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scarcely, if at all, to be distinguished from P. cardui, L. ; the 

 female, on the other hand, resembled a faded P. atalanta, L. 



Mr. J. H. Carpenter exhibited a very finely marked variety 

 of Epinephek hyperanthes, L. (male), the spots on the under- 

 side being unusually large and much elongated, also strongly 

 shown on upper side. Also a bred series of Melitcea athalia, 

 Rott., very varied in markings, reared from larvae taken in 

 Essex. 



Mr, C. Fenn exhibited a female specimen of Odonestis 

 potatot'ia^ L., with unusually dark coloration, from Deal. 



Mr. W. West and Mr. C. H. Watson exhibited bred 

 examples oi Apmnea ophiograninia,l£.s'p.; the latter gentleman 

 also showing bred series of Ocneria dispar, L. Mr. Carrington 

 stated that many years ago the larvae were discovered in the 

 nursery of Messrs. Backhouse of York, feeding on imported 

 whitethorn. Mr. J. Jenner Weir remarked that the species 

 was a growing evil in America, and steps were being taken to 

 prevent its increase. 



Mr. C, A. Briggs exhibited HeliotJiis peltigera, Schiff., two 

 dark varieties from Devon, one pale from Tuddenham, 

 Norfolk, and another from Folkestone, and asked whether 

 both forms had ever been taken together. 



Mr. Herbert Williams exhibited a gynandromorphous 

 specimen of Pieris rapce, L., taken by him at Box Hill, 

 Surrey. 



Mr. F. Hawes exhibited living larvae of SyricJithus lualvcB, 

 L., and Nisoniades tages, L. 



Mr. Frohawk exhibited bleached examples of Epinephek 

 ianira, L. Mr. Carrington said that he questioned very 

 much whether this form arose from artificial causes ; he was 

 inclined to think it was hereditary, and mentioned that in a 

 certain locality in Essex it was possible to obtain many of 

 these so-called bleached specimens, while in other parts of 

 the county they did not seem to occur. 



Mr. Tugwell exhibited Nephopteryx abietella^ Zinck., bred 

 from Scotch fir shoots, received from the neighbourhood of 

 xA-berdeen ; also dark varieties of Pyralis farinalis, L., and a 

 curiously streaked variety of Botys tirticalis, Schiff. 



It was reported that the excursion on the 25th ultimo to 

 Leigh, Essex, under the guidance of Mr. Tugwell, was most 

 successful, Hesperia lineola, Ochs., being extremely abundant ; 

 many other good local species were obtained. 



