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Porthesia chrysorrhoea, brecl from larvae taken early in the year at 
Deal. 
Spilosoma lubricipeda var. radiata. —Mr. S. -J. Bell bred S. 
lubricipeda from one batch of ova received from Mr. Harrison, of 
Barnsley, exhibiting much variation in the direction of ab. radiata ; 
one noticeable specimen had clear Avhite central areas on the fore- 
and hindwings, with black margins, thin on forewings, but deeply 
radiated at inner angle of hindwings. Mr. Ii. H. May, who had 
received some of the eggs, bred insects varying from the type to ab. 
radiata, one approaching ab. fasciata. He also showed four bred S. 
menthastri, which were very large; in one the black spots were larger 
than in those usually captured. Living lame from Sandown were 
also shown, along with on e Leucania albipuncta and three Taradrina 
ambifjua. 
Agrotis exclamationis ab., etc. — Mr. AY. -J. Kaye, an aberration of 
A. exclamationis from Cornwall, it being more ample than usual, and 
having the reniform stigma approaching that of ab. play a. An 
aberration of Amphipyra trayopoyonis from Worcester Park, with pale 
marginal area ; a very small Xoctna xanthoyraplia from Narborough, 
and a specimen of ('. ambiyna which he had taken so near London as 
AVorcester Park. Air. Prout said he had taken several narrow-winged 
malformed A r . xanthoyraplia at Sandown. 
Dytiscus dimidiatus at AVicken. —Mr. Donisthorpe, four D. 
dimidiatus, two 3 two $ , out of nine specimens altogether, taken this 
year at AVicken in August. This insect has not been taken for about 
30 years, with the exception of one specimen caught three years ago 
by Mr. Bouskell, also at AVicken. 
AIalacosoma castrensis bred. —Air. Bacot bred M. castrensis, 
contributing a note, read at meeting (see Transactions). 
Catocala nupta at Hackney.— Dr. Sequeira, series of twenty C. 
nnpta captured at Hackney over a period of six weeks. He supposed 
they must feed up on poplar, no willows being in the neighbourhood. 
Air. Prout thought the larva? would feed on apple, on which he believed 
they had been found at Sandown. The eggs do not all hatch at once, 
but the hatchings extend over a period of six weeks or two months. 
Air. Dadd said the American species attack apple and plum. 
Leucania lithargyria ab. —Mr. Prout, a pale specimen of L. 
litharyyria from Torquay, almost answering to the description of the 
silvery aberration mentioned in Air. Tutt’s lhitish Xoctuae; two bred 
Cidaria testata, one from Nottingham and one from Sandown, exhibit¬ 
ing two extremes of colour, purplish and orange, (rnophos ubscitraria, 
two forms from Torquay, one ordinary and one sandy in colour, and 
four Anticlea rubidata bred two from Torquay, and two from Sandown, 
the latter having a rosy tinge, of which the Torquay insects were devoid. 
The forms were interesting as the species is generally considered 
a constant one. The dark form he considered as an aberration. Air. 
J. A. Clark said he had bred the rosy form from Croydon larva?. 
Deilephila eupiiorbiae. — Dr. Chapman, a specimen of / >. enphorbiar 
which had emerged in the autumn, having been three weeks in pupa. 
It was exhibited to show the broad blue scales at the incision of the 
abdomen. 
Abundance of Pyrameis atalanta, etc. — Mr. Donisthorpe spoke of 
the abundance of /’. atalanta everywhere this autumn. He had noticed 
