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to obtain a single specimen of the var. Mr. R. Adkin said that 

 from Forres larvse he had received nearly 50 per cent, of the 

 van, while from several other parts of Scotland he had only 

 obtained a few, and very few indeed from South of England 

 districts. Mr. Hall also exhibited a bred series oi Xanthta 

 citrago, L., in which the darker transverse markings varied 

 very considerably, one or two specimens being of nearly 

 uniform coloration, while in some the darker colour was very 

 intense, 



Mr. West (of Streatham) exhibited two males and two 

 females of Lasiocainpa guercifolm, L., bred from larvse taken 

 in Herefordshire, and fed upon apple leaves. 



Mr. Adkin remarked that some time ago a report was 

 current that the larvae of this species was doing great 

 damage in one of the Midland Counties, and Mr. South 

 wrote and endeavoured to obtain as many as possible. Less 

 than two dozen larvae were forwarded to him, but the sender 

 said that if earlier application had been made for them he 

 could have sent a good number. They had been destroyed 

 as soon as found, as they were considered highly destructive 

 to young apple trees. 



Mr. Adkin, on behalf of Mr. South, exhibited series of the 

 following species : — 



Cleoceris viminalis, Fb., a selection from about thirty 

 specimens bred from larvse collected at Batchworth, in Herts. 

 The larvse were feeding in rolled leaves at the ends of 

 the twigs of sallow in May and June, and the moths were 

 bred in July. Some examples were exceptionally dark for 

 southern specimens, and somewhat approached the well- 

 known melanic race from the Sheffield district, whilst the 

 palest specimens were lighter than usual. 



Scoparia murana, Curt., a series collected this year around 

 Macclesfield, which well illustrated the variation of the 

 species in that district, as the specimens comprised therein 

 had been selected from about 130 examples collected from 

 the old stone walls in and about the town. The majority of 

 the specimens were, however, from the walls on the west of 

 the town, at an elevation of about 600 feet above the sea 

 level. 



Prays curtisellus, Don., a series comprising both the 

 normal and fuscous forms collected around Macclesfield. 

 The typical forms appeared to be the commonest, but this 

 may have been due to the fact that it is a more conspicuous 

 insect when at rest, and its detection, therefore, more easy. 



Mr. Croker exhibited two specimens of Leptogramma 



