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line on all the wings very much enlarged and united. This 

 specimen, he stated, resembled very closely one taken at the 

 same place eleven years before. Mr. South also exhibited 

 another variety of the same species taken in Epping Forest, 

 May, i88g, having the forewings of the normal type, but 

 with hindwings very much suffused with black, the rich 

 fulvous ground colour only appearing as a marginal and sub- 

 marginal series of spots and in some other ill-defined marks ; 

 on the under side the discoidal silvery spot was much 

 elongated. 



Mr. Frohawk exhibited coloured drawings representing the 

 complete life history of Argynnis aglaia^ L., and A. adippe^ L., 

 every stage being represented with enlarged figures of the 

 segments of the larvae in the first and last skins to show the 

 remarkable difference of structure. 



Mr. Warne exhibited a var. of Abraxas grossulariata, L., 

 which was asymmetrical, the left forevving being very ordi- 

 nary, while the right had two long dark streaks, one below 

 the costa and the other from near the centre of the base to 

 the centre of the submarginal band. 



Mr. H, Moore exhibited several cases of insects of all orders, 

 collected during a bicycle tour through France to Geneva, 

 passing through Dieppe, Paris, Etampes, Dijon, and across 

 the Jura mountains, in 1893. He stated that Coleoptera, 

 which he had previously found to be well represented on this 

 route, were on this occasion exceedingly scarce ; Orthoptera 

 were numerous, especially in the more southern portion of the 

 journey. Hymenoptera seemed plentiful, wasps and hornets 

 being in abundance. He had paid particular attention to 

 Lepidoptera, and noted that Colzas ediisa, Fb., was very rare, 

 few being seen, and then only single individuals, and at long 

 distances apart ; C. Jiyale^ L., was fairly common in the moun- 

 tain districts; the Vanessidae were extremely rare: no V.io, L., 

 nor V. antiopa, L., being seen, and only one V. itrticcB, L., during 

 the whole time ; Pieris rapes, L., was very common, P. dapli- 

 dice, L., Vvas common, and, locally, Leucophasia sinapis, L., and 

 its vars. could be taken in numbers; the Argynnidse were very 

 plentiful, A. latonia, L., could be taken by the dozen in some 

 places, and around Geneva A. dia, L., was in swarms ; the 

 Satyridae often rose in clouds from the roadside, and were 

 remarkable for the completeness with which they disappeared 

 and assimilated themselves to the soil and surrounding objects, 

 vS". circe, Fab., and vS. briseis, L., being very noticeable for 

 such habits; Erebia cBthiops, Esp., CcBnonympha paiupJaliLs, L., 

 and LyccEua corydon, Fb., were all exceedingly common, while 



