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he had received from the New Forest, and stated that it 

 would seem that the white banded form was the common 

 one, while the ordinary mottled form of the suburbs of London 

 was an exceptional one in the New Forest. The nielanic 

 form was apparently unknown, or at least exceedingly rare 

 in that district. 



Mr. Auld reported that he had taken Tceniocampa munda, 

 Esp., at sugar in West Wickham Woods. 



Mr. Turner stated that he had taken Asphalia flavicornis, 

 L., Diiirnia fagella, Fb., and Semioscopiis avellanella, Hb., in 

 the same woods, and had also found Thera variata, Schiff., 

 in the larval stage nearly full fed. 



APRIL \2th, 1S94. 



E. Step, Esq., Presidejii, in the Chair. 



The President referred in deeply sympathetic terms to the 

 great loss the Society had suffered by the death, on March 

 23rd, of Mr. J. Jenner Weir, F.L.S,, one of its vice-presidents, 

 and the president during 1893. He remarked upon the vast 

 range and depth of his knowledge of natural history, his 

 devotion to its study, and the genial social qualities which 

 had made him so well known and honoured in many 

 biological circles. The President also stated that the 

 Council had unanimously passed a resolution that a letter 

 of condolence be sent to Mrs. Weir, and suggested that a 

 similar motion should also be passed by the Meeting. 



Mr. Auld said that for the past thirty years Mr. Weir had 

 been his close personal friend, and that he himself greatly 

 felt the loss. He then proposed the following resolution : — 



" That the Society deeply deplored the sudden death of 

 Mr. John Jenner Weir, F.L.S., F.Z.S., F.E.S., its past 

 president, and desires to record its appreciation of the deep 

 interest he has always taken in the Society's welfare. The 

 Society also begs to offer Mrs. Weir the expression of its 

 sincere sympathy in her sad bereavement." 



Mr. Winkley, as a representative of the younger members, 

 seconded the motion, which was unanimously passed. 



Mr. Carpenter exhibited long series of Hyberiiia leucophce- 

 aria, Schiff., from Coombe Wood, West Wickham, and the 

 New Forest, taken in January and February, 1894. A 

 considerable number of the Coombe Wood specimens were 

 melanic, and of the same type as those previously exhibited 

 from R'chmond. The New Forest specimens showed the 



