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from this character, there was a difference in the time of appearance. 
Mr. W. J. Kaye remarked on Dr. J. S. Sequeira’s varied series from 
the New Forest. He said he had found in a certain part of Leicester¬ 
shire a particularly pale form, and this almost invariably settled upon 
dark pine trunks, making it a conspicuous object. Mr. Mera said that 
in the New Forest there certainly was a great range of variation. The 
aberration conversaria was produced far more commonly in the South 
and West of England. It was very rare in Suffolk, and years ago rare 
in Combe Wood, near London. Mr. Alfred Sich remarked that in the 
New Forest there was gathered together a great admixture of different 
forms. Mr. A. Bacot said the variation of this species was very wide, 
and the melanic tendency cropped up here and there. He would like 
to know if the tendency was pronounced by heredity. Mr. Mera con¬ 
sidered that the influence was certainly strong. Mr. T. Ii. Hamling 
said he found the melanic tendency very strong from parents of the 
same dark form in other species. Mr. L. B. Prout referred to parallel 
strains and the occasional blending or mixing of the two. He thought 
that the species required extensive breeding to elucidate certain 
biological tendencies. Mr. G. H. Heath, in speaking of the ab. con¬ 
vened ria, said that that might be an older form than the commoner 
forms without the well-marked band, and that the lines in the latter 
were mere remnants of the band. 
April 19th 1904. —Burning of Wicken Fen.— Mr. C. P. Pickett 
called the attention of members to the unfortunate burning of a large 
portion of Wicken Fen, and read a newspaper paragraph thereon. 
Hybernated Arctia villica larv®. —Mr. G. Pearson, larvre of 
Arctia villica which had been successfully hybernated under domesti¬ 
cation. 
Ova-laying of Asphalia flavicornis. —Mr. V. Eric Shaw, ova of 
Asphalia Jiaidcornu, on twigs of birch from Chislehurst. The eggs 
were laid at the small angles on the twigs, and it was noted that not 
many eggs were laid by a single female. 
Note on Lycia hirtaria.— Mr. C. P. Pickett, Lycia hirtaria, taken 
wild on April 18th, in a garden at Leyton. It was stated that the 
species had again been abundant, and generally of large size. 
Tapinostola concolor. —Mr. W. J. Kaye, Tapinostula concolor, 
taken, he believed, near Wansford. He remarked on the little that 
was known of this obscure species. Mr. A. W. Mera said he took, 
some years ago, a small wainscot on the east coast, and which had 
since been identified as Tapinostola concolor. The locality was new 
for the species. 
Spring and Summer Broods of Cymatophora gemmaria.— Mr. A. 
W. Mera, Cymatophora gemmaria, from London and Fresh water, show¬ 
ing both broods of each, illustrating how much smaller the latter 
brood was. 
Saturnia pavonia-minor aberration.— Mr. T. H. Grosvenor, a 
curious male specimen of Saturnia pavonia minor, with the orange of 
the hindwings much reduced in intensity, giving the wing more the 
appearance of the female sex. 
Crambus chrysonijchellus, etc.— Mr. Alfred Sich, Crambus 
chrysonuchellus, from Clandon Downs, taken on June 1st, 1901, also 
Litliocolletis alnifoliella and Talaeporia tubulosa. 
