ABSTRACT OF PROCEEDINGS. 



JANUARY 7t/i, 1886. 



R. Adkin, Esq., F.E.S., President, in the Chair. 



Mr. W. A. Pearce exhibited Deilephila lineata, Fab. from 

 California. 



Mr. South exhibited and made some remarks upon the 

 following ZygcEnidce: 



Zyg&na transalpina, Esp. Valleys of the Southern Alps. 



„ „ var. hippocrepidis, Hub. Germany, France, 



and Belgium. Common. 



„ filipendulce, L., from Folkestone, July. 



„ trifolii, Esp., var. dubia, Staudinger, transalpina, Hub. 



„ fitipe7idtdce, L., var. ochsenheimeri, Zeller. Generally 

 considered a South European insect, occurring in 

 the South of France, valleys of the Southern Alps, 

 Italy, and Greece. It is the transalpina of Och- 

 senheimer, and is by some considered a distinct 

 species. 



Mr. J. Jenner Weir exhibited specimens of the spring 

 and autumnal emergences of Lyccena argiolus, L., among 

 which was a specimen of the autumnal brood very closely 

 resembling an American species, Lyccena pseudargiolus, Boisd. ; 

 whilst another was almost the colour of L. corydon, Fb. 



Mr. Weir said, it was generally known that the females 

 of the spring brood laid their eggs on the flowers of the holly ; 

 whilst those of the autumnal brood laid theirs on the flowers 

 of the ivy. He had noticed that while this insect was double- 

 brooded in his garden at Blackheath and various other places, 



