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T. Jimbriata and T. janthina, the first all bred from a batch of northern 
ova, and amongst the imagines was an exceptionally fine, large, dark- 
red form. 
Larv® of Geometra papilionaria, etc. —-M. C. P. Pickett, some 
young larvae of Geometra papilionaria, and some fine aberrations of 
Mimas tiliae with black hindwings. 
Dark Phigalia pedaria. —Mr. T. H. Hamling some bred Phigalia 
pedaria, the result of a pairing of a black $ with a normal J . None 
of the progeny were black, but nearly all w'ere strongly mottled with 
black. 
Discussion on Triph.enas. —Mr. A. W. Mera, on speaking of the 
exhibits of T. subsequa ( = comes), said he thought that dandelion, when 
given as a pabulum to the larvae, produced large imagines. Mr. W. J. 
Kaye remarked that the dark form curtisii was not confined to eastern 
Scotland as hinted in Tutt’s British Noctuae and their Varieties. The 
Hebrides and the Shetland Isles also produced this form. Mr. G. H. 
Heath mentioned that the banded form already alluded to, sometimes 
occurred at Torquay. Mr. Mera and Mr. Clark called attention to 
specimens exhibited by them with smoky hindwings, of Triphaena 
* orbona ( — subsequa). Mr. C. P. Pickett also had specimens of this 
same species with dark forewings, thus showing that this usually con¬ 
stant species did vary in the same direction as T. subsequa. 
April 21st, 1908.— New Members.— Rev. E. Gepp, M.A., The 
School House, Felstead, Essex. Mr. Oswald H. Latter, Charterhouse 
School, Godaiming, and Mr. H. C. Hayward, Repton School, Repton, 
Derbyshire, were elected members of the Society. 
Exotic Sphingid.e.— Mr. W. J. Kaye, two cabinet drawers of 
foreign Sphingid*, one of the Daphnid species, and the other of 
Amorphid species, with coloured maps under each species to show the 
distribution. In the former case the wide distribution of Daphnis nerii 
was most remarkable compared with the rather restricted area of all 
the other species of the group. 
Triphaena subsequa from Forres.— Mr. L. B. Prout, a brood of 
Triphaena subsequa ( = comes) from Forres ova. The series including 
all the dark and red forms. 
Butterfly pup.® from Buenos Ayres.— Mr. A. F. Bayne sent from 
Buenos Ayres pupae of Agraulis vanillae, Psudosarbia phoenicicola, and 
others for exhibition, and some notes thereon, also some notes on 
migration. 
Very dark Gonodontis bidentata. —Mr. A. W. Mera, Gonodontis 
bidentata of the very dark form from Yorkshire, also a fine banded 
orm of the same species. 
Dimorpha versicolora. —Mr. C. P. Pickett, Dimorpha versicolora, a 
bred series from Rannoch. Mr. V. Eric Shaw, some ova of the same 
species. He remarked that he had found that ova, although fertile, 
did not change colour while kept in the dark, but that on exposure to 
light the eggs quickly turned and hatched. 
Eutrapeta bilunaria.— Mr. Shaw further exhibited ova of Eutrapeta 
bilunaria. 
Unicolorous Gonodontis bidentata.— Mr. J. W. Riches, some very 
dark Gonodontis bidentata almost without markings. 
Paper. —Mr. G. H. Hamling read a paper, “ Notes on breeding 
Gonodontis bidentata ab. nigra.” (Printed in Transactions.) 
