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which he had bred in December and January from the larvae 

 sent him from Cornwall (" Proc," 1895, p. 57). Mr. Tutt 

 remarked that Mr. Sturt deserved great credit for getting 

 his Sphinx convolvuli through, and he was, he believed, the 

 first British lepidopterist who had reared the insect from the 

 larva to the imago. Some years ago Prof. Poulton got the 

 larva through to the pupal stage in late autumn, and proved 

 that the insect passed the winter in that stage, although 

 there had been more than one suggestion in the magazines 

 since that time that S. convolvtdi might hibernate in the 

 imaginal stage. Mr. McArthur said that men who worked 

 in potato fields often brought in the pupae of S. convolvuli, as 

 well as those of A . atropos. 



Mr. Oldham exhibited specimens of Cosinia afflnis and 

 Hybernia defoliaria from Epping Forest, and a number of 

 Helices from Folkestone, including H . nenioralis, H . hortensis, 

 and H. lapicida. Mr. Carrington remarked that the speci- 

 mens of H. hortensis were unusually large. 



Mr. Frohawk exhibited the contents of a pheasant's crop. 

 The bird was evidently a truly wild one, for the main contents 

 were the larvae of the Dipteron Bibio marci, L. There were 

 in addition a few rose berries, root fibres, and small stones. 



Mr. Auld exhibited a bred series of Tortrix cratcEgana, from 

 the New Forest. The pupae were found spun up in the 

 leaves of buckthorn, and it was suggested that the larvae had 

 dropped from the overhanging oaks, upon which tree they 

 are invariably known to feed. 



Mr. Carpenter exhibited a very fine collection oi Avgynnis 

 paphia, including a drawer of magnificent examples of the var. 

 valesina ; a large number of specimens had pale areas ; and 

 a male example had unusually well-developed androconia. 

 Mr. South exhibited specimens of the same species, showing 

 pale areas ; also a number of allied species from the 

 Palaearctic region, including a very dark var. valesina from 

 China (from Mr. Leach's collection). 



Mr. South read a paper entitled, " Some remarks on 

 the genus Argynnis, with particular reference to a certain 

 phase of aberration observed in some species of the genus," 

 of which the above exhibit was in illustration. (Printed 

 page 76). 



In the discussion which followed, Mr, Carrington said that 

 he observed that all the specimens having white patches 

 were more or less damaged. Mr. Carpenter said that such 

 was the fact, and that he only knew of one perfect specimen, 

 which Mr. Frohawk had taken. Mr. Frohawk said that he 



