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examples o( A. selene fluctuate in the character of their under- 

 side ornamentation. On looking at the primaries of No. 3 it 

 will be seen that the yellow colour which in No. 4 occupies 

 only the tips of the wings, is spread over nearly the whole of 

 the costal half of the wing, and is also continued along the hind 

 margin to the angle. The brown bands on the hind wings of 

 No. 4 are deeper in colour and less interrupted than in No. 3. 

 " No. 5 is a specimen of Argynnis eitphrosyne. The dilated 

 character of the lines in this compares curiously with example 

 No. 2 of ^. selene. Unfortunately I know nothing of the 

 history of this specimen, except that it was one of a series of 

 the species in the Stowell Collection, sold at Stevens' some 

 months ago." 



Mr. South also exhibited an apparently apterous speci- 

 men of ZygcBua filipendiilcE, L., bred from pupa taken at 

 Folkestone. 



Mr. Jenner, of Lewes, exhibited two specimens (male and 

 female) of a species new to Britain — namely, Acidalia imnio- 

 rata, L., taken by Mr. H. C. Morris, of Lewes, on heather, in 

 tliat locality, and remarked that Berce placed it in the genus 

 Strenia, Dup. ; but, following Staudinger's arrangement, it came 

 close to Acidalia emargi?tata^ L. ; the species was most likely to 

 turn up on heaths, the larva feeding on Callwia vulgaris. 



Mr, Jager exhibited specimens of a species of Coleop- 

 tera which had been sent to him from Tenby. 



Mr. Billups declared the species to be Nebria coviplanata, 

 L., a very local species of Carabidae, occurring only \\\ the 

 neighbourhood of the Bristol Channel. 



Mr, West, of Greenwich, exhibited specimens of Hyda- 

 tiits sejniniger, De G., from Lee, and stated that he had not 

 met with this species for twelve years until now, although he 

 had searched the district every year during that time. 



Mr. Oldham exhibited a photograph of Helix aj^bus- 

 toruin, var. jlavescens, monstrosity sinistrorsum, taken this 

 year at Ashvvood Dale, near Buxton, 



