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also the specimen of Hadena alhifusa taken by himself at 

 Portland on August 15th, 1888. The hind wings closely re- 

 sembled those of H. tnfolii (chenopodii), but the fore-wings 

 were easily distinguishable. 



Mr. South exhibited several specimens of Phigalia pedaria, 

 which he had bred from a black female taken last year at 

 Macclesfield. Not a single black male had emerged, but 

 most of the females were black. Several of the males, how- 

 ever, were of the same unicolorous form as those exhibited 

 by Col. Partridge, 



Mr. R. Adkin exhibited specimens and sections of the 

 nodules of Retinia resinella, to illustrate remarks on the 

 species which had been made at the previous meeting. 

 The empty pupa cases were shown m sttii. 



Mr. Frohawk exhibited bred male and female specimens 

 of Nyssia lapponaria, the latter specimen being alive. The 

 ova were obtained from Mr. Christy, who re-discovered the 

 species at Rannoch. 



Mr. West (Greenwich) exhibited a female specimen ot 

 Nyssia hispidaria, taken in West Wickham Woods. 



Mr. Barrett exhibited series of species of the genus Dian- 

 thcBcia from his collection, including D. carpophaga from 

 Kent, Sussex, Surrey, Suffolk, and Norfolk ; var. capsophila 

 from Isle of Man and Ireland ; and intermediate forms from 

 the south of Scotland and South Wales ; D. luteago, var. 

 harrettii, from Howth, Ireland, and the only known specimens 

 hitherto obtained in England and South Wales, with a Con- 

 tinental specimen of the type for comparison ; D. ccesia, 

 from the Isle of Man, with Continental forms for com- 

 parison ; D. albimacida from Dover and Folkestone, with 

 a single specimen from the old Portsmouth locality ; two 

 drawers from the cabinet of Mr. Sydney Webb, containing 

 the same species and including the two specimens of D. 

 compta which were in the late Mr. Bond's collection ; also 

 drawers from Mr. R. Adkin's collection, containing the same 

 species. 



Mr. Barrett, in the course of his remarks, observed that 

 all the evidence known seemed to show that D. capsophila 

 and D. carpophaga were one and the same species. He 

 thought that there was no doubt that D. barrettii was but 

 a local form of the Continental D. hUeago. Of the occurrence 

 of D. compta, he felt almost inclined to say that there never 

 was a British specimen. The original reference by Haworth 

 to this species described an n-like mark, which was not a 

 character of this species, but of D. conspersa. Messrs. South 



