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Mr. Jenner Weir expressed an' opinion that the specimens 

 were more defined in colour than English specimens. 



Mr. J. A. Cooper exhibited very dark specimens of 

 Bryophtla perla, Fb., from Folkestone, taken by Mr. Austin ; 

 it was pointed out that these suffused specimens varied much 

 in size. 



Mr. J. H. Carpenter exhibited a specimen of Argynnis 

 paphia, L., the right inferior wing being almost colourless ; a 

 male specimen oi A, aglaia, L., with the spots on the under 

 surface blending ; also a series of Epinephele hyperanthes, 

 L., from the New Forest, showing considerable variation, 



Mr. C. Fenn exhibited a specimen of the var. latioranUy 

 Wilk., of Tortrix costana, Fb.. Eupithecia satyrata, Hb., var. 

 curzoni, Greg. ; Scoparia ambigualis, Tr., from various localities ; 

 and also Tortrix viburnana, Fb., from Darlington, and T.palle- 

 ana, Hb., var. icterana, Frol., from Folkestone, with the ordinary 

 form from St. Margaret's Bay ; and remarked that he had 

 every reason to believe they were all one species, the shape 

 of the wings being identical. 



Mr. South mentioned that there were certainly two forms 

 of icterana, one which occurred inland in meadows and the 

 other on the coast ; the inland one was certainly greyer than 

 the coast form, but there was no doubt the larvae were identical ; 

 he had bred it from golden-rod, and there could be no doubt 

 that it was a general feeder. 



Mr. Tutt said that anyone working the marshes round 

 Shoeburyness obtained specimens which were closely allied 

 in the males to the females obtained at Folkestone ; but the 

 females at Shoeburyness were much better marked, and he 

 had a specimen of the female with a band right across the 

 wings ; he was clearly of opinion that icterana was nothing 

 more nor less than a form of viburnana. 



Mr. A. J. Croker exhibited Ditiila hartmanniana, L., from 

 the banks of the river Lea. Mr. Fenn remarked that the 

 species occurred on the trunks of willow trees all round 

 London. 



Mr. C. Oldham exhibited a light specimen of Polyommattis 

 phlceas, L., a dark form of Argynnis euphrosyne, L., and 

 Hesperia lineola, Ochs,, from the fens in Huntingdonshire. 



Mr. T. D. A. Cockerell exhibited three species of Cetonia 

 from Syria, viz., C. opaca, Fb., C. floricola, var. ignicollis 

 (Dej.), Gory and Peach, and C. impavida, Janson. With 

 , reference to the last-named species, Mr. Cockerell stated 

 that the specimens appeared to be specifically identical with 

 this Indian species, as they appeared to agree in all essential 



