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Mr. R. Adkin exhibited living examples of the Warty 

 Newt {Molge cristata, Bell & Cooke) and the Smooth Newt 

 {M. vulgaris, L.), and said that he had heard a difficulty had 

 been found by some members in distinguishing between the 

 two species ; but in reality they were most easily separable, 

 especially during the breeding season — the time when they 

 were most frequently met with — when the males of both 

 species were strongly crested ; in cristata the crest was much 

 toothed, and the colour of the belly deep orange, spotted with 

 black ; whereas in vulgaris, the crest was festooned, and the 

 colour of the belly pale orange, spotted with black. 



Mr. Carrington stated that four specimens of the sand- 

 grouse {Syrrhaptes paradoxus , Pall.), had been seen in North 

 Scotland, and were probably survivors of those seen a couple 

 of years ago ; when seen they were in pairs. 



Mr. Carrington exhibited and read notes upon Terrestrial 

 Mollusca found near Toulon, France. 



MAY I4ik, 1891. 



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



Messrs. H. Rowland-Brown, B.A., F,E.S., G. Bird, F.E.S., 

 F. E. Filer, G. W. Ruffle, A. E. Dewey and A. C. Forrester 

 were elected members. 



Mr. C. Fenn exhibited a moorland form of a Tortrix, and 

 Mr. C. G. Barrett expressed an opinion that it was T. 

 cost ana, Fb. 



Mr. Tugwell exhibited bred Lobophora viretata, Hb., and 

 remarked that all the brood were of the beautiful green type ; 

 those exhibited at a former meeting being all more or less 

 yellowish in tone of colour. 



Mr. Tugwell exhibited, on behalf of Mr. Collins, of 

 Warrington, an extremely dark specimen of Aplecta nebulosa, 

 Hufn. ; dark form of Acronycta rumicis var. salicis, Curt. ; 

 and a variety oi Leucania lithargyria, Esp., with almost white 

 under-wings, having a strongly marked dark band. 



Mr. Tugwell also exhibited, on behalf of Mr. J. E. Robson, 

 a box of lepidoptera, containing, amongst others, varieties of 

 the under side of Lyc(E7ia icarus, Rott., L. astrarrhe, Bgstr., 

 showing the full range of this species, L. astrarche var. 

 cBstiva, Std., var. salinacis, Stephens, var. artaxerxes, Fab., 

 all from Castle Eden Dene, Ccsnonympha pamphilus, L., var. 

 albescens, vars. of C. typhon, Rott., and Abraxas ubnata, 

 showing extreme variations. 



Mr. J. Jager exhibited living larvae of Callimorpha hera, 



