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in May and June, both in the north and in Kerry, and he 

 doubted if the earHcr brood existed in Ireland. 



Mr. Purdey exhibited a specimen of Colzas hyale, L., taken 

 at Folkestone in 1891, beautifully banded forms of Cidaria 

 suffumata, Hb., long series of Cidaria tnmcata, Hufn., including 

 some beautiful varieties: the whole series had been reared 

 from ova, the larvae having fed up on the wild strawberry, 

 long series of Peronea comariana, Zell., remarkable for their 

 close resemblance to P. variegana, Schiff., and specimens of 

 Eupithecia stevensata. 



Mr. C. G. Barrett, said that some lepidopterists did not 

 consider the last-mentioned insect a distinct species ; the 

 examples first taken were referred to E. iiltimaria, Bdr., Dup,, 

 but they were now thought to be a peculiar white form of 

 E. sobrinata, Hb. 



Mr. Purdey in reply stated that they did not occur at the 

 same time as E. sobrinata. Mr. Webb had obtained ova ; 

 but the larva would not feed or even attempt to do to 

 on juniper, although there were a few juniper bushes 

 where it occurred. It was generally taken at the flowers 

 of golden rod ; and both he and Mr. Webb had been un- 

 able to get the larvse from juniper, but Mr. Webb had 

 once found a specimen drying its wings on the flowers of 

 the golden rod. The perfect insect appeared about the 

 middle of September. 



Mr. R. Adkin exhibited Hypsipetes sordidata, Fb., bred from 

 larvge taken on bilberry, near Sevenoaks, Kent. The series 

 included forms showing various modifications of a well-defined 

 whitish central fascia ; others in which this marking was 

 absent ; some in which the most prominent ornamentation 

 was an almost straight serrated band near the hind margin, 

 black in some cases, and white in others, and varying in 

 length from almost the entire widih of the wing to little more 

 than a dot. When the above larvae were taken nearly full 

 fed, those on the sallow at the same place were not one 

 fourth of an inch in length. Melanippe fluctuata, L., taken 

 at Lewisham during the present year, including an example 

 of unusual size, in which the median area of the central 

 fascia was occupied by the pale ground colour of the wing, 

 and the remainder of the wing much more shaded than 

 usual. Also a somewhat similar specimen taken in the same 

 locality in 1868. 



Mr. R. South also exhibited examples of Hypsipetes sordi- 

 data, Hb., bred from larvae beaten from a hedge-row, composed 

 principally of hazel, with here and there a few hawthorn 



