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Hawes first called his attention to the species, he at once 

 went through a long series of H. thaumas, taken by himself 

 in 1889 at a locality nearly twenty miles from where Mr. 

 Hawes obtained his, and he had found three of the new species 

 among them. There was but little doubt, therefore, that the 

 species was of general occurrence, but had been overlooked 

 owing to the close resemblance between the two species. It 

 would appear from Mr. Hawes' observations that H. lineola 

 was a little later in appearance than H. thaumas, as the 

 majority of the latter species were worn when the former 

 was beginning to emerge. The new species was found 

 throughout Northern Asia, Europe, and the Mediterranean 

 district. 



Mr. R. Adkin exhibited a variable series of Hybernia 

 defolmria, Clerck., and a series of Nepticula fulgens, the latter 

 received from Mr. Vine, of Brighton. 



Mr. South exhibited specimens of Peronea sponsana, Fb., 

 taken at Haslemere, which were of the same form as those 

 exhibited by Mr. Adkin at the previous meeting. They were, 

 however, not quite. so strongly marked as the majority of Mr. 

 Adkin's, which were from the New Forest. Mr. South re- 

 marked that according to Mr. Wilkinson, var. reticidana, 

 Haw., differed from the type in having the primaries faintly 

 reticulated, var. tristana, Haw., was smaller, but otherwise 

 similar to the type, while var. lividana of Treitsche was 

 unicolorous. 



Mr. Legros exhibited skulls of several of the smaller 

 mammalia. 



Mr. Carrington exhibited several small branches of the 

 sallow in full bloom, which, he stated, were gathered at 

 Bournemouth from a tree growing in the open air. Several 

 members contributed the result of their observations on the 

 forwardness of different species of plants owing to the ab- 

 normal mildness of the weather. 



The Secretary read a letter from Mr. F. E. Strong, who, 

 writing from Melbourne on the 14th November last, stated 

 that about three weeks prior to the date of his letter, Williams- 

 town was invaded by a vast swarm of moths, which came into 

 the houses and churches, and the sea was literally covered 

 with their dead bodies. When these were washed up by the 

 waves they formed a long line, over a mile in length, 

 averaging about a foot in breadth and about four inches 

 deep. They appeared to be all of one species. The matter 

 had been discussed in the Melbourne papers, but without any 

 satisfactory explanation being arrived at. 



