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Mr. Turner read the report of the Field Meeting at Wisley 

 on July 7th (page 87). 



In referring to the Wisley Meeting, and proposing a vote 

 of thanks to Messrs. Step and Briggs, Mr. Adkin said that 

 the district, being quite new to him was most interesting on 

 that account, although apparently not a lepidopterous locality. 

 Mr. Carrington, in seconding the vote of thanks, said that 

 changes were generally productive of good, something unusual 

 being brought before us ; our observations and thoughts were 

 often directed into other channels. The Bagshot sand series 

 of formations, of which Wisley was formed, seemed peculiarly 

 unsuitable to the production of lepidoptera and terrestrial 

 mollusca. This, no doubt, was influenced in the one case by 

 the limited flora and in the other by the small amount of 

 calcareous matter present in the soil. On the other hand 

 there were few districts so rich in the various species of 

 Neuroptera, as had been well proved by Mr. Briggs. 



JULY 26th, 1894. 

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



Mr. Frohawk exhibited a bred series of Melitcea cinxta, L., 

 consisting of ten males and thirty females, all set to show the 

 underside. There was much variation both in depth of colour 

 and markings, especially in the extent of the black spots on 

 the median light band, one male having them so enlarged as 

 to form oblong black blotches. No two specimens out of the 

 forty were exactly similar. Many of the females had the 

 ground colour of the secondaries primrose yellow, others were 

 white ; the yellow in some being quite as well developed 

 as in the males. 



Mr. Hall exhibited a very variable series of Melanippe 

 hastata, L., from Sheffield, Scotland and the Hebrides ; in 

 some specimens the white median band was complete, while 

 in others it was almost obliterated by the expansion and 

 development of the black markings. 



Mr. Carpenter exhibited a bleached variety of Epinephele 

 ianira, L., taken in the New Forest. The pale portions of 

 the insect were on the secondaries, and consisted of a large 

 circular blotch on the hind margin of each wing with a 

 number of oblong clouds, more or less apparent, radiating 

 from the base. He stated that this was the only specimen 

 worthy of remark that a fortnight's work had produced in the 

 above locality. Every species was comparatively scarce, 

 more especially when compared with last year's abundance. 



