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of Ireland, Perthshire, and Pembrokeshire ; and of the 

 adornatella form from Box Hill, Reading, Folkestone, he 

 thought from Norfolk and many other localities, mostly on 

 the chalk. Mr. Nelson M. Richardson had now discovered 

 both forms occurring together, in the Isle of Portland, with 

 intermediate variations ; there could therefore no longer be 

 any doubt that both forms were referable to one species, the 

 correct name of which would be diliLtella, Steph. 



Mr. South said that he used to find and breed adornatella 

 in North Devon. When he came to London he found sub- 

 ornatella going the rounds, he compared his specimens with 

 some of these, and was under the impression that they were 

 identical ; his attention was called to the white fascia, and he 

 found that several of his specimens of adornatella had indica- 

 tions of this. In 1882 he was again in North Devon, and 

 caught the species in numbers, and among them were speci- 

 ment with the white fascia fully developed ; he was very 

 pleased to find that authors were agreed that sicbornatella was 

 only a form of adornatella. 



Mr. Tutt stated that at Cuxton, Kent, he had obtained 

 every possible variety, some with the perfect white fascia, in 

 others it was entirely wanting ; he had never been able to 

 separate the two forms, and had no doubt that Mr. Barrett 

 was right in putting the two together. 



Mr. Barrett pointed out that the females were nearly 

 always darker ; and Mr. Adkin remarked that most members 

 who had collected at Box Hill, would remember that both 

 forms occurred there ; but there was some distance in time 

 between the appearance of those having the white fascia and 

 those without it ; this had been thought to be one reason for 

 considering the two distinct, Mr. Barrett's remark probably 

 solved this difficulty. 



Mr. W. H. Tugwell exhibited Spilosonia lubricipeda, Esp., 

 from York, and remarked on its variation, expressing an 

 opinion that few other places in England produced the form 

 of variation which he exhibited. A few of the extreme West 

 of Cornwall specimens showed a tendency to this type, but 

 not so pronounced as those from York. 



Mr. Tutt exhibited photos of varieties of Arctia caia, L., A. 

 villica, L., Spilosoma lubricipeda, Esp., and Abraxas grossu- 

 lariata, L., taken from the collection of M. Oberthur, Rennes. 



Mr. H. Moore exhibited a collection of Lepidoptera and 

 Coleoptera from the coast of Labrador. 



Mr. Jenner Weir called attention to several of the Lepidop- 

 tera, among them being a specimen o[ Polyonnnatus phlceas, L., 

 a species he would not have expected to occur at Labrador. 



