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capture of the two specimens ; the first one referred to was now 

 in Mr. Allis' collection at York. Although he, in common 

 with Mr. Prest, and many other Yorkshire lepidopterists, had 

 worked the same district for many years, he did not know of 

 any further specimens having been seen. 



Mr. Dobson exhibited specimens of Agriopis aprilina, L.^ 

 and a short discussion ensued as to the reason of the green 

 colour in this species fading so quickly when compared with 

 the green colour of Moma orion, Esp., and Geometra papilion- 

 aria, L. 



Mr. G. Skinner exhibited a specimen of the Black Rat (Mus 

 rattus, L.), which he stated was one of four recently taken at 

 Price's Candle Factory, Battersea. With reference to this now 

 very rare species of rat, Mr. Carrington contributed observa- 

 tions, and Mr. T. W. Hall stated he had seen one alive in 

 Cannon Street at the end of last year. 



Mr. Tutt contributed remarks on the reputed captures of 

 Acidalia strigaria, Hb., in Kent, and suggested that they 

 might have been small specimens of A. reimitaria, Hb., as two 

 years since, at Chattenden, he had taken about forty, of what 

 he in the dusk thought were A. snbsericeata, Haw., but which 

 on examination proved to be small specimens o{ A. reimitaria,. 

 the curious fact being that there was not one full-sized 

 specimen among the forty captured. 



JANUARY 26th, 1888. 

 T. R. BiLLUPS, Esq., F.E.S., President, in the Chair. 



Mr. Tugwell exhibited Welsh and German specimens of 

 Xylina fiircifera, Hufn.,and referred to the difference between 

 the latter and the British representative of the species. The 

 Llantrissant insect was, he said, much darker in colour, being 

 a deep violet, inclining to blackish, whilst the European 

 specimens were a dull violet grey, with a warm reddish tone 

 in the stigmata, particularly in the reniform. The tone of 

 coloration is the principal difference between the two forms, 

 the European being, as a whole, a paler and duller insect. 



Mr. Tutt exhibited, on behalf of Mr. Alderson of Farnboro', 

 Kent, the following varieties : — 



Aplecta tincta, Brahm., with the ordinary markings of a deep 

 purple colour. Phigalia pedaria, Fb., with the basal half 



