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all dark, and of the 40 males, 25 were nearly as dark as the parent, 
and the remaining fifteen had a tendency towards a more olive ground 
colour than usual. Seven pup® obtained from this brood gave one 
dark male, two fairly typical males and four dark females. 
Agrotis rip-E from Hunstanton. —Mr. H. H. May, Agrotis ripae 
from Hunstanton. Mr. May remarked that at the time the insect was 
on the wing there was no sign of the favourite foodplant Salsola kali 
(prickly saltwort) and asked if it was known where the ova were 
deposited. 
Eugonia polycholoros ova. —Mr. Y. Eric Shaw, a sallow twig with 
empty ova of Eugonia polychloros in situ. 
Insects bred from ova. —Mr. Bacot, in connection with his paper, 
long series of Axylia putris, Peridroma saucia, Graphiphora munda, 
Spilosoma mendica, S. lubricipeda, S. urticae, Lymantna monacha, 
Pachys strataria, Glaea vaccinii, G. spadicea, and Syntomis phegea. 
Paper. —Mr. Bacot read a paper entitled “ Notes on Heredity in 
Lepidoptera.” A vote of thanks to Mr. Bacot, proposed by Mr. \V. J. 
Kaye and seconded by Mr. C. Nicholson, was carried unanimously. 
March 5th, 1901.— New members.— Mr. A. II. Fisher, of 
Addington, Thyra Grove, North Finchley, and Mr. John E. Gardner, 
of 204, Evering Road, Clapton, N.E., were elected members of the 
Society. 
Trrena psi and T. tridens. —Mr. J. Clark exhibited a box of 
Triaena psi and T. tridens, which he invited members to separate. 
Apocheima hispidaria in Epping Forest. —Mr. C. Nicholson 
stated that one or two specimens of Apocheima hispidaria were taken 
in Epping Forest on March 1st. 
Paper. —Mr. F. Bouskell read a paper entitled “ New Forest 
Notes.” A large number of slides from photographs taken by Mr. 
Bouskell were exhibited by means of a lantern, worked by Mr. H. H. 
May, and lent for the occasion by Mr. S. J. Bell. The President ex¬ 
pressed the Society’s thanks to Mr. Bouskell for his kindness in 
coming from Nuneaton to read this paper, and also for the pleasure 
afforded by the paper itself. A final vote of thanks, proposed by Mr. 
H. H. May, and seconded by Mr. J. A. Clark, was endorsed by all 
present. 
March 19th, 1901.— Spilosoma Urticae. —Mr. Bacot exhibited a 
long series of Spilosoma urticae, with statistical diagrams, compiled 
by Mr. M. Greenwood, regarding the spots on the forewings. 
Photographs of lepidoptera. —Rev. C. R. N. Burrows, a photo¬ 
graphic transparency showing several species of lepidoptera in their 
natural colours, produced by the Sanger-Shepherd colour process. 
Lepidoptera from Berlin. — Mr. E. M. Dadd, some lepidoptera 
taken near Berlin, including Glaea vaccinii (a very variable series), G . 
cn/throcephala, Ifadcna satura, Calocampa e.voleta, and Dichonia 
aprilina. , 
Larv.e of Cleora licuenaiua, etc. — Mr. C. P. Pickett, living 
larvae of Cleora lichenaria; also a series of Ematurga atomana, 
obtained from Folkestone and the Guildford Downs, the former 
showing light coloration and the latter dark. 
Migratory insects. —Mr. L. B. Prout, Scopula fcrrugalis and 
