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THE BRITISH NATURALIST. 



[December 



Mr. F. J. Robinson, of Brixton, a bred hermaphrodite specimen of Crocallis elinguaria, 

 from the New Forest ; the antennae and wings on the right side were male, and on 

 the left female. 



Mr. Tutt, Eulcpia cribrum, var. Candida, taken by himself and Dr. Chapman near the 

 foot of Mont Blanc. The specimen had the forewings greyish-white with very few 

 black spots, mostly near the outer margin. 



Captain Thompson, on behalf of Mr. Mutch, of Hornsey, a series of Agrotis cursoria 

 from Morayshire, N.B. He also exhibited Melitaa aunnia, from co. Sligo, and 

 jiyrotis vestigiali , from Sligo and Pembrokeshire ; also an unset series of Dasypolia 

 templi, taken by Mr. E. Halliday. at light at Halifax, where that gentleman had found 

 them common. 



Mr. Bayne, Rydrolia uncicla, Tkolomiges iurfusalis, Hypenodes costsestrigalis, and 

 others, from the New Forest. 



The Rev. C. R. N. Burrows, of Rainham, read a most instructive and amusing paper 

 on the Aqrotidse and other lepidoptera taken during the season ot 1894, in his garden, 

 mostly at sugar. With regard to the latter, he recommended methylated spirits instead 

 of rum as having a superior attractive and anaesthetic effect. He exhibited two 

 drawers of specimens to illustrate his paper ; they included a very fine series of 

 Agrotis ravida, and long series of A. nigricans and exclamationis, the former ranging 

 from a pale smoky-yellow to nearly black, and the latter exhibiting some nice varieties 

 with confluent stigmata. 



Tuesday, 6th November, 1894. 



Mr. Nicholson exhibited a series of 5 male and 4 female Trichiura cratagi, bred from 

 larvae beaten from blackthorn in Epping Forest. 



Mr. Clark, a brownish specimen of Vanessa tirticce, from Tottenham. 



Dr. Buckell, young larvae of Callimorpha hera, about half-an-inch long. They were 

 hatched on 21st August, and at first would only eat knotgrass, but when this failed 

 they took to dandelion without much ado. 



Mr. Tutt, a box containing Rhopalocera, from Aix, South Europe, including Hippar 

 chia briseis, H. dry as, and H. actea, on which he read notes. He also read an 

 interesting account of Zygcena carniolica and its vars., as obtained by him at 

 Courmayeur, in Piedmont ; and he exhibited specimens of the type and vax.berolinensis, 

 and others. 



Mr. Bate, a fine banded form of Oporabia dilutata, and Boarmia rcpandata, var. 

 conversaria, from the New Forest. 



Mr. Bacot, Colias electra and var., from S. Africa, with C. edusa for comparison ; the 

 var. resembled helice, but was much more suffused with black ; also 84 specimens of 

 Cerastis vaccinii : they were very variable, seeing that the female parent, which he also 

 showed, was unicolourous. 



Mr. Southey, some very fine examples of Acheta domestica, the House Spider, one 

 of which measured nearly five inches across, when the legs were expanded. 



Dr. Buckell stated that Lord Dunmore, in his recent book of travels in Pamir, 

 mentions that Pyrameis cardui was found at an elevation of 16,800 feet. 



Dr. Sequeira read a poetical effusion in which he extolled the virtues of pure wood 

 naphtha as a relaxing agent for insects ; and Mr. Clark applied some to the bases of the 

 wings of a specimen of Spilosoma lubricipeda, which in less than five minutes was quite 

 sufficiently relaxed to allow of its being reset. 



Tuesday, 20th November, 1894. 



Mr. Battley exhibited Anchocelis lunosa and A. pisiacina, showing the close 

 resemblance between these species ; the most evident difference in the specimens shown 



