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OCTOBER 2'jih, 1887, 

 R. Adkin, Esq., F.E.S., President, in the Chair. 



Messrs. W. H. B. Fletcher, M.A., F.E.S., and C. E. M. 

 Ince were elected members. 



Mr. C. A. Briggs exhibited varieties of Lyc(2na corydon, 

 Fb., taken this year, among which were many dwarfed speci- 

 mens, undersides of the obsolete type, others with the spots 

 coalescing or partially absent, and several streaked forms. 



Mr. Ince exhibited an aberrant specimen of Argynnis 

 paplnuy L., in which the spots on the under surface of the left 

 superior wing had united and formed an irregular-shaped 

 blotch in the centre of the wing. 



Mr. Sheldon exhibited living larvae of Eiipithecia expalli- 

 data, Gn., and of Rhodophcsa consociella, Hb., and with refer- 

 ence to the latter, stated that he was not aware this species 

 hybernated in the larval state. It appeared, however, to feed 

 in the same way in the autumn as in the spring ; and towards 

 the approach of winter it spun a few threads together, in 

 which, no doubt, it hybernated. 



Mr. Cooper remarked that he had during the past week, 

 while searching for the larvae of Cryptohlabes bistriga, Haw., 

 made the same discovery as Mr. Sheldon, having found several 

 colonies of the larvae of R. consociella, and he had not the 

 least doubt this species hybernated as a larva. As far as he 

 knew, the fact had not been recorded, and he thought it was 

 a most interesting discovery. 



Mr. Tutt observed that he believed the larvs did hyber- 

 nate, coming out to feed in the spring immediately the oak 

 buds began to appear. 



Mr. Tutt exhibited a cocoon of Saturnia pavonia, L., 

 having two exits, and remarked that there was only one pupa 

 inside, and that Mr. J. A. Clark, of Hackney, had informed 

 him that he had recently had a similar cocoon of Bombyx 

 trifolii, Esp. Mr. Tutt expressed an opinion that these 

 cocoons might be more frequent than was usually believed. 



Mr. Robinson, who was present as a visitor, exhibited 

 Tapinostola fulva, Hb., Phisia chrysoji, Esp., bred from larvae 



