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larvae feeds three years inside the stem of alder, and always 

 near the ground. 



Mr. Oldham exhibited a light form of Argynms euphrosyne, 

 L., a yellow variety of Pieris rupee, L., and a dark variety of 

 P. napi, L. Mr. Carrington asked Mr. Oldham if he had 

 noticed when taking varieties whether they were being 

 mobbed, it being recorded that varieties were mobbed, and 

 hence the specimens captured were often in a very weathered 

 condition. Mr. Oldham replied that when taking the speci- 

 mens exhibited, no other insects were near them. Mr. 

 C. G. Barrett stated that he had never seen varieties mobbed, 

 but that gynandromorphous specimens were said sometimes 

 to attract the attention of numbers of their own species. 



Mr. R. Adkin exhibited larvae of Euclidia glyphica, L., 

 reared upon white clover, from ova obtained from a moth 

 taken by Mr. J. T. Carrington at Eynesford in May last. 



Mr. R. Adkin also exhibited, on behalf of Mr. E. Sabine of 

 Erith, a series of Lyccena icarus, Rott, collected at Snodland 

 during the spring of this year, and showing great variation. 

 Among the males were included specimens closely approaching 

 the colour of L. bellargus, Rott., and one in which the black 

 marginal dots extended into the fringes. Var. icarinus, 

 Scriba., was well represented. Among the undersides, one 

 specimen in colour and size of ocelli resembled L. bellargus ; 

 another was of a smoky grey colour, the white rings of the 

 ocelli being absent; while in a third the spots in the primaries 

 were elongated into black streaks, and those of the secondaries 

 were partially so distorted. Among the females were many 

 very blue forms, some of them being also strongly splashed 

 and streaked, and in two of the undersides the basal spots 

 were absent ; these also showed considerable variation of 

 ground colour. 



Mr. Billups exhibited specimens of both sexes of Pimpla 

 gravenJiorstii, Tasch., and Anomalon cerinops, Gr., bred by 

 Mr. Adkin from Psodos coracina, Esp., the larvas being from 

 Rannoch ; also the very handsome Dipteron Cynoniyia mor- 

 iuorum, L., taken by himself at Oxshot on the 7th inst. 



The Rev. J. W. Horsley exhibited, and remarked on, a 

 splendid series of land shells, chiefly those of Helix neniorahs, 

 L., and H. hortensis, Mull., in almost every possible variety 

 of banding and colouring. He had made a list of 89 band 

 varieties. He also exhibited specimens of Helix elegans, 

 from Dover, and stated that it only occurred in one or two 

 extremely restricted spots, to which it had doubtless been 

 introduced either by accident or intentionally ; probably the 



