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ultimately another male drove off the one in copula, and took its 
place. 
Cyaniris argiolus plentiful close to London. —M. C. P. Pickett 
mentioned that Cyaniris argiolus was plentiful at \\ ood Street, Wal¬ 
thamstow, on May 4 th. 
May 21st, 1901.— Red-tinged Amorpha populi, etc. —Mr. C. P. 
Pickett exhibited a bred series of Amorpha populi, including two 
females strongly tinged with red. Also some bred specimens of 
Hylophila prcisinana and a few insects from Clandon, the venue of the 
Society’s excursion on June 1st. 
Lithopiiane socia and L. semibrunnea. —-Mr. L. B. Prout, specimens 
of Lithopiiane socia and L. semibrunnea, showing that the former could 
not be distinguished from the latter by the light inner margin of the 
forewings. In the specimens of L. socia from Wales this portion of 
the wing was almost black. Mr. Prout called attention to the narrower, 
straighter wing of L. semibrunnea as a good character for differentiation. 
Larv.e of Amathes ditrapezium, etc. —Mr. J. Riches, larvae of 
Amathes detrapezium and Agamea ophioyramma, the latter being found 
feeding on the common purple Iris. 
Tiiera juniperata var. scotica, etc. — Mr. \. Eric Shaw, 1/iera 
juniperata var. scotica, Lithopiiane socia and semibrunnea. 
Case of Whittleia retiella. — Rev. C. R. N. Burrows reported 
that while searching for Vhorodesma smaraydana, he found a case of 
Whittleia retiella. 
Reports on season’s collecting. — Mr. A. \\ . Mera said he had 
found that larvae were scarce and backward at Loughton, but Mr. Prout 
had found that though backward, insect life was plentiful at Chingford. 
June 4th, 1901. — Zeuzera pyrina in raspberry stems. —Mr. Bacot 
exhibited a raspberry stem attacked by an internal feeder that proved 
to be Zeuzera pyrina. 
Malacosoma hybrid larva. —Mr. Bacot also exhibited a larva bred 
from an egg laid by a female Malacosoma castrensis, seen in copula 
with a male Malacosoma neustna. The larva seemed to possess 
characteristics of both species. Mr. Bacot further exhibited an 
unusually handsome larva of Lasiocamga quercus, being exceptionally 
pale, with the blue bands very strongly marked. 
Lantern slides of lepidoptera.- —Rev. C. R. N. Burrows, some 
lantern slides of lepidoptera produced by the Banger-Shepherd process 
of colour photography. 
Dimorpha versicolora larv.e. — Dr. T. A. Chapman, larva; of 
Dimorplia versicolora from continental parents, also a larva of < atocala 
elocata. 
Arctia caja varieties. — Mr. J. A. Clark, two varieties of Arctia 
caja. In one the forewings were suffused with the brown coloration 
and the lower wings mostly suffused with black, the usual black spots 
nevertheless showing distinctly. In the second specimen the hind- 
wings were orange-coloured, with streaks and dashes of yellow, the 
black spots being more or less outlined with the latter colour. 
Eastern Asiatic lepidoptera. — Mr. E. M. Dadd, specimens 
purchased from the Leech collection, being principally duplicates from 
China and Japan, including Borthetrias and Cymatophoras. 
