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also said there was an Irish form much larger and finer in 

 growth {P. grandiflora, Lamk.). Mr. Briggs said that the 

 butterwort was found in Worcestershire. 



Mr. Step exhibited specimens of the dropwort {Spiraea 

 filipendiUa, L.), which is at the present time so conspicuous 

 with its white flowers on the Downs ; it was formerly sup- 

 posed to be the food plant of the larvae oi Zygmia filipendulcB, 

 L. He also brought for exhibition buds and flowers of the 

 musk thistle {Cardiius nutans, L.). The odour of musk was 

 not very apparent. He drew attention to the web of hairs 

 which overspread the involucre. 



Mr. Rice exhibited the "cock's nest " of a wren {Troglodytes 

 parvuhis, Koch.), built among a mass of flowering honeysuckle, 

 taken at Wisley during the Field Meeting on July 7th. Also 

 for comparison a nest built in a furze bush, and an ordinary 

 nest lined for incubation. He also exhibited the four eggs of 

 a bullfinch {Pyrrhiila enropcsa V.), taken on that occasion. 



Mr. Turner exhibited a short series of Lyccena mininia, 

 Fues., taken by Mr. Allen in Galway. Six specimens showed 

 undersides, and formed a graduated series from one with 

 a full set of well developed spots to one with only a trace of 

 markings beside the discoidal spots on the upper wings. He 

 also showed the specimen of LyccEua astrarcJie, Bgstr., taken 

 at Reigate on June gth, in which all the central portions of 

 the primaries were suffused with a rich brown colour; and an 

 asymmetrical specimen of Snierinthus tilice, L,, taken at 

 Greenwich, in which the right side was of a deep green and a 

 rich ferruginous brown, while the left side was of a much 

 paler green and brown, the latter part being smoky in places, 

 at the same time the lower of the two blotches on the left 

 fore-wing was very narrow, the corresponding one on the 

 right side being large. 



Mr. West (Streatham) said that he had found the blooms 

 of Syringa exceedingly attractive to the Clearwings, as he 

 had taken no less than six dozen Sesia tipidiforniis, Clerck., 

 which had come to the flowers. Privet, which was generally 

 said to be very attractive to this species, was in bloom near, 

 but had failed to attract a single specimen. Both Mr. Adkin 

 and Mr. Carrington stated that they had found privet bloom 

 to be very attractive to vS. tipuliforniis, the latter gentleman 

 stating that the only living specimen of vS". andreniforniis, 

 Lasp., he ever saw was at the flowers of privet. 



Mr. Tugwell communicated that three specimens of 

 Hydrilla pahisiris, Hb., had been captured at Wicken Fen 

 during the past June by Mr. A. J. Hodges. 



