42 L^t-bruary, 



Decenihor VMh, .1917. — Tlie I'reijident in the Chair. 



Annual Exhibition. — Mr. R. Adkin exhibited a Ficris brasswae with 



the apical blotches of the fore wings crossed bj distinct yellow streaks on the 



veins. Mr. W. G. Sheldon, about 600 Perunea cristana and its '^jarious forms 



and his long series oi Lepto(jranmin literana in great variety. Mr. B. Adkin, a 



cabinet-drawer of Noctiia ;;;7*wuJae (/estiva), and one of Dianthoecia carpo- 



phaga. The Rev. J. E. Tarbat, a Fieris napi having two small white patches 



centred with black on the underside of the right hind wing, and a Mimas tiliae 



without the central band on the right fore wing. Mr. W. J. Ashdown, a varied 



series oi Ematurga atomaria. Mr, Prideaux, living larvae oi Pararge tnegaera, 



and read notes on the oviposition habits of the species. Mr. AVest, on behalf 



of the Society, several drawers of the " Freeman '' collection ot European 



butterflies. Mr. Bowman, specimens of Cosymbria pendularia, including 



various forms of the ab. niyro-suhroseata, also 2'iliacea {Xanthia) aurago 



with reddish forms from Horsley. Mr» Brooks, series of T. (X.) aurago from 



Horsley, and representatives of various local races of Ematurga atomaria. 



Mr. Hammond, a perfectly symmetrical gynandromorph of Polgommatus icarus 



from Boscastle. Mr. Newman, for Mr. G. B. Oliver, a very long series of 



picked aberrations of Agriades coridon taken in 1917. Mr. Tonge, a bred 



series of Ennomos quercinaria iangularui), half being dark banded ; males 



of A. coridon showing red scales on the margin of the hind wings, and an 



example oi oh. fowleri ivom. Surrey; and the Dipteron Echinomyia grossa bred 



from a larva of Lasiocampa quercus v'ar. calhmae from near Preston. Mr. A. J. 



Lawrence, a rare aberratiou of the female of the Australian race of Hypolimnas 



bolina from Rockhamptou, almost uniformly black. Mr. L. W. Newman, long 



series of aberrations of Abraxas grassulariata, including forms of ab. varleydta, 



of ab. lacticolor and ab. niyrosparsata, etc.; long series of Co&motriche potatoria 



from W. Sussex, many females approaching the rich dark males in coloration ; 



a long series of hybrid ocellatus X popuU, bred 1917, very uniform in marking, 



most were gynandromorphs ; a number of brick-red Mimas tiliae ; bred series 



of Boarmia roboraria, extremely small although well fed ; an extreme melanic 



Boarmia consortaria from Sutton Coldfield ; large female Cerura bicuspis bred 



from Tilgate Forest ; and black-banded Agriopis aprilina bred from pupae dug 



in Delamere Forest. Mr. AV. J. Kaye, Morpho perseus from French Guiana, a 



polymorphic species spread over a considerable area of S, America. Mr. Hy. 



J. Turner, butterflies recently received from Sicily, including Char axes jasiiis, 



Gonepteryx cleopatra, Polygonia tgea, Papilio podalirius, Pumicia phlaeas var. 



eleus, Pieris manni{?), a very dwarf Aricia medon, etc., and read notes on the 



exhibit. Mr. E. M. Gibb^ salmon-coloured examples oi Z^ygaena Jilipendulae 



from East Sussex. Mr. H. A. Leeds, a large number of aberrations of British 



butterflies taken in 1917, including Agriades coridon, pale (S , ab. semi-syngrapha^ 



varied ground in $ $ , ab. syngraplia (Chiltern Hills), dwarf 5 ; Polgommatus 



icarus ab. icarinus, underside aberrations ; Euchloe carduniines ; Pieris napi, 



large black markings on fore wings ; Melnnargia galathea, much yellow 



developed ; Coenonympha pamphilus, varied ground, ab. lyllus ; etc. Mr. H. 



Moore, Euvanessa antiopa and Pyrameis cardui, examples from numerous 



localities over the whole of their areas of distribution, Mr. A. W. Buckstone, 



a series of Spilosoma lubricipeda var. fasciata the result of inbreed, a cross 



between type and zathna\ and bleached forms of Epiyiephele jurtinia. 



Mr. Edwards, Burmese moths and species of various Papilionine genera. — 



II Y. J. TuiiNKit {Uofi. Editor of Proceedings). 



