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near Edmonton, in which the white ground colour was so 

 thickly sprinkled with minute black atoms as to give the 

 insect a decidedly smoky appearance ; the black markings 

 normal, but the yellow rather more intense than in the type. 



Mr. R. South exhibited varieties of Lyccsna icarus, Rott., 

 from Ventnor, Isle of Wight, among which were (i) a male 

 with distinct black spots on the margin of hind wings, a 

 form Mr. South said he had received from Ireland and Scot- 

 land, but had not previously seen from any part of England ; 

 (2) several females much suffused with blue on the upper sur- 

 faces of the wings, one example being especially noticeable 

 on account of its brilliant hue and the absence of discoidal 

 spots ; (3) some interesting underside aberrations of the con- 

 fluent and obsolete types. One of these last is figured in 

 Plate II. (fig. 3). 



Mr. J. Jenner Weir exhibited some specimens of Pieris 

 oleracea, Bois., from Hudson's Bay, and stated that there was 

 a disagreement between the American Entomologists as to 

 whether this species was identical with Pieris napi. In his 

 opinion it was not. Mr. Scudder was very desirous to obtain 

 the larvae and pupae of British P. napi, and Mr. Weir would 

 be glad to obtain any such for transmission to America, for 

 comparison with P. oleracea. 



Dr. Rendall exhibited eggs of the Hawfinch (Coc- 

 cothraustes vulgaris, Fleming), from Hertfordshire, together 

 with examples of the brown variety from Switzerland. 



Mr. South said that he had this season bred a consider- 

 able number of Hemerophila abruptaria, Thnb., and had been 

 much interested in watching the construction of the cocoon. 

 The nodular processes on the twigs of lilac exhibited were the 

 cocoons of this species. In a state of nature it would pro- 

 bably be as difficult to detect one of these cocoons as it cer- 

 tainly is to find those of the Dicranuridce. The construction 

 of these pupal chambers by the Hemerophila larva was a most 

 interesting performance to witness ; and as he had kept the 

 larvae when nearly or quite full-grown in a large glass cylin- 

 der, he had some favourable opportunities of watching certain 

 stages of the operation. Unfortunately, the earliest stage — 



