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huoliana ; from July 25 to August 3 d\\ pinicolana, with the 

 exception of one buoliana bred on July 27. 



With regard to the position in the twig on which they 

 respectively fed, there was very little doubt that buoliana fed 

 in the soft wood of the young shoots, 'wher&diS pinicolana was 

 seldom if ever found in any except the leading shoots. 



Mr. W. Manger exhibited a box of Coleoptera from Aus- 

 tralia. 



JANUARY 22nd, 1 891. 



ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING. 

 W. H. TUGWELL, Esq., Ph.C, Vice-President, in the Chair. 



Mr. J. C. Dacie was elected a member. 



Mr. Billups exhibited Sericomyia borealis, Fin., and the 

 rarer species 6". lappona, L., Chilosa cBstracea, L., Arctophila 

 mussitans, F., Eristalis intricarius, L., and Volucella boniby- 

 lans, L., with very dark varieties of the same species, all 

 taken in Aberdeenshire last season. 



Mr. A. J. Short exhibited two pale forms oi Polyommatus 

 phlcEas, L., approaching var. schmidtii, Gerh. 



Mr. J. A. Clark exhibited a variety o( Arctia caia, L., the 

 white markings in the superior wings being replaced by brown. 



Mr. South exhibited three specimens of a Miana, which he 

 said he considered to be new ; they, with others, were taken 

 with a long series of Miana strigilis, Clerck, in North Devon, 

 and at the time he considered them to be merely forms of 

 that species. Owing to the suggestion that strigilis and 

 fasciuncula, Haw., were forms of one species, he had been led 

 to examine his series of these two insects more closely, with 

 the result that he was quite satisfied that strigilis was distinct 

 from fasciuncula. With regard, however, to the three speci- 

 mens now exhibited, after a careful and minute examination, 

 he found the specimens were neither referable to strigilis or 

 fasciuncula, nor could they be considered as intermediate 

 forms, and he was inclined to think they were a distinct 

 species which had hitherto been overlooked. 



Mr. Tugwell thought that an examination of a larger 

 number of specimens would be necessary before coming to a 

 conclusion as to whether the specimens in question could be 

 considered as belonging to a new species, or as only divergent 

 forms of M. strigilis. 



Mr. Tutt exhibited the specimens of Miana which he had 

 received from Armagh, and which he considered intermediate 

 between strigilis and fasciuncula, and stated that in his collec- 

 tion he had a series of the two, comprising some 250 speci- 



