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with Dr. Chapman's exhibit, series of Vanessa urticcB, 

 Argvnnis selene, and A. euphrosyne, from various British 

 localities. 



Mr. Moore exhibited a fine and very variable series of 

 Kallima inachis, the leaf butterfly of South India, showing 

 the various forms of the under side, and also a series of 

 Salamis anteva from Madagascar. 



Mr, West, of Streatham, exhibited a specimen of Vanessa 

 atalanta having no spots in the red marginal band of the 

 hind wings, and a variety of Catocala nupta having the 

 nervures of the hind wings curiously unpigmented. 



NOVEMBER 2^th, 1898. 



Mr. J. W. TuTT, F.E.S., President, in the Chair. 



Mr. Montgomery exhibited a photograph by Mr. Clark 

 of an ovum of Hesperia comma. This showed the o^gg to be 

 smooth, and without reticulations. 



Mr. Adkin exhibited two specimens of Dicramira bifida, 

 taken this year on the trunk of a poplar tree in his garden at 

 Lewisham. Several members expressed the opinion that 

 this species was more or less common in the immediate 

 neighbourhood of London. 



Mr. Tutt exhibited, from M. Oberthur of Rennes, more 

 local forms of Anthrocera (Zygcena) he showed at the last 

 meeting, viz. : 



Ant/irocera {^Zygcena^ trifolii. — (i) A mountain form ; (2) 

 an Algerian form, var. syracusia, comparable with our New 

 Forest form ; (3) a coast form, much like the usual Norfolk 

 form; (4) the IsiTge pahtstris form from Rennes, similar to the 

 Freshwater race; and (5) a series from the coast of France 

 opposite to the Channel Islands. 



A. (Z.) filipendnlcB. — (i) A form termed var. duhia, which 

 appeared to be similar to var. ocJisenheimcri ; (2) a five- 

 spotted var. from the Pyrenees, comparable to a race taken 

 by Mr. Tutt some years ago at Courmayeur. 



Also A. (Z.) trifolii, on behalf of Mr. Bacot, taken in mid 

 July at Waxham, and another series of the same species 

 received from Major Robertson, taken in South Wales. 



Mr. Milton exhibited a portion of a stone in which an 

 Odynerus, sp., was found alive with its cocoon. From the 

 appearance of the stone it was presumable that a fissure had 

 existed for the entrance of the parent. He also showed a 

 very fine polished flint instrument from Enfield. 



