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It was found near Cheltenham, and had hung up about two 

 years. The cocoons were tough, and had frass woven all 

 over the outside. 



Mr. Robert Adkin exhibited a series of Asphalia ridens, 

 Fb., bred in April last, from the New Forest, and remarked 

 that the chief point of interest attaching to them was their 

 singular uniformity, which was contrary to his previous expe- 

 rience of the species ; also a short series of Lyccsna cegon, 

 Schiff., taken on the occasion of the Society's Field Meeting 

 at Oxshott, on the 28th of July last. The series included an 

 underside variety of the female in which the two spots on the 

 costal margin of the hind-wings were united, thus forming a 

 short bar. He said that although this phase of variation was 

 not infrequent among some of the other members of the 

 genus, he had not previously noticed it in this species. 



Mr. T. W. Hall exhibited a living specimen of the family 

 Julicidse he had found at Stevens' sale rooms. It was un- 

 doubtedly of foreign origin, and probably had been secreted 

 among the bulbs recently sold there. 



Mr. Williams, in referring to the discussion at the last 

 meeting on Zygcetta exulans, Hoch., stated that Mr. Reid, 

 who had some experience of the species in its Scotch 

 locality, was of opinion that it was always thinly scaled. Mr. 

 Adkin said there was a great difference in specimens. He 

 possessed some, which Mr. Reid had sent him, fairly well 

 clothed with scales. Mr. Tutt said that it was most interest- 

 ing to him to find that the pale markings, which in Scotch 

 individuals were truly sexual, were not so in Swiss specimens, 

 for he possessed males from the Alps with the distinctive 

 white collar. 



Mr. Step read his report of the Annual Fungus Foray, on 

 Saturday, October 13th (p. 90). 



Mr. Tutt read a paper, entitled " Zygcena carniolica, and 

 its Varieties" (p. g/). Mr. Barrett proposed, and Mr. Fenn 

 seconded, a hearty vote of thanks to Mr. Tutt for his able 

 paper. In the discussion which ensued, Mr. Tutt said that 

 Dr. Chapman and himself had especially looked for any inter- 

 crossing among the ZygcenidcB in the Alps, and in no single 

 instance did they observe it. He knew that Mr. Fletcher 

 had observed it in our own country, and, of course, it was 

 quite possible that it might occur in Switzerland, although 

 they had not observed it. 



