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the weekly entomologist. 
well marked ; full fed about tlie 
middle of June. Fine-bred N, Ghao- 
nia, also two large boxes of conti- 
nental butterflies, presented to him 
by his esteemed friend Mr. Henry 
Doubleday, and collected by Dr. 
Staudinger, Herrick Schaffer, Bel- 
lier and Guenee. The specimens of 
S inetpis in one of the boxes are the 
two varieties which Mr. Gregson 
figured and laid before the meeting 
a short-time since, as distinct species, 
and were captured in Corsica last 
season by M. Bellier, who unhesitat- 
ingly stated to Mr. Doubleday that 
they are the same species, being 
spring and summer broods. Dr. 
Staudinger, who has seen thousands 
in Andalusia, states that they are the 
same species: and Mr. Doubleday 
says that he has received both the 
varieties from M. Tamier, of Dijon, 
as spring and summer broods. Mr. 
Doubleday also states that he him- 
self has taken both broods at Epping, 
the spring brood in May, and the 
summer brood in August, but that 
the two broods differ very little. 
Dr. Staudinger says this is the 
case in the Northern parts of Eu- 
rope, but in the South the two broods 
are always different. Mr. Doubleday 
believes the white specimens which 
have been taken in England have 
occurred on the hot dry soil of the 
South. This is not much in favour 
of Mr. Gregson’s two species, except 
Mr. Doubleday’s statement that the 
two broods differ very little at Ep- 
ping, and, until this species has been 
bred, Mr. Gregson may be quite 
right in stating that we have two 
species under one name, as S inapis. 
The spring and summer broods of V. 
Lcpvana are quite as likely to be 
good species as the varieties of Sina- 
2ns. The beautiful varieties of P. 
JEdinis, in the boxes, have only been 
found near Bordeaux. 
A paper received from Mr. Ed- 
ward Newman, was then read by the 
Secretary, entitled 
“Characters of Lepismodcs inquil- 
inus ,” by Edward Newman. 
Mr. E. M. Geldart then read the 
first part of a series of papers on 
“ The Entomology of the Ancients.” 
A cordial vote of thanks was 
unanimously accorded to Mr. New- 
man and to Mr. Geldart, for their in- 
structive and interesting papers ; also 
to the exhibitors, and the President 
for his address and able conduct in 
the chair. 
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