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from pairing of melanic $ and typical 5 from Dover; many of the 
specimens followed the $ parent. 
Toxocampa ckacc/E. —Mr. L. B. Prout, specimens from N. Cornwall 
and N. Devon, 1907 ; all the specimens were of slatey grey colour, 
none showing the brownish tinge supposed to be characteristic of N. 
Devon examples some years ago. 
Noxagria geminipuncta. —Mr. J. Riches, a series bred from Lewes 
pup*. 
Meliana flammea. —Dr. J. S. Sequeira, specimens taken at light and 
sugar, Wicken, June, 1907. 
Noxagria arundinis. —Mr. R. G. Todd, a long series, Wicken, 
June 10th-23rd, 1907. 
Leucaxiids from Torquay. — Mr. A. J. Willsdon, Heliophila 
•putrescens, and Li. vitellina, September, 1907. 
November 5th, 1907. -— Death of Member. — The President 
announced the receipt of advice of the death of Mr. A. H. Shepherd; 
a motion requesting the secretary to send a letter of condolence and 
regret was adopted. 
Cleogene peletieraria, second brood. —Dr. T. A. Chapman, a 
living $ bred from ova laid in August; attention was drawn to the 
fact that the throwing of a second brood by an Alpine species, though 
unexpected, was paralleled by a similar record in connection with 
Erebia cassiope. 
Bombycia ocularis from Finchley.— Mr. W. Bloomfield, various 
lepidoptera collected in Finchley district during 1907, including a 
single B. ocularis. 
The usual custom of devoting the first evening in November to the 
exhibition and exchange of duplicates was maintained. 
November 19th, 1907.— Donation to library. — The librarians 
announced the receipt from Mr. A. E. Tonge, of a brochure containing 
many photographs of lepidoptera and lepidopterous ova. 
Camptogramma fluviata at sugar. —Rev. C. R. N. Burrows, a $ 
taken at sugar at Mucking, October 2nd, 1907. 
Anthrocera purpuralis (Minos). —Mr. A. Harrison, specimens 
taken in Carnarvonshire in 1905 and 1907, those taken in the former 
year being larger and more thickly scaled than the 1907 examples. 
Mr. Harrison mentioned that in 1907 emergence took place about a 
month later than in 1905, and suggested that the inclemency of the 
current year might account for the difference in appearance between the 
two series. 
Melanic anthrocera trifolii. —Dr. G. G. C. Hodgson, three 
extreme examples with all wings metallic blue-black, and only a trace 
of the red spots—also six spotted specimens—Surrey, 1907. 
Melanic Epirrita dilutata. —Mr. L. W. Newman, a deep brown- 
black specimen, Bexley, October, 1907. 
Crocallis elinguaria from north London, 1882 and 1907.—Mr. 
A. J. Willsdon exhibited examples taken at Manor Park in 1882 and 
1907, the recent captures being heavily speckled with dark brown, 
while the 1882 specimens were pale in colour. Mr. Willsdon also 
exhibited a gynandromorph from the same district, and a specimen 
