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abevvations named by the latter al:). hifcxcois and ab. mnUuteni'em, the 
nnder-win»s being yellow. Mr, Tutt thought they were pathological 
aberrations. 
Continental Antiirocera exulans. —Dr. Chapman, a long series of 
A. (\fidans, from Dossekop, captured between -July 9th and 20th, 
being darker and wanting in brilliancy, but larger, than the Scotch 
form. 
Aberrations of Anthrocera trifolh. —Mr. L. D. Front, series of A. 
trifoUi, from Handown, generally agreeing with those found in the New 
Forest, which are small and early in emerging. One large specimen, 
from Freshwater, where the insect emerges later, was regarded by Mr. 
Tutt to be the subspecies A . jtalnstris, Bdv. A remarkable specimen from 
Broxbourne had the hind-wings nearly black, the border encroaching 
more than half-way over the wings. 
Paper. —Mr. .7. Riches read a paper on “ Chrysanthemums.” 
Dec. 6th, 1898.— Life-history of Ckissus ligniperda demon¬ 
strated. —Mr. J. A. Clark exhibited several cases giving the life- 
history of ^ liiinipenJct. He had bred many insects right through 
from the egg, and showed preserved larva' in many stages, one being 
of a putty colour, which, he said, illustrated the cliange Avhich came 
over this larva during hybernation. Sections of tree-stems revealed 
the burrows gnawed by the larvae one gallery being 5in. or Gin. long, 
showing that the insect did not pupate close to the bark. iMr. Bate had 
experience in breeding this moth ; he had found that his larvie did not 
penetrate far into wood supplied, but pupated close to the bark. In 
March his larvie Avere of the usual red. i\Ir. Tutt asked. Do some go 
through the winter as putty-coloured or pallid and some dark red ? 
or. Do they change their skin in spring ? It Avas stated that they Avill feed 
betAveen hybernation and pupation, and Mr. Clark presumed the dark 
colour came back Avith feeding. In all his searching for this insect 
iMr. Clark had never happened to meet Avith one pupating under 
ground. IMr. Mera spoke to linding a cocoon made of earth sticking 
out of a hedge-bank, some distance from a tree. He pointed out 
that the larva does not hybernate in same cocoon as it pupates 
in. He attributed the pallid colour to the starvation during hyber¬ 
nation. 
Heredity experiments with Spilosoaia lubricipeda. —iMr. Bacot, 
a box of -S', lubricipeda, bred in 189-5, from ova receiA'ed from iMr. 
HeAvitt, the ? having a tendency to ab. Fatima. There Avere 50 
specimens, 20 being S = 40%, and 30 ? = 60%. As to the central 
spot on fore-Avings, in 7 and 9 ? = 32% of the offspring, this is 
stronger or better marked than in either parent, Avhile in 3 S and 
6 5 = 18%, it is notably Aveaker. As to the costal blotch on the fore- 
Avings, on the left fore-Aving of one only is this more prominent 
than Avith the parent, but 10 S and 3 2 = 26%, have it as A\-ell- 
marked or stronger than the 2 parent. As to the transA'erse bands 
on the fore-Avings, 7 <? and 9 2= 32% have the transA’erse bands as 
strong and distinct as the d' parent, and in many cases less broken up 
into spots, so that as a transA’erse band it is better marked than in 
either parent. But as regards the Avidth of the band, due to the 
longitudinal length of the separate spots, none of the offspring can vie 
Avith the 2 parent. The tendency to approach var. ::atima is in no 
