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SEPTEMBER 2^(h, 1896. 



C. G. Barrett, Esq., F.E.S., Vice-President, in the Chair. 



Mr. R. Adkin exhibited living larvae of Cyaniris {Lycmia) 

 argiolus in situ on their food, the flower-buds of the ivy. 

 He stated that they fed up very rapidly, and mainly at 

 night. He also exhibited nearly full-fed larvae of Aplecta 

 occulta. 



Mr. Filer exhibited a very fine variety of Enodia (Epinephele) 

 hyperanthus, having the white spots surrounded by yellow 

 rings only. The black rings were entirely wanting. It was 

 remarked that this was a hitherto unrecorded variation. It 

 was captured at Halstead, in Essex. 



Mr. H. Moore exhibited specimens of Thelyphonus gigcin- 

 teus, and contributed the following note: — "The three 

 specimens of a species of Thelyphonus I exhibit are from 

 South Florida, U.S.A., where they are known as ' Mule 

 Killers.' Whether they are actually venomous, as Packard 

 says, is at present an unsettled point (their appearance alone 

 would answer for the dread in which they are held). They 

 are, however, credited with the power of giving out a very 

 pungent odour, and it is recorded of an Indian species, 

 T. rufimans (Lucas), that 'a spaniel which went too near a 

 living Thelyphonus was seriously affected thereby.' Forming 

 a connecting link between the scorpions, and the spiders, 

 the Phrynidai (to which Thelyphonus belongs) are of con- 

 siderable interest to the comparative anatomist." Mr. 

 Moore also exhibited several imagines and the nest of 

 Polistes annulavis from the same locality. ' 



Mr. Turner exhibited a very varied series of Noctua xantho- 

 grapha, including one with the orbicular and reniform stig- 

 mata, both very distinct ; a whitish-grey coloured specimen 

 from Kent ; a black suffused one from Aberdeen ; and a red 

 form from Shirley. He also exhibited a black Agrotis sege- 

 tum from North Kent; two bred specimens of Acronycta 

 aceris, with the veining of the hind wings very plainly 

 marked with dark scales ; and a specimen of Triphcena pro- 

 nuha with an incipient discoidal spot on the hind wings. 



Mr. Montgomery exhibited specimens of Noctua ditra- 

 pezium, somewhat darker in colour than usual. 



Mr. C. G. Barrett exhibited a large number of forms of 

 Tephrosia biundtdaria, for the purpose of showing the great 

 probability of T. hiundularia and T. crepuscidaria being one 

 and the same species, and including the following : 



I. Var. crepuscularia (April forms, brown). 2. Their pro- 



