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the structure of the flower, and the method by which cross 

 fertilization was ensured ; also the Greater Knapweed {Cen- 

 taurea scabiosa, L.), both species from Surrey. 



Mr. Carrington said that he thought the colour of the 

 Campanula flowers was much lighter than was usual with the 

 species, he had noticed that at Dorking, in Essex and Kent, 

 the flowers were much lighter ; in one locality near Gravesend 

 they were almost white. EiipitJiecia campaniilata, H.-S., could 

 be obtained by gathering the bells, and placing them in a 

 band-box. It was almost hopeless to find the larvae in the 

 daytime, but at night they were very easily seen. On the 

 Knapweed, C. scabiosa, as also on Scabiosa arvensis, L., 

 imagines of Eremobia ochroleuca, Esp., could be taken sitting 

 on and just under the flower head. At Southend, Essex, he 

 found that in the gardens a dark form of knapweed was 

 cultivated ; he could not say whether it was a distinct species 

 or only a variety of C. scabiosa. 



Mr. J. Jenner Weir agreed that the specimens of Cam- 

 panula were much paler in colour than was usual. 



Mr. Carrington mentioned that some time ago there was 

 considerable discussion relative to the non-appearance of a 

 second brood of Lyccena argiolus, L., in the New Forest, and 

 it was suggested that this was attributable to the absence of 

 ivy ; having this in his mind, he had paid special attention to 

 the point during a recent stay in the Forest, and he found 

 there was a considerable quantity of ivy, on the road from 

 Brockenhurst to Lyndhurst, and on the road from Lyndhurst 

 to Lyndhurst Road Station. On the road from Lyndhurst 

 to Stony Cross there was an enormous quantity of both ivy 

 and holly. Mr. Charles Gulliver had also told him that he 

 took the second brood of Z. argiohis. 



Mr. Hawes added that in 1885 during the month of August, 

 while walking towards Beaulieu, he, in twenty minutes, saw 

 twenty-four species of butterflies, and he also took six fresh 

 specimens of L. argiohis. 



Mr. Jenner Weir said these statements were quite different 

 from what the Gullivers had told him, Charles, George and 

 Thomas Gulliver had always told him that they never met 

 with a single specimen of the species in the autumn, and he 

 came to the conclusion that the species m.ight in the Forest 

 be single-brooded. In addition he had been to the Forest 

 during the autumn for many years, and had never met with 

 a single example of a second brood ; and although he had 

 offered to pay the Gullivers for examples of an autumnal 

 brood, they had never been able to obtain specimens for him. 



