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larvae obtained somewhere in the Kentish marshes, the imago 

 being very different from the ordinary Kentish form. Mr. 

 J. T. Carrington said he had taken this form of T. gracilis in 

 the New Forest, but it was really the Rannoch form of the 

 species, and no doubt occurred throughout the whole of 

 Scotland. It was a singular fact that this form should appear 

 in Scotland, where the fauna was to some extent boreal, then 

 miss the whole of the Midlands, and occur in the New Forest, 

 and apparently in Kent ; and it would be very interesting to 

 ascertain how the divergence came about. 



Mr. E. Joy read notes on collecting Lepidoptera at 

 Wicken Fen, and exhibited specimens of some of the species 

 taken, including Papilio machaon, L., Calamia phragmitidis, 

 Hb., Meliana flammed, Curt, and Hyria muricata, Hufn. 



APRIL 1st, 1886. 



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



Mr. S. Stevens exhibited Asteroscopus nubeculosd Esp., 

 which had remained over three years in pupae. 



Mr. South exhibited a fine series of Hybernia marginaria, 

 Bork, and the var. fuscata, bred from ova received from Mr. 

 Harrison of Barnsley. Mr. South stated the larvae were fed 

 on hawthorn ; the first specimen emerged on the 26th of 

 February and the last on the 22nd of March, the greater 

 number coming out about the 19th of the latter month. Mr. 

 Tugwell also exhibited a series of the same species, together 

 with the var. fuscata, and said that they were bred from some 

 of the same batch of ova as those exhibited by Mr. South. 



Mr. Billups exhibited the following Coleoptera ; Panag- 

 cbus quadripustulatus, Sturm., and Lebid cJdorocephdld, Hoff., 

 taken in Headley Lane on the 22nd March, 1886. Also two 

 species of Diptera: Scidrid pulicdrid, Hoff., and Trichocem 

 regeldtio7iis, L., bred from apples. 



Mr. Billups also exhibited a living specimen of the 

 Viviparous or Scaly Lizard (Zootocd vivipdrd, L.), and said 



