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uniformly tinted as are the southern examples of this 
species. 
Mr. Tutt exhibited specimens of Phigalia pedaria taken 
near Bradford by Mr. Butterfield. This gentleman had 
informed him that this year he had found a much larger 
percentage of dark forms than in any previous year, and 
attributed the variation to the scarcity of food brought 
about by the vast numbers of spring larve of all kinds. It 
was noted that the specimens were poorly scaled besides 
being small. Mr. Butterfield had reported that the largest 
of the dark specimens only just reached the size of the 
smallest of the typical forms taken at the same time. Mr. 
Adkin suggested that the species might possibly have 
developed a tendency towards a black form, and that this 
was favoured by want of food. 
Mr. Mansbridge remarked that these specimens were not 
so dark as those he had taken and seen from the West 
Riding; in fact, the black was of a different kind. He 
agreed that the scales were less dense, and that the speci- 
mens had a more or less starved appearance, and suggested 
that they seemed to correspond with those individuals taken 
by Colonel Partridge in Epping Forest. 
Mr. Tutt reported that the particular wood which Mrs. 
Bazett had asserted did not produce Tephrosia crepuscularia 
had done so this year. Mr. Clarke had taken the species 
there, and so confirmed the statement made by Mr. 
intenderson) im “October last. “Whe nev. es arbat ana 
specimens of the same species from woods close to Reading ; 
they were of a somewhat dark form, and this year for the 
first time he had taken a form similar to the Reading one 
near Weybridge. 
Mr. Turner exhibited larvee of Cleora lichenaria taken by 
Mr. Edwards and himself at Forest Row, Sussex. They 
bore a wonderful resemblance to the lichen upon which they 
fed, and it was most difficult to find them. They appeared 
to like the sunshine although perfectly still during the day, 
but at night when they were feeding and moving about they 
would no doubt be much easier to find. Mr. Adkin said 
that the bishop’s fence at Addington was an old and well- 
known locality for the species near London, but he believed 
that it was now extinct there. 
Mr. Carpenter reported that he had taken Teniocampa 
stabilis on February 26th, Amphidasys strataria (prodromaria) 
on March 2oth, both at Sutton, and had also found Pieris 
napt out on March 23rd at Dorking. Mr. Turner had bred 
