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was not of the usual full fulvous colour, but paler; a bred 

 series of Eugonia quercinaria, Hufn., the females in which 

 were a little richer in colour than usual, and followed the 

 variation in the female from which the ova were obtained. 

 Also specimens of Hesperia q^veus, Hiibn., which he stated 

 had recently been recorded as British. A short time back 

 he was looking through the Rev. Mr. Marsh's collection, and 

 found them in his short series of H. inalvce, L., the examples 

 had been taken by Mr. Marsh in Norfolk, and they were 

 intermediate between H. alvens and its var. serratiilcB, Ramb. 

 Mr. Robt. Adkin exhibited a series of Dianthoecia nana, 

 Rott, from the Scilly Isles, together with examples from 

 North Devon and the north of Ireland for comparison, the 

 resemblance between the whole being very close. He also 

 exhibited Vanessa c-album, L., and read the following notes : 

 " On 15th June last I received from my valued correspondent, 

 Mrs. Hutchinson, of Leominster, six nearly full-fed larvae of 

 Vanessa c-album, \.o^^\hQx W\\.\\ some most interesting remarks 

 on their earlier history. Of two hybernated females, taken 

 in the early spring months, one commenced to deposit ova 

 fully a fortnight before the other, and both continued laying 

 for some three weeks until each had produced about a hundred 

 &^%^. Some fifty of these turned colour for hatching during 

 a few days when the weather was very warm, and seven of 

 them did produce larvze ; then followed a spell of bitterly 

 cold weather of almost a week's duration, which killed every 

 Qg^ that had changed colour ; the young larvae that had 

 emerged did not, however, suffer any ill effects from it, but 

 took to the food (red currant) with which they were supplied, 

 and fed on steadily ; nor were any of the ova that had not 

 changed colour injured by the cold ; but on the return of 

 milder weather duly changed colour and produced larvae, 

 which fed up well, all being hung up for pupation by 14th 

 June, except the six that were sent to me. Of these, five 

 had become pupae by the 2gth, but one continued to feed on 

 for some days longer ; and the imagines appeared as follows : 

 July 2nd, I female ; 3rd, 2, male and female ; 7th, i female ; 

 15th, I crippled ; and 23rd, i female: a somewhat remarkable 

 specimen, to which I shall refer later. The series that I now 

 exhibit comprise individuals of both sexes of each brood ; 

 and it will be seen that the brooJs are easily separable by 

 the colour of the undersides, which in the first or summer brood 

 is of a light reddish brown shade, while in the second or 

 autumnal brood it is dark brownish grey, one may almost 

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