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Mr. C. Fenn said that in the genus Oporabia it was well 

 known to arise in this way, but in this specimen oi cardamines 

 the union of the black scales which formed the V mark was 

 not on the divisions of the nervure. 



Mr. Short exhibited an extremely light example of Acro- 

 nycta psi, L., some dark forms of Spilosoma hibrtcipeda, Esp., 

 from North London, and varieties oi Melanippefluctuata, L. 



Mr. Hawes exhibited a living specimen of Polyomfnatus 

 phlceas, L., and said that the larva hatched from the eg% on 

 August 28th, pupated October 2nd, and the imago emerged 

 on the 25th inst., the pupa having been kept in a high tem- 

 perature. 



Mr. Hawes stated that he had been endeavouring to get 

 various species of butterflies to deposit ova by lamplight, and 

 had been successful with Pararge 'ineg(2ra, L., and Pieris napi, 

 L., one female of the latter laying very freely, depositing twelve 

 eggs in a few minutes. 



Mr. S. Edwards exhibited Papilio khasia, a van of P. arguna 

 from Java ; P. agetes from India ; P. laodomas from Brazil ; 

 also a saw-fly from Oxted, caught in June last, named Abia 

 fasciata, a 5 , and remarked that Von Siebold only bred 5 or 

 6 males to hundreds of females, from parthenogenetic eggs ; 

 and Dr. Osborne, out of 282 cocoons, obtained 172 females 

 and I male, 28being ichneumoned. 



Mr. R. South exhibited a series of Liparis monacha var. 

 eremita, Och., bred from French larvae, and said it would be 

 particularly interesting to ascertain the origin of this parti- 

 cular form, whether it occurred in the New Forest or any 

 part of England ; he had never seen it in the New Forest 

 himself, but understood it occurred there. 



Mr. C. G. Barrett remarked that he did not think this 

 particular suffused form was obtained in the New Forest, but 

 collectors found it in the Midlands. 



Mr. Tutt said Miss Kimber had bred an exceedingly dark 

 one from a larva taken in the New Forest, and Mr. Dobson 

 had told him that he once bred a number of banded ones 

 from larvae taken in the New Forest. 



Mr. Tugwell thought that in Mr. South's specimens it was 

 a darkening of the ground colour, whereas in a very dark 

 specimen he had bred from a larva taken at West Wickham, 

 the darkness seemed to arise from a thickening of the black 

 markings. 



Among the presentations to the Library was a copy of 

 " The Annual Report of the Fruit Growers' Association, 

 Ontario, for 1890." Mr. Billups stated that on looking at this 



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