rufa, Tutt, 

 variegata, Tutt, nigrescens, Tutt, and iners, Dup. It was 

 observed that the forms centred around var. rufa, and that 

 there was not a typical specimen among them. A short 

 series of Celcena haworthii comprised two forms, viz. exceed- 

 ingly well marked examples of the red-brown var. hibernica, 

 St., and a purple form which Mr. Tutt stated is not far from 

 the black-brown form known as var. niorio, Ev., except 

 for the difference in tint. 



Mr. Turner said that he had taken L. cegon in various other 

 localities, but had never seen any approaching the beauty 

 of the Westmoreland females exhibited. The southern 

 females were almost uniformly brown. Mr. Tutt said that 

 in the Tyrol the females of both L. cegon and L. argus were 

 usually brown, although blue races occurred. 



Mr. Carrington exhibited the flowers of the wild Canadian 

 wallflower, which had been grown in Mr. C. A. Briggs' 

 garden at Leatherhead, from seed picked at the head of 

 Lake Superior. 



Mr. Turner exhibited specimens of Calopteryz virgo, L., 

 from Horsham ; also male and female specimens of ChcEro- 

 cainpa celerio, L,, from an old collection made in the neigh- 

 bourhood of Sheffield about i860 to 1870 ; and a specimen 

 of Lyccena icarus, Rott., from Clandon, having the sub- 



