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it was found that they had all, with the exception of three, 
disappeared. 
Mr. South exhibited a series of Amphidasys strataria 
(prodromaria), and stated that the larvae from which they 
resulted were very large, while the imagines were excep- 
tionally small. He asked if any suggestion as to the cause 
of this could be offered. He also exhibited a specimen of 
Carpocapsa saltitans bred from the now well-known jumping 
seeds of a Mexican species of Euphorbia. 
Mr. Auld exhibited a series of Boarmia cinctaria taken this 
year in the New Forest, showing the whole range of variation 
usually observed in the species from that locality. 
Fig. 1.—Portion of partially denuded wing of Pseudopontia paradoxa. 
x 150 diameters. 
Mr. H. Moore exhibited specimens of the rare insect 
Pseudopontia paradoxa, with drawings showing its venation, 
scales, and the method of arrangement of the scales on the 
wing membrane, and contributed the following note: 
“Some time ago I acquired a small lot of Lepidoptera in 
papers from Mombasa, East Africa. Amongst them were 
several specimens of a species which puzzled me, and it 
was not until recently looking over Kirby’s ‘ Butterflies,’ 
