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read a paper, " On the Dawn of Memory in the Animal Kingdom," and in the 

 discussion which followed, Messrs. Dobson, Tutt, Weir, Barrett, and Wallis Kew 

 took part. — H. W. Barker, Hon. Sec. 



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Thursday, February 4th. — Exhibits: — Mr. Tutt, some very fine forms of Cirrlicedia 

 iperampelina which he had received from the Rev. Joseph Greene, including examples 

 of the var. unicolor, and the common British form, var centrago. He also exhibited 

 Hadena pisi and Trachea piniperda (red and grey forms) and a melanic var. of 

 Eupithecia fraxinata. Mr. Clark, four specimens of Mixodia rufimitrana, taken by Mr. 

 Eustace Bankes, in Dorset. Mr. Battley, species taken in Epping Forest, including 

 a small specimen of Pieris napi ? , Trichiiira cratcegi, &.c. Mr. Bayne, series of Lithosia 

 aureola from Epping. Mr. Simes, insects from Epping, including Vanessa polychloros, 

 Dicycla 00, &c. Mr. Sykes, a number of species taken near Enfield, including 

 Polia flavicmcta, Sec, Mr. Nicholson, two varieties of Pararge egeria, the only 

 specimens that emerged from a large brood ; one without the eye-spots 

 on the front wings, while the colors of the other had the appearance of 

 being smudged into one another. Mr. Tutt expressed his opinion that this 

 variation was due to disease, the cause being insufficient or innutritious food. 

 Mr. Milton, species from Epping Forest, including Eurymene dolobraria, Dicycla 00, 

 Halias quercana, See; also in Coleoptera, Telephorus abdominalis, Hydrophorus 5~liiieafus, 

 and Pogonocherus fascicularis, from Scotland. Mr. Burrows, Carabus gramilatus, from 

 Wanstead, and a series of Beinbidimn 4-guttatiis, from Mitcham. Mr. Heasler, 

 Ischnoglossa rufopicea, taken under rotten beech bark, and Mycetoporus lucidiis, from 

 boleti, both from Loughton. Mr. Riches, Testacella scutellum, and other slugs. Mr. 

 Boden, fossils from the Gault clay at Folkestone. Mr. Bayne read a paper on "The 

 Lepidoptera of Epping Forest." The following were the chief species observed: — 

 Thecla betul^e, Lyccena argiolus, Lithosia aureola, Poecilocampa populi, Stauropus fagi, 

 Dicycla 00, Riisina tenebrosa, Tapinostola fulva, Nyssia hispidaria, A mphidasys prodromaria, 

 Geometra papilionaria, Eupithecia dodoneata, and E. exiguata. Most of the members 

 present took part in the discussion. The Secretary read a resolution recently pussed 

 by the Council, announcing their intention to compile a list of the Fauna observed 

 within a radius of ten miles of Charing Cross, and impressed upon the members the 

 necessity for their co-operation. 



Thursday, February i8th. — -Exhibits. — Lepidoptera: — Mr. Raine, living larvee of 

 Hepialus huinuli, also a large collection of preserved larvae. Mr. Southey, bred series 

 of Notodouta ziczac and A^. camelina from Hampstead Heath. Mr. Tutt, fine forms of 

 Agrotis nigricans, A. tritici, and Xanthia aurago, and continental types of Agrotis 

 helvetina; also a Setina taken by Mr. Freer at Tintern, Monmouth. Mr. Tutt thought 

 that it was S. atirita var. ramosa, of which he possessed specimens from the Engadine. 

 Mr. Battley, a young larva of Apamea ophiogramma, about a quarter of an inch long, 

 which he had found at the roots of ribbon-grass in his garden. He stated that this 

 species hybernated as a very young larva inside the stems of the grass. Mr. Robson, 

 a var. of Bombyx rubi with the lines forming the band running together at the inner 

 margin ; also a form of Melanthia rubiginata with the band extending right across the 

 wing. Mr. Prout, a series of Agrotis nigricans from the Isle of Wight. Mr. Bacot, a 

 number of HcpiaUdce, including a very light form of H . huniuli ? . Mr. Clark and 

 others also exhibited the genus Hepialus. Coleoptera : — Mr. Heasler, Homalota 

 splendens and Cleonus sulcirostris from Mitchim. Mr. Lewcock, a long series of Silpha 

 atrata, showing the pale forms from Orkney, and the var. subrotundata from Ireland. 

 He pointed out that in the latter var. the margin of the elytra was very broadly de- 



