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long series of vars. of Spilosonia lubricipeda, Esp., and read 

 the following note : — 



" In the bottom of the box there are two rows of males 

 and two rows of females, representing the progeny of a 

 cross brood between a female var, fasciata, Tug., and a male 

 radiata, Cr. {^zatiina, St.) It will be seen that the brood 

 comes very close indeed to the ' York City form ' eboraci, 

 Tug., and fully go per cent, of the brood were of this form, 

 and many of the specimens are very striking. The remainder 

 of the brood were true radiata. Curiously not one of the 

 brood was like the female parent fasciata, as all had the 

 oblique streak to the apical tip of fore-wing. The under wings 

 agree with those of the female parent." 



[All these forms of ^. lubricipeda are figured in the 

 " Entomologist," vol. xxvii., p. 204.] 



Mr. Step and Mr. Adkin both remarked upon the interest 

 Mr. Tugwell was evincing in variety breeding. 



Mr. Jager stated that he had bred a series of var. radiata 

 this year, but his observations seemed to show that the 

 continued breeding of the form was likely to prove a failure, 

 for although he had left a pair in cop. a whole day, every one 

 of the large batch of eggs obtained had turned out infertile. 



Mr. Robert Adkin exhibited several species and varieties, 

 and read the following notes : — 



" I exhibit three specimens of Vanessa antiopa, L., taken 

 by our fellow member, Mr. Lachlan Gibb, near Montreal, 

 Canada, in April last, and of course after hybernation. 

 Some of our older entomologists used to say that you 

 could always tell a true 'Britisher' of this species by its pale 

 border. The American form differs from the European in 

 having the border somewhat narrower, but more particularly 

 in its richer colour and greater amount of brown irroration. 

 Of the three specimens now exhibited two may be easily 

 recognised by these characters as of American origin ; in the 

 third, however, the border is decidedly pale, and has almost 

 entirely lost the brown irrorations, its width, moreover, in 

 proportion to the size of the insect, is by no means narrow ; 

 and it appears to me to be a good example of the fallacy of 

 relying upon such characters. 



" I also exhibit a short series of Asteroscoptis nubeculosa, 

 Esp., most of them reared from pupae which went to earth in 

 the summer of 1891. During the past few years I have each 

 spring received a lew ova of this species from Rannoch, and 

 have fed up the larvae from them with varying success. In 

 1891 they fed up remarkably well, several imagines emerged 



