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Cidaria silaceata.—Some of the Chinese specimens were 
larger and others smaller than the European examples. 
Cidaria corylata.—The Eastern Asia specimens hardly 
differed at all from the European. 
Cidaria picata.—Some of the Chinese specimens were 
somewhat larger and more yellow in the ground colour than 
those from Europe. 
Melanippe procellatan—In most of the examples from 
Eastern Asia the ground colour was suffused with fuliginous 
to a greater or lesser extent; and some of them were larger 
than European specimens. 
Mr. Lucas exhibited specimens of an exotic species of 
earwig (Antsolabis annulipes, Luc.), and contributed the 
following note :—‘‘ In 1894 Mr. Swale discovered a colony 
of this earwig in a bakehouse in Tavistock, and it was still 
in) existence there at) the end of .1896;) but. in smaller 
numbers. This continued to be the only recorded locality 
in Britain; but on Tuesday last I received a couple of living 
specimens of the same insect, which I exhibit, from Kew 
Gardens. It will be noticed that they have neither wings 
nor wing-cases. One, which I fancy is more adult than the 
other, has the distinctly ringed femora which give it the 
specific name. The two white joints near the tip of the 
antenne are also good distinguishing marks, as far as 
British earwigs are concerned. The dark rings on the legs 
are not quite constant.”’ 
Mr. Robert Adkin exhibited light and so-called red forms 
of Tenmocampa gracilis from Rannoch and the New Forest, 
and called attention to the very different tone of coloration 
in the two series. He pointed out that whereas the light 
forms from the New Forest are of a decided pale grey tone, 
those from Rannoch are of a pale reddish yellow. Of the 
darker examples, those from Rannoch are of a similar colour 
to the light forms, but of a much darker shade, while in the 
New Forest specimens the grey colour is almost completely 
overcome by the deep red tone. 
Mr. J. W. Tutt read a paper entitled ‘‘Some Considera- 
tions of Natural Genera, and Incidental References to the 
Nature of Species” (ante, p. 20). 
APRIL 22nd, 1897. 
Mr. R. ADKIN, President, in the Chair. 
Mr. Malcolm Burr, Bellagio, East Grinstead, Sussex, was 
elected a member. 
