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fact, each claw was duplicated. It was noted that in the 

 specimen exhibited the abnormality was not merely a divi- 

 sion of the ordinary claw, but an actual duplication of the 

 toe, making the foot proportionally broader. 



Mr. Carrington exhibited, on behalf of Mr. West, of 

 Greenwich, Helix lombei, from the Solomon Islands, H. 

 monicandi, from the Philippines, and H. erronea, from Ceylon. 

 Also on behalf of Mr. Mc Arthur, a series of H. arbiLstorwn, 

 and H. hortensis, Miill., from the Orkneys ; the specimens 

 of the former were much thinner and darker than South of 

 England forms, and the latter were both smaller and darker. 

 In exhibiting these specimens he wished to urge members to 

 collect Mollusca on days which turn out blank to each in his 

 own particular hobby. It was exceedingly interesting to 

 collect them as a study in variation. The species H. hortensis 

 and H. neinoralis had as many as i8o possible variations of 

 the bands, many of which he himself had found during the 

 last two or three years. He then described at some length 

 his method of killing, cleaning, and mounting specimens for 

 preservation. 



Mr. McArthur exhibited a beautiful series oi Nocttia f estiva, 

 Hb., var. confliia, Tr,, and specimens of Agrotis vestigialis, 

 Hufn., A. cm'soria, Bork., and A. tritici, L., all from the 

 Orkneys this year. The last three had not been recorded 

 before from this locality. The N . festiva were not so uniform 

 as the Shetland N . conflua, but the extent of variation was 

 from the Southern form to the Shetland form. 



Mr. Hy. J. Turner exhibited a series of Agrotis obelisca, 

 Hb., received from Freshwater from Mr. Hodges, and said 

 that he understood the species had been abundant this year. 

 Some of the forms were dark, others were slightly ferru- 

 ginous, and one or two were lighter in ground colour with 

 an absence of the transverse lines. He also exhibited a 

 series of Aporophyla australis, Bdv., from Freshwater and 

 Deal. The Deal specimens seemed slightly yellow, while the 

 Freshwater ones were more silvery. The fore-wings of one 

 male were quite as dark as the usual coloration of the 

 female. 



Mr. R. Adkin exhibited two series of Hiinera pennaria, 

 L., from the New Forest and Abbott's Wood respectively, 

 and communicated the following note : — 



" In the autumn of 1893 I received a batch of ova of 

 Himera pennaria, L., laid by a moth taken in Abbott's Wood, 

 and shortly afterwards I had sent to me the topmost twig 

 of a holly tree that had been felled in the New Forest, on 



