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Pembrokeshire, he had never found any specimens so strongly marked as 

 were those of Mr. Tugwell. Mr. R. Adkin exhibited species bred from 

 larvae received from Forres, together with southern examples, for comparison, 

 and made remarks thereon ; he also exhibited a specimen of Cabera pusaria, 

 L., in which the first and central lines were very close together, a feature 

 regarded as indicating the form C. roUmdaria, Haw.; and some observations 

 were made relative to this last exhibit, reference being made by Mr. C. G. 

 Barrett to the series bred by Mr. Atmore, in which he had got every inter- 

 mediate form between the two, one specimen being pusaria on one side and 

 rotundarla on the other. Mr. C. Fenn exhibited Calymnia diffinis, L., 

 varieties of Agrotis exclamationis, L., DasijpoUa teinpli, Thnb., a very small 

 dwarf form of Melanippe Jiuctuata, L., and a long bred series of Cidaria truii' 

 cato, Hiibn., with the three parent females,and remarked that all the ova were 

 laid within a few days of each other, but there was an interval of seven 

 weeks between the emergence of the first and last specimens, while a portion 

 of one brood was now preparing to hibernate. Some discussion took place 

 on the characteristic distinctions between this species and C.immanata, Haw. 

 Mr. J. R. Billups, a specimen of Deilephlla capensis, one of three said to 

 have been captured at sea, 472 miles from land. Mr. C. A. Briggs, two 

 varieties of Melitcea aurinia, Rott. Mr. Carrington, the so-called Grouse 

 Fly {Ornithomyia avicularia, L.), and remarked that this winged parasite 

 was not confined to grouse, being found on partridges, woodpeckers, starlings, 

 rooks, and many other birds. Mr. H. Moore, a series of both the red, and 

 blue-winged forms of (Edipoda fasciata, Fisch., from Trocadero, near Cadiz, 

 and remarked that the species was very conspicuous on the wing, but when 

 at rest was difficult to detect, owing to their resemblance to the soil. Mr. 

 Jeuner Weir made some remarks upon this exhibit. Mr. Carrington made 

 some observations on a visit to Skegness. Mr. E. Step read a list of Fungi 

 noted at the Society's outing to Ashstead on the 19th inst. 



Oct. Sth. — The President in the chair. Mr. Walter Smith, of Ted- 

 dington, was elected a member. Mr. Tugwell exhibited Agrotis agathina, 

 Dup., and A. strigula, Thnb., southern and northern forms ; also Noctua 

 castauea, Esp., frum Perthshire, and the var. neglecta, Hb., from the New 

 Forest, Hants. Mr. Tugwell, on behalf of Mr. Boden, exhibited a specimen 

 of Prodenia littoralis, Boisd., bred from a tomato ; the pupa-case was also 

 shown. Mr. South remarked that the species was fairly common in India. 

 Mr. Jager, Callimorpha hera, L., and var. lutescens, L., bred from ova; 

 also Agrotis ripce, Hb., bred from larvge taken on the Essex coast ; some of 

 the specimens were very light. Mr. West, a variety of Catocala niipta, L., 

 taken at Streatham, having the inferior wings streaked with yellow. Mr. 

 H. J. Turner, Zygana meliloti, Esp., from the New Forest, taken this 

 season, and Xylophasia monoglypha, Hufn., from the North. Mr. A. 

 Robinson, a long and varied series of Nonagria cannce, Och., taken by 

 himself and Mr. Bird in Norfolk ; Mr. Robinson remarked on some of the 

 specimens, which were very dark. Mr. C. G-. Barrett said the specimens 

 were different from any he had seen from Norfolk. Mr. R. Adkin, Sesia 

 musciformis, View., from the Isle of Man and Cornwall, and remarked that 

 those from the former locality appeared to be more robust and more densely 

 clothed with scales than the Cornish specimens. Mr. Adkin also exhibited 

 a male and female specimen of a Tortrix, bred from larvae feeding among 

 the needles of a shoot of Scotch fir that he had received from Tuam, 

 Co. {jralway, and which had been described and figured from specimens 

 reared in 1890 under the name of Tortrix donelana by Mr. Gr. H. Carpenter 



