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a regular tendency for the red to become intensified, or 

 else yellow or pink. The disappearance of the markings in 

 N . plantaginis was by no means a regular variation, while the 

 yellow, becoming red, might be expected. 



Mr. Frohawk exhibited a specimen of Vanessa urtic<£, L., 

 taken about thirty years ago, having the blue marginal spots 

 exaggerated, and extending into the black border about twice 

 the usual distance. He had not noticed this variation before, 

 nor had Mr. Fremlin among the large number of this species 

 that he had recently bred. 



Mr. Robert Adkin exhibited series of the following species 

 of the genus TcBiiiocainpa, namely: T. gracilis, Fb., grey and 

 red forms, one of the latter being an almost unicolorous 

 brickdust red ; T. inimda, Esp., varying in colour from 

 decided grey to pale wainscot-brown. In some the usual 

 twin spots were very strongly produced, while in others they 

 were absent (var. ininiaculata, Stgr.); others also had a brown 

 central fascia distinctly outlined. T. incerta, Hufn., showing 

 various gradations of colour and ornamentation, the extremes 

 being on the one hand uniformly blackish-grey, and on the 

 other pale grey, mottled with reddish-brown ; T. stabilis, 

 View., brown, reddish, and grey forms ; and T. pulvertclenta, 

 Esp., the most notable, having a central fascia distinctly indi- 

 cated by zigzag transverse lines. The whole were taken in 

 the New Forest. 



Mr. Williams exhibited a bred specimen oi Pier is napi, L., 

 in which only the hind-wings had developed ; one of the fore- 

 wings was present, but crippled, while the other had appa- 

 rently decayed in the pupa case, which was also exhibited. 



MAY 2i\th, 1894. 



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



The President announced that Mr, T. W. Hall, F.E.S., had 

 been elected by the Council to fill the post of Vice-President, 

 vacated by the death of Mr. J. Jenner Weir. 



Mr. Briggs exhibited, from the Bailey collection, a remark- 

 able var. of the underside of Lyccena argiolns, L., the hind- 

 wings having the two spots on the inner margin united, and 

 forming a curved line similar to that often found in the same 

 position in other species of the genus ; the two spots close to 

 the anal angle were united to form a short line, and the two 

 spots in the apical angle produced into very long streaks. 

 He stated that it was very unusual to find any striking varia- 

 tion in the underside of this species. 



