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Mousa, the first, he believed, that had been bred from that 
island, were all of the darker forms, and showed no special 
variation from those from Cunningsburgh. 
Mr. Adkin also exhibited, on behalf of Mr. W. F. de Kane, 
a Larentia taken by that gentleman in co. Antrim, Ireland; 
also examples of L. cesiata and L. flavicinctata from various 
localities for comparison. Mr. Adkin said that he had no 
hesitation in referring the Antrim specimens to L. flavicinc- 
tata, thus agreeing with the opinion expressed by Mr. Kane 
as to its identity, and that the capture was interesting as, he 
believed, it was the first authentic record of this local species 
from Ireland. 
Mr. Tutt exhibited, on behalf of Mr. Dutton, a very fine 
variable series of Abraxas sylvata (ulmata,, and stated that 
this species was, as a rule, not prone to show any very great 
aberration. The present series was a most remarkable one. 
Many of the specimens were much clouded or smoky, and 
some might be termed melanic. There was an unusually 
strong tendency to asymmetry; in some cases one wing was 
aberrant, while the remaining three were normal. Mr. Dutton 
had suggested that much of the variation was due to bad 
scaling, and stated that he found the greatest difficulty in 
setting the specimens owing to the crumpling of the wings 
from improper development. He thought that the aberrations 
were more or less the result of malnutrition. 
Mr. Burr exhibited a specimen of Phyllocrania tlludens, 
Sss. and Z., a mantis from Madagascar, with the leaves 
with which it is found. It is an extraordinary example of 
adaptation to surroundings, being very difficult to find, even 
when attention is called to it inasmall box. The insect and 
the leaves were collected in Madagascar by Herr Sikora. 
Mr. Turner exhibited specimens of a large and beautiful 
species of hawk-fly, Aszlus crabroniformis, taken at Seaton, 
in South Devon, and also a series of the local Hemipteron, 
Enoplops scapha, captured on the leaves of coltsfoot over a 
very limited area on the cliffs in the same locality. 
Mr. Perks exhibited a very prettily decorated nest of the 
long-tailed tit (Parus caudatus). Mr. Winkley remarked upon 
the numbers of this species which had been seen migrating. 
Mr. Carrington referred to the fact of the double migration 
of many species of birds, those representatives of a species 
which had nested in Scandinavia coming over here to winter, 
while the representatives of the same species which had 
nested here spent the winter in Spain and North Africa. 
Mr. Tutt referred to the very complicated nature of migration, 
