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OCTOBER 2Sth, 1888. 



J. T. Carrington, Esq., F.L.S., Vice-President, in the Chair. 



Mr. E. A. Atmore was elected a member. 



Mr. C. A. Briggs exhibited Gnophos obscuraria, Hb., the 

 ordinary form and a particularly fine series of the banded 

 form from Folkestone, the pale form from Lewes, the dark 

 form from the New Forest, and a similar form from Ascot. 



Mr. Wellman, on behalf of Mr. A. E. Hall, exhibited a 

 number of Lyccena icarus, Rott., taken in a field near Edlington 

 Wood, Doncaster, in July ; the female specimens were very 

 striking in colour, some being almost as blue as the males, 

 and the others being of various shades between these and the 

 ordinary form. 



Mr. O. C. Goldthwaite exhibited a specimen of Triphcena 

 orbo?ia, Hufn., and white spotted forms oi Argynnis paphia, 

 L., from the New Forest. 



Mr. C. Oldham exhibited a variety of ChcEVocampa porcellus, 

 L., from Epping Forest, which had the pink blotches along 

 the costal margin of the fore wings narrower and of a much 

 lighter shade than the type ; whilst the broad outer margins 

 were somewhat indistinct. 



Mr. Tutt, on behalf of Mr. P. Russ of Sligo, exhibited 

 Agrotis tritici, L., showing a good deal of variation ; A. 

 cursoria, Bork., showing variation, from type to specimens 

 with a distinct dark spot in the centre of the wing ; and var. 

 sagitta, Hb., with intermediate forms. Epiinda hitulenta, Bork., 

 showing two very characteristic phases of variation, one of a 

 fine steely grey colour covered with white scales, with a 

 distinct band, black in ground colour, with the hind wings 

 white ; the ? 's of this variety are especially dark, the 

 anterior and posterior wings being equally black. Mr. Tutt 

 remarked that the pale Continental form did not appear to 

 occur in Britain, but that the palest as well as the darkest of 

 our specimens were named varieties on the Continent ; v. sedi, 

 Gn., and v. luneburgensis, Err., being the best known forms. 



Mr. Oldham exhibited several specimens of Calosoma 

 inquisitor, L., which he stated were all taken from one birch 

 tree in Epping Forest. 



