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of hemp agrimony. Mr. Stevens possessed one taken at 

 Hurstpierpoint, Sussex. 



Mr. Barrett, on behalf of Mr. Capper of Liverpool, ex- 

 hibited some 400 coloured drawings of the remarkable 

 varieties existing in his (Mr. Capper's) rich collection. 

 They had been executed by Mr. Mosley of Huddersfield. 



Mr. Tunaley exhibited a lantern for sugaring purposes, 

 in which a kind of paraffin wax called " cera " was burnt, 

 thus obviating the use and smell of oil. It was quite clean, 

 and gave a good illumination. The material could be 

 carried in the pocket, and the lamp replenished while alight 

 with pieces cut off with a knife. 



Mr. South exhibited a banded specimen of Vanessa urticce 

 approaching var. connexa, Butl., taken in his house at 

 Tooting on March 22nd, and stated that it was the first 

 example of this form that he had taken. 



Mr. Turner exhibited an apparatus for taking moths from 

 lamps, &c., sent to him for exhibition. It was of pocket 

 size, and fitted to go on the end of stick or umbrella. 



Mr. McArthur exhibited a series of Hypsipetes trifasciata 

 {impluviata) which he had recently bred from larvae taken 

 in Hoy, Orkney, and fed throughout on heath. This was 

 thought to be most unusual, as in southern localities alder 

 is almost invariably the food. The specimens were of a 

 rich chestnut colour, very heavily marked. 



APRIL 22,rd, 1896. 



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



Mr. Briggs exhibited a male specimen of Stylops uielittcB 

 taken by himself at Leatherhead, Surrey, on i8th April, 1896, 

 flying in the garden. 



Mr. C. G. Barrett exhibited a series of Triplicena conies 

 from Surrey, Norfolk, South Wales, North Wales, North 

 Ireland, and N.E. Scotland. 



Mr. Turner exhibited a short series of the same species. 



Mr. Adkin exhibited a very long and A^aried series of the 

 same species, obtained from many different localities in the 

 British Islands, and also types of the species for comparison 

 from several places in the Pakearctic region outside Britain. 



Mr. Adkin read a paper entitled " Further Notes on 

 Triphcena comes {orhona) " (page 93). 



In the discussion which followed the reading of this paper 

 Mr. Barrett said that the scalloped appearance of the second 



