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Cockerell : a note on the genus Euchloe, and a short paper entitled " Can 

 insects distinguish between red and yellow ? " in which he asked the members 

 to assist him with information as to whether yellow insects shewed a fondness 

 or otherwise for pink flowers, and whether the insects seemed aware of the 

 difference between red and yellow. 



Sept. im, 1888. — J. T. Carrington, Esq., E.L.S., Vice-President, in the 

 chair. Mr. J. H. Keys, of Plymouth, was elected a member. Mr. H. A. 

 Auld exhibited a large number of Bicycla oo, taken at sugar on August 

 10th, near Hayes. Mr. Bouttell, a fine variety of Melanippe sociata, 

 and also many other species. Mr. Turner, a melanic specimen of Boarmia 

 gcmmaria, var. perfumaria, taken near Askdown Forest, Sussex. Mr. 

 Stringer, species of lepidoptera from Shenly, and remarked on the unusual 

 abundance of Ino statices, and Zygana filipendula. Mr. Croker, imagines 

 and preserved larvae of Smerinthus populi and Panolis piniperda. Mr. 

 Elisha, fine bred series of the following Tortrices : Argyrolepia ceneana, A, 

 zephyrana, Eupcecilia atricapitana, E. amandana, Betinia tnrionana, Catoptria 

 Juliana, Phoxopteryx derasma, Ephippiphora trigeminana, and Carpocapsa 

 pomonella, the last named bred from berries of the white beam tree ; also the 

 following Tinese : Nematois fasciellus, Cerostoma horridella, C. alpella, 

 Mcophora unitella, Coleophora therinella, Gelechia semicandrella, the last 

 named bred from Cerastium tetandrum. Mr. Wellman, bred examples of 

 Noctua sobrina, Plusia interrogationis, both from Perth, Lianthcecia 

 irregularis, • from Cambridge, and many other species. Mr. South, a 

 short series of Lyccena icarus, from Durham, which he said might be 

 regarded as a fair sample of L. icarus, occurring at Bishop Auckland and 

 Castle Eden, one specimen, a male, having distinct black patches in the 

 fringes, while several of the females were remarkably for having all the under 

 surface markings of the primaries reproduced on the upper surface. He also 

 shewed fourteen specimens of the male of L. icarus having traces of black 

 dots or spots on the hind-margins of the secondaries, picked from about sixty 

 or seventy examples from Rannock. Mr. South remarked that he was aware 

 that this form of L. icarus occurred in Scotland and Ireland, he had taken 

 an example at Yentnor but he did not know that it occured in other parts of 

 England, and would be glad of information as to this. Mr. Tutt said it 

 occurred at Deal. Mr. Weir read an extract from a letter he had received 

 from Mr. Merrifield in which he stated that in carrying out his experiments 

 with Selenia tetralunaria for Mr. Galton, he had obtained some interesting 

 results in colour, and to prosecute these he would be glad of ova and larva of 

 the species in question from Scotland, Ireland, Wales, North of England, or 

 any continental country. Mr. Tutt mentioned that the larvse of Beilephila 



