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series of Spilosoina luhricipcda, Esp., with var. radiata, St., 

 and its modifications; also yslt. fasciata, Tug., and a form in 

 which the ground-colour was sHghtly smoky instead of buff. 



Mr. H. W. Barker, F.E.S., exhibited a drawer of Arctia 

 and another of Lyccena adonis, Fb., L. agon, Schiff., L. 

 astvarclie, Bgstr., &c. ; one specimen of the last-mentioned 

 species was an example of the var. salmacis, St., taken in 

 the south of England. 



Mr. Alf. T. Mitchell exhibited the following species and 

 varieties : — Papilio uiachaon, L., two winters in pupa, one a 

 very dark form but crippled ; Anthocharis cardamines, L., two 

 winters in pupa, also a female with an orange splash on the 

 left superior wing and a similar splash on the underside of 

 the right wing, Kingston (Oxon.) ; Vanessa urticce, L., banded 

 forms bred at Chiswick, 1895, also a curious specimen simi- 

 lar to var. 3 in " Newman's Butterflies," Kingston (Oxon.) ; 

 Epinephele ianira, L., an entirely fulvous not bleached speci- 

 men, taken at Abbott's Wood, Sussex ; Polyommatus phloeas, 

 L., a specimen in which the spots were large and elongate, 

 forming a more or less complete band, Barnes, S.W., 

 1893 ; also a banded form from Malvern (Worcester) ; 

 Callimorpha hera, L., South Devon, taken 1895 ; Melanargia 

 galatea, L., an example with left inferior wing partially 

 suffused. Abbot's Wood (Sussex) ; Boarmia abietaria, Hb., 

 very large melanic form, New Forest ; Boarmia repandata, L., 

 dark forms, Chepstow (Mon.), 1895 ; Ennomos auUimnaria, 

 Wernb., series bred from Ramsgate parent; Eugonia fuscan- 

 taria, Haw., bred, very pale and lead-coloured forms, 

 Chiswick ; Catocala sponsa, L., bred, New Forest ova, an 

 example with wings (inferior), similar to C. nupta in colour- 

 ing ; Angerona prunaria, L., forms from Chepstow and North 

 Kent, 1895. 



Mr. C. H. Williams exhibited among many others two 

 specimens of Abraxas grosstdariata, L., with only two small 

 spots on the margin of the hind wings, and otherwise less 

 spotted than is usual ; an extremely varied series of Angerona 

 prunaria, L. ; a beautiful variety of Cheimatobia boreata, Hb., 

 having a dark band and a very light ground-colour ; three 

 very fine specimens of Oporabia dilutata, Bork., one being 

 uniformly mottled, another very dark, and the third yellowish 

 in ground-colour. 



Mr. J. H. Carpenter exhibited his collection of the genera 

 A r gvnnis, Melitcsa, and Vanessa, including a large number of 

 the white spotted forms of Argvnnis paphia, L. ; a dwarf 

 form of the same species about half the usual size ; a rayed 



