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Mr. J. H. Carpenter showed a series o{ Lyc(2na astrarche, 

 Bgstr., from Kincardineshire, taken in July, 1893 ; also a 

 bred series oi Argynnis eupkrosyne, L., being a second brood. 

 The parent of the latter was captured in Abbott's Wood, 

 Sussex, in April last. The larvae hatched in May, and were 

 apparently in a dormant state during June and July ; but 

 directly the very hot weather set in, in August, they rapidly 

 fed up, pupated during August and September, and produced 

 tlie butterflies exhibited in the latter month. 



Mr. R. Adkin exhibited a series of Cymatophora duplaris, 

 L., taken in Sutherlandshire ; they were all very dark speci- 

 mens, ranging in tone of colour from smoky grey to blackish, 

 all being much darker than the southern forms of the species. 



Mr. Perks exhibited a specimen of the Lesser Whitethroat 

 {Sylvia curruca, L.). 



Mr. Jager mentioned that a number of larvae captured on 

 Impatiens noli-me-tangere , L., in Germany, had turned out 

 to be Cidaria silaceata, Hb,, instead of Cidaria reticulata, Fb., 

 as he had hoped. 



A paper communicated by Mr. F. W. Hawes was then read ; 

 two plants of Rumex acetosa, L., having thereon a number of 

 ova and young larvae of Polyommatus phlceas, L., being 

 exhibited in illustration of the same (page 138). 



OCTOBER I2th, 1893. 

 J. Jenner Weir, Esq., F.L.S., President, in the Chair. 



Mr. Arthur Hall was elected a member. 



Mr. Carpenter exhibited long series of the white spotted 

 form of Argynnis paphia L. ; also var. valesina, Esp., and 

 a small form of the same species, all from the New Forest. 

 Mr. Tutt remarked that when Argynnis paphia, L., was white 

 spotted it was frequently tinted with green, as in valesina, 

 and this sometimes even occurred in the male sex, though 

 more frequently in the female. 



Mr. Frohawk exhibited the following butterflies in order 

 to show the variation in size : Vanessa cardui, L., bred 

 2| in.; captured if in. V. io, L., bred 2f in.; bred 

 i|^ in. V. atalanta, L., bred 3 in.; captured if in. Argynnis 

 paphia, L., captured male 2 in.; average being 2^^^ in. A. 

 paphia, L., captured female 2^ in. ; average being 2f in. 



Mr. Barrett exhibited a gynandrous specimen of Argynnis 

 paphia, L., taken in the New Forest by Master P. Cardew. 

 This example was singular in having the left fore-wing and 

 about one third of the left hind-wing male, the rest female, 



