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marginal row of spots on the undersides of the fore-wings 

 prolonged into dashes. 



OCTOBER loth, 1895. 

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



Mr. Hy. Tunaley, F.E.S., of Brixton Hill, was elected a 

 member. 



Mr. McArthur exhibited a number of Lepidoptera taken 

 this year in the Orkneys, including a series of Thera juniperata, 

 L., showing great contrast between the dark markings and 

 the ground colour ; the former being much intensified and 

 somewhat extended, while the latter was considerably lighter 

 than in South of England specimens ; most of the examples 

 had a very dark basal blotch on the fore-wings, the central 

 band was generally very dark and broad, the edges being 

 but little indented. Melanippe montanata, Bork., two speci- 

 mens almost devoid of markings, those present being exceed- 

 ingly faint. Nemeophila plantagmis, L., three specimens, one 

 having very deep-red hind wings, another yellowish red hind 

 wings, while the third was intermediate. Epunda lutulenta, 

 Bork., with vars. sedi, Gn., and lunehiirgensis, Err. 



Mr. Winkley exhibited, on behalf of Mr. Montgomery, of 

 Ealing, specimens of a second brood of Argynnis selene, 

 Schiff., taken in Abbott's Wood on August 12th, 14th, and 

 i6th. The first brood was very common, and in bad condi- 

 tion on June nth, but nearly all had disappeared by the 

 20th ; also a very beautiful female variety of Lycce?ia adonis, 

 Fb., taken near Eastbourne on September 5th, 1895. TheJ;(Xt.&,^ 

 underside was much powdered with white scales, the base /U t^cL- 

 of all the wings being very blue. The wings had only the td,-^ 4 /K^^j 

 submarginal row of spots and the discoidal present, except jl!/4,/#./3 

 a few scales here and there, remnants of the obliterated ^^a.Jf 

 markings. The black was much intensified, and some of *\^^^ 

 the spots were elongated. » "^ 



Mr. C. Oldham exhibited a long series of Odonestis pota- ^ 

 ioria,'L.,hredini8g^. Larvae from Cambridge. Three of the ^*^^''>*r*^ 

 males were of the female colour. Colias edusa, Fb., Leucania /hVm^ 



albipuncta, Fb., Phlogophora ineticulosa, L., var. suffused with 



red, all from Folkestone, September, 1895 ; and black forms 

 oi Xylophasia polyodon^ L., from Woodford, 1894-95. Several 

 of the males of Odonestis potatoria were noted as being parti- 

 coloured, while one specimen had black markings along the 

 base of the costa. 



