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of Miss Miller, of Chelmsford, he exhibited a specimen of 
Acronycta rumicis, having a distinct red tinge on the sub- 
marginal area of the wings, some portions of the body being 
similarly tinted. 
Mr. Harry Moore exhibited specimens of Lepidoptera 
taken in France, and contributed the following note: 
‘‘T exhibit to-night a portion of the Lepidoptera collected 
in France last August while on a cycling tour. The weather 
was very indifferent; the mornings were usually fine but 
windy, followed by dull afternoons with anything in the 
way of rain, from a few drops to a continuous downpour of. 
eighteen hours’ duration. The chances for collecting were 
few and far between, and cycling was more often a matter 
of exercise than what one can conscientiously term pleasure. 
“‘ My route briefly was as follows :—I trained to Paris, and 
then a little way beyond, to escape the well-known and 
execrated pavé. From Melun I rode practically through 
the whole length of the Forest of Fontainebleau to Nemours. 
From thence to Nevers, Moulins, La Palisse, and Lyons, 
then on to Voiron and La Grande Chartreuse, back to Les 
Echelles and the Gorge de Chaille, and then on to Cham- 
béry, and from there back to Paris by train. If it had not 
been for a little favourable weather when near La Charité 
and Moulins, and again in the neighbourhood of the Char- 
treuse, my trip would have been an entomological failure. 
Upon no occasion was the sunshine of sufficient duration to 
entice the better sort of insects out in anything like profu- 
sion, and with the exception of Epinephele zanzra generally 
and Erebia ethiops and E. neortdas locally, most of the 
species recognised as common were far from numerous. 
Nor was there much apparent in the way of variation ; a 
blue female of Lycena corydon, was taken, but proved to be 
too much damaged to be of any use, and amongst the 
crowds of #. zanzra noted, the pale specimen exhibited was 
the only one at all conspicuous.” 
Mr. Bristowe exhibited a small collection of Lepidoptera 
from Japan, from which country he had recently returned. 
Mr. R. Adkin exhibited an asymmetrical specimen of 
Arctia caia,in which the left fore and hind wings were much 
suffused with the dark brown colour, the right wings being 
normal. The specimen was one of a second brood, and 
emerged from pupa in October last. 
Mr. Harrison, F.C.S., exhibited a large number of lantern 
slides illustrating ‘‘ Birds, their Haunts and Nests,” and gave 
explanatory notes. 
