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chair. Mr. R. Adkin exhibited long and varied series of Acidalia 

 marginepunctata in illustration of his paper. Colonel Partridge, two 

 dwarf, red, bred specimens of a second brood of A. trilinearia horn 

 Epping Forest. The annulated spots, which appear in the other 

 members of the genas, were developed in these examples. Mr. Tutt 

 had seen some of Mr. Merrifield's specimens bred under abnormal 

 temperature, and they closely resembled these in the spots and colour. 

 Mr. Auld, a specimen of Zygcena lonicerce from Chattenden, with semi- 

 diaphanous under wings in part. Mr. Lucas, specimens of Periplaneta 

 australasicB from Kew Gardens and Bishop's Waltham, consisting of 

 males, females, and immature (wingless) examples, and said that the 

 females had the yellow ring to the pronotum wider than in the male. 

 Mr. Tutt, (1) specimens of Orrhodia vaccinii, very close in their colora- 

 tian to ab. glabra of 0. erythrocepliala ; (2) a series of Zijgana exulans 

 from Le Lauteret, the smallest from about 9000 feet elevation where 

 the herbage was sparse, the larger were from 7000 to 8000 feet 

 elevation ; (3) two specimens of Lithosia lutarella, of the deep yellow 

 form found all over the high Alps (they were seen assembling in large 

 numbers, one very warm damp morning, in company with Acidalia 

 fiaveolaria and Cleogene lutearia) ; (5) both sexes of Acidalia ochrata, 

 and stated that our British species is the perochraria of Stephens ; 

 (5) a series of the very beautiful Psecadia pusiella, a Tineina found in 

 abundance at La Grave, and looking much like a large form of 

 Cerostoma sequella. Mr. Barrett, on behalf of Mr. Day, of Cheshire, 

 exhibited a series of forms of Tephrosia blundularia taken in March and 

 May ; he also showed a very fine series of the Unst forms of Noctua 

 festiva sent to him by Mr. J. J. F. X. King. Mr. Tunaley stated that 

 he had frequently found late T. crepuscularia at the same time as early 

 T. hiundularia in Sutton Park, Birmingham. Mr. R. Adkin read a 

 paper entitled "Notes on the ocGnrrenQe oi Acidalia marginepunctata, 

 and observations on the early stages of the second brood of Cyaniris 

 (Lycoena) argiolus.'" A discussion took place, Messrs. Tunaley, Tutt, 

 Mansbridge, and Barrett taking part, all bearing testimony to the 

 value of Mr. Adkin's close observation of the latter species. — Hy. 

 J. Turner, Hon. Beport Sec. 



Cabmridge Entomological and Natural History Society. — October 

 IQth, 1896.— The President, Dr. Sharp, in the chair.— Exhibits :— By 

 Mr. Jones, specimens of Lyccena arion. By Mr. Rickard, nest of a tree- 

 wasp, and other locally interesting exhibits. By Mr. Fleet, two examples 

 of Caradrina ambigua, and pupae of Flusia moneta exhibiting remark- 

 able peculiarities of pigmentation. By the President, a larva, believed 

 to be of a species of Hepiahis, which is at present doing much damage 

 to vegetation in Northamptonshire ; a pupa of Sphinx convolvulij pre- 

 pared to show the way in which the proboscis is folded in its case ; 

 also one of the colonies of white ants {Calotennes domesticus), exhibited 

 a year ago, now w extremis. He said that one of the individuals had 

 been transformed into an egg-producer, and specimens of the other 

 Termites were seen in the spring carrying the eggs ; the small colony 

 had, in fact, established a "• substitution queen," after the fashion 

 described by Grassi. 



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