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Mr. Frohawk recorded taking three white-spotted speci- 

 mens of Argynnis paphia, L., in the New Forest, and added 

 that var. valestna, Esp., was fairly common, and Limenitis 

 sibylla, L., exceedingly so, though very late in its appearance. 



AUGUST nth, 1892. 



C. G. Barrett, Esq., F.E.S., President, in the Chair. 



Mr. Hawes exhibited living larvae of Hesperia comma, L., 

 and read the following note : " The larvse oi Hesperia comma 

 exhibited, was found on 25th June last on the slieep lees at 

 Horsley, Surrey. At that time it was very small, and was 

 only noticed by reason of the nest it had made of two lotus 

 leaves spun together. Having reared the larvse of 77. sylvanus, 

 Esp., from the Q.gg, I at once knew that I had found 77. 

 comma, and am now able to show the full fed larva for, I 

 believe, the first time. The description is as follows : The 

 full fed larva has a large purplish black head with two 

 minute faint spots, the lobes being paler, with their central 

 parts darker. The body is a dull green exactly similar to 

 the lotus leaf, clearer on the sides ; dorsal stripe, darker 

 green, and distinct. There are two very indistinct lighter lines 

 on each side, and a third joining the spiracles, which are 

 yellow. In shape, this larva agrees almost entirely with that 

 of H. sylvanus. Head large and wide, second to fourth seg- 

 ments very riarrow, fifth to twelfth gradually increasing and 

 decreasing in bulk. It is very retiring in its habits, spinning 

 the leaves of lotus together, and forming a retreat from which 

 it only ventures a short distance, but it eats both flowers and 

 leaves of this plant very freely. It generally rests with the 

 head slightly curved on one side, and is very sluggish in its 

 movements, I fail to detect the white spots mentioned by 

 several writers as existing on the loth and nth segments." 



Mr. West (Streatham) exhibited Apamea ophiogramma, Esp., 

 and Eupithecia succenturiata, L., Mr. Barrett said the specimens 

 of the former species were very dark, and one example un- 

 usually so ; Mr. J. A. Cooper remarked that A. ophiogramma 

 frequently occurred at Chingford. 



Mr. Russell exhibited a handsome specimen oi Pier is napi, 

 ■•L., from Woking, Surrey, the upper wings being strongly 

 suffused with black, and the spots unusually large. Mr. 

 Barrett said the specimen was much more strongly n)arked 

 than those from the north of Ireland. Mr. Russell also 

 exhibited a series of varieties of Epinephele ianira, L., males 

 and females, from Abbott's Wood : one male showed the 



