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same species, evidently by its actions mistaking the specimen 

 exhibited for a female. 



Mr. South did not suppose the specimen was anything but 

 a male, the males of the blues and many other species 

 frequently toyed together in the way mentioned by Mr. 

 Weir. Mr. Tutt stated he had frequently taken this variety 

 at Deal ; on one occasion he obtained fourteen or fifteen 

 examples of it. Mr. Weir referred to the invariability of the 

 species round Lewes, as compared with the said extreme 

 variability at Deal. Mr. South added that for four years he 

 visited the Isle of Wight, and never failed to examine large 

 numbers of the species now referred to, and had only once 

 found anything approaching the variety shown this evening. 

 Mr. Carrington was of opinion that some allowance should be 

 made for the difference in the geological formation of the 

 localities now referred to. 



Mr. Dobson exhibited Notodonta chaonia, Hb., bred from 

 pupae obtained in the New Forest in 1888, when it was very 

 plentiful ; from the small number of imagines taken this year, 

 he was of opinion that the pupae were standing over. 



Mr. Carrington observed, that it was not at all uncommon, 

 for members of this group to remain in pupae for more than 

 one season. 



Mr. A. Robinson exhibited a pink example of Miana 

 strigilis, Clerck., from Monkswood. Mr. R. South remarked 

 that a very large pink form of this species occurred in N. Devon, 

 which might at first glance be taken for M. literosa, Haw. 



Mr. Jager exhibited preserved larvae of Calliinorpha hera 

 L., from Devonshire parents. 



Mr. W. West (Greenwich) exhibited Colyinbetes notatus, 

 Berg., Cercyon aqiiaticus, Mull., and Heterocerus obsoletus. Curt., 

 taken on the Salt Marshes, Milton, near Gravesend, Kent. 



Mr. Rice exhibited eggs of the Red Legged Partridge 

 {Caccabis rufa, L.); nest and eggs of the Wood Pigeon 

 {Cohunba palinnbus, L.) ; and eggs of Nightjar {Capriniulgiis 

 europcBus, L.), the last from the Leith Hill district. 



The Secretary, on behalf of Mr. T. D. A. Cockerell, 

 exhibited a coloured sketch of a Thomisid spider on the 

 flower of Ligiisticiini viontanimi, found in Custer Co., 

 Colorado ; and read the following note : — 



