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fuscous type, and ab. cohesa,; Hadena protea, of a pale 
yellowish-green hue; Agvodzs cxclamationis, ab. pecea ; Xylo- 
phastia hepatica, ab. characterea , Miselia oxyacanthe, ab. 
capucina ; and Hadena thalassina of the type-form, the latter 
being rather rare compared with the more uniformly 
coloured forms in the south of England. 
Mr. Moore exhibited a specimen of Exodia portlandica 
from North America, and stated that Zyperanthus, which was 
usually placed in Apznephele, had recently been referred to 
Enodza, but he was of opinion that the European species 
was not congeneric with the American portlandica. 
Mr. Perks exhibited specimens of the fungus T7helephora 
laciniata, from Shirley. 
Mr. Robert Adkin exhibited a variety of Argyunzs selene 
from Sutherlandshire, in which the ground colour was dull 
and slightly greenish in shade, and the marginal spots 
unusually large and pale. It agreed closely with a not 
uncommon form of A. aglaza, but he had not previously seen 
this phase of variation in A. ‘selene. 
Mr. Merrifield exhibited a very large number of specimens 
which he had bred under extremes of temperature in illus- 
tration of his paper entitled ‘‘ Recent Examples of the 
Effect on Lepidoptera of Extreme Temperatures applied in 
the Pupal Stage ” (ante, p. 69). 
NOVEMBER utth, 1807. 
Mr. R. Adkin, F.E.S., Pveszdent, in the Chair. 
Mr. Tutt exhibited a number of cases of Psychid@ taken 
by Messrs. Edwards, Tunaley, and himself in the forest of 
Fontainbleau during Jubilee week. (1) Psyche unicolor 
graminella), a male and three female cases, together with a 
larva-like female ; (2) Epzchnopteryx bombycella, with a larva- 
like female. From apparently an old case of this species 
had emerged a larva of a Coleopteron, which was still alive, 
feeding on the paper of a pili-box; (3) Psyche opacella, with 
erub-like females; and (4) /umea nitidella (intermediella), 
with a male which had emerged after they were brought 
home. 
Mr. Filer exhibited a long series of Mouagria arundinis 
(typhe) bred by Mr. Dennis and himself from pup taken at 
Shiere, in Surrey. Many of the forms were beautifully 
speckled and mottled. 
Mr. Bishop exhibited two specimens a Vanessa (Aglats) 
urtic@, in one of which the two central spots were very large, 
