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having the marginal spots represented. Mr. B. W. Alhin a series of EpincpJiclc 

 ianira, L., from Scilly, the females having the orange blotch on the fore wings, and 

 the malei the fascia in the hind wings very pronounced. Mr. Fenn Litliosia innsccnhi, 

 from Sardinia, a beautifully banded example of Acidalia avcrsjta, and a bov of ex- 

 amples of Vanessa uritica, picked from between four or five hundred, and showing very 

 slight variation. Mr. Tugwell a specimen of Melanippc hastata, with the usual central 

 fascia reduced to a spot, varieties of Colias edusa, and a pale series of Hypsipcics rii- 

 bcrata, from Hartlepool. Mr. C. G. Barrett forms of Po//a chi, from Sheffield, a dark 

 variety of Ar^ynnis euphrosyne, taken by Mr. Oswald Latter, at Godalming, and speci- 

 mens of Syrichthus alvcus, Hub., taken b}- the Rev. Mr. Marsh, in Norfolk. Mr. 

 Oldham among others, S of Odcnestris potatoria, of the colour of the ? ; Noiiagi'ia 

 canna, and pupa case. Mr. Frohawk a specimen of Sesia sphegiformis, and stem of 

 Alder with pupa case projecting, and remarked that the day before the insect emerged 

 the pupa broke through the bark aad remained a short time in the sun, subsequently 

 withdrew and did not emerge until the following day. Mr. K. Adkin a series of 

 Vanessa C -album, consisting of specimens reared from larva received in June last and 

 others of the same brood received as imagines from Mrs. Hutchinson, of Leominster, 

 together with a series of the autumi bro3d, also a S examp!-^ of the spring brood, 

 having the under side coloration of the autumn brood, but resembling the form of the 

 earlier emergence on the upper side, and he read notes referring to the known differ- 

 ences in the colour of the under side, and pointing out a distinction in the markings 

 on the upper side of the two broods. He also exhibited a series of DianthcBcia conspevsa 

 from the Scilly Isles, with examples from North Devon and the North of Ireland for 

 comparison. It was pointed out that one of the specimens from Scilly closely 

 resemble the supposed Irish D. compta. Mr. Tutt mentioned that the Botys exhibited 

 at a previous meeting was Bjtys fusculis, Schiff. , and was not therefore a new species 

 as had been suggested at the meeting and so reported. — H. W. B.akkek and A 

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Thursday, Oetobcr 6th. — Exhibits. — Mr. Goldthwaite, a series of Aplecta advcna 

 from Carshalton, and a lemon coloured male of Colias edusa. Mr. Bacot, bred 

 specimens of Li par is dispar. He remarked that a few larva received from Winchester 

 produced males with paler markings and dark borders to the hind wings, while the 

 females are darker than the others he had bred. Mr. Boden, Vanessa urtic.s with 

 white markings instead of yellow, and Colias edusa var. helice. Mr. Bellamy, a very 

 variable series of Anchocclis lunosa and A. pistacina, taken on lamps at Wood Green. 

 Mr. Smith, a male of Ennomos autumnaria taken at Southsea this season, this being 

 the third specimen he had obtained from that locality ; also Lobophora sexalista, and 

 a banded form of Camptogroinma bilincata. Mr, Hill, a long series of Ennomos 

 angularia, bred from a female taken in Epping Forest. He remarked that the males 

 all showed a tendency to become suffused in the vicinity of the transverse lines, but 

 the females were normal, possibly indicating that the male parent was a suffused 

 specimen. The larva were fed on copper lieech. Mr. Riches, Noiodonta ziczac, 

 He'iothis marginata, Dianthoecia capsincola, etc. Mr. Mera, Deiopeia pulchella, a variety 

 of Lycitna alexis, and bred series of Litliosia complana and L. complanula, all from 

 Suffolk. He stated that he had beaten the larva o( coinplanula ii\nn trees, bu' those 

 oi corn' plana were found on a brick wall. Mr. I'rout. a variable scM-ics of Agroti.^ saucta 

 from Sandown. Dr. Bucknell, pupae of Ephi/ra punctaria. He remarked upon the 

 curious butterfly-like mode of pupation of this genus, the pupa^ being attached to "a 

 leaf by the tail and a silken belt. lU .-dsM siaird thai although ilu- majority of the 

 spring brood turned green before pupation, the autumn brood usuallx retained their 



