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single specimen of the equally rare and remarkable Tremellodon 

 gelatinosmn, of the substance of pale blue jelly, was detached from a 

 fir trunk ; and Mr. Turner brought us several masses of Sparassis 

 crispa. 



The smaller fry were frequent, and we gathered the pretty Calocera 

 viscosa and Clavaria tenuipes, which grew abundantly in the short 

 turf of open spaces. 



Zygsena exulans, Hoch., var. subochracea, White. 



By W. H. TuGWELL, Ph.C. Jlead October nth, 1894. 



At the previous meeting of this Society I sent for exhibition a 

 selection of Zygcena exulans, captured during the week ending June 

 30th. I had intended to have sent with it a note explaining the 

 exhibit, but unhappily for me I had a bad day of pain, that quite un- 

 fitted me for doing so, and the insects were sent alone. I heard that 

 some discussion was raised on my exhibit by Mr. Tutt, but in the 

 absence of my notes it was not so satisfactory as it might have been. 

 That being so I venture to exhibit the specimens again, and also to 

 make a few remarks thereon. The series, as it now stands, contains 

 five rows of the June captured Zygcena exulans. The two rows on 

 the left at bottom of the box are females, and the three rows on the 

 right are males. These are all selected as the finest and brightest 

 specimens of the Scotch form of exulans I have ever seen, and I 

 may venture to say that I have had more of them through my 

 hands than any other English Lepidopterist. I made my first 

 acquaintance with exulans on July loth, 1886, and I still recollect 

 the pleasure I had at netting that first specimen, and the shout of 

 joy I gave to my friend and companion, Mr. Lachlan Gibb, when I 

 sung out, " I have got it ! " As a trip to Braemar is both long and 

 expensive, we were indeed fortunate in enlisting the aid of a local 

 friend, who can occasionally get on the ground. To him we are 

 indebted for the few fresh specimens which he so kindly sends us 

 from time to time ; and by these means I have had a great facility 

 of seeing and knowing thoroughly the full range of variation of the 

 Braemar insect. That being so, I feel I may speak of it with some 

 confidence, and I am clearly of opinion that the Scotch insect has 

 most decidedly a sufficient local character to deserve a varietal 

 name and none could be better fitted than that chosen by Dr. 

 White, who first discovered the species at Braemar, and gave it the 

 varietal name subochracea. It is now nine years since I first saw it 

 on its native mountain side, and from that time to the present 

 season I have set some nearly every year, and know its variations 



