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Mr. Turner laid on the table the Report of the Annual 

 Exhibition, compiled by himself (printed in full pp. 64—76). 



Mr. Carrington reported that on Sunday, October 20th, 

 he saw betv/een Brighton and Shoreham several quite 

 freshly emerged Colias edusa, Fb., and Mr. Frohawk said 

 that on the same day he saw a considerable number at 

 Havant. 



NOVEMBER \t[th, 1895. 

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



Mr. Griffith, of Clifton, Bristol, was elected a member. 

 Mr. C. A. Briggs exhibited a living specimen of the 

 Madeira cockroach, Pmichlora viadeircE, Fab., which had been 

 captured in Covent Garden Market, and doubtless imported 

 with bananas. 



Mr. Edwards exhibited specimens of Morpho cacica and 

 Morpho neoptolenms from Peru. 



Mr. R. Adkin exhibited a series of Evnnelesia tceniata, 

 St., from Co. Kerry, Ireland. The specimens were some- 

 what lighter in appearance than the North English form. 



Also a specimen of Arctia caia, L., from Co. Louth, 

 Ireland, in which the brown markings of the fore-wings 

 were of a much darker shade than any of the English 

 examples that were exhibited beside it for comparison. 



Colonel Partridge said that he had taken numbers of 

 E. tceniata in Ireland, but that he had seldom obtained 

 specimens in good condition. 



Mr. Williams exhibited a short bred series of Oporabia 

 dilutata, Bork., two specimens being very dark and uniform 

 in coloration, another having a dark transverse band with 

 white marginal areas. 



Mr. McArthur exhibited living larvae and a recently 

 emerged imago of Triphcena comes, Hb. {orbona, Fb.), from 

 the Orkneys. It was remarked that the imago was of the 

 form curtisii, Newm., being small, very dark, and with but 

 little red colour. Mr. McArthur said that specimens cap- 

 tured in the Orkneys were all of the curtisii form. 



Mr. Turner exhibited a specimen of Phorodesma smarag- 

 daria, Fb., which was unique in having been bred on 

 September 26th from a larva taken at the end of August. 

 Also several specimens of Vanessa urticce, L., including 

 one of about half the usual size in expanse of wings, one 

 rather small and dark from Keswick, and one having 



