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remarked that he once took a similar specimen at Folke- 

 stone. 



Mr. Oldham exhibited Larentia didyrnata, L., Carsia paht- 

 data, Thnb., Celcena haworthii. Curt., and Miana literosa, 

 Haw., from Carrington Moss, Cheshire, which he stated 

 would soon be a thing of the past, as there was an intention 

 to cultivate it, 



• Mr. R. Adkin exhibited examples of Boarmia abietaria, 

 Hb., from Boxhill and the New Forest ; with regard to the 

 latter, he remarked that the larvae from which they were bred 

 were beaten from Scotch fir {Piniis sylvestris, L.) ; they, how- 

 ever, did not thrive upon it in confinement, but took readily 



to birch {Betida) when given to them, and ultimately fed up 



entirely upon it. 



Mr. Frohawk exhibited Calopteryx virgo, L,, light and dark 

 forms of the male, from the New Forest ; and also C. 



splendens, Harr. (male and female), from Ipswich. 



Mr. T. R. Billups exhibited a living example of the mole 



cricket [Gryllotalpa vtdgaris, Latr.), and read notes relative 



thereto. 



Mr. A. E. Cook exhibited two specimens of the mole 



{Talpa eiLrop(Ba, L.), from Essex, one of them being an 



albino. 



Mr. Cooper remarked that he once found an albino variety 



of the mole in Finsbury Park ; and the variety seemed to be 



fairly plentiful in Norfolk, as during the last two years he 



had several offered to him from that county. 



Mr. C. A. Briggs exhibited an example of Coregonus 



oxyrhynchus, L., a fish occasionally taken in English tidal 



waters, and in the same genus as the British Pollan {^C. pollan, 



Thompson) and the Vendace {C. vaitdesms, Richardson). 



OCTOBER 2\th, 1889, 

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



Messrs. W. Mansbridge, V. Gerrard, C. H. Ceilings, H. C. 

 Pickard-Cambridge, J. T. Winkworth, C. J. Wainwright, 

 and A. Ford were elected members. 



Mr. Freinlin exhibited a specimen of Vanessa antiopa, L., 

 taken near Maidstone on the 12th instant, and remarked that 



