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the marking. Two had spotless hindwings, and one handsome under¬ 
side showed the red and white colouring remarkably distinct, and 
contrasting beautifully. Of males there was a long series of dwarfs, 
four with spotless undersides, ten with hindwings spotless, and in one 
specimen the central spots in border were absent, whilst in several the 
spots were confluent in various forms. He also showed a dwarf male 
Puhjommatus thetis (bellargus ), a male with many supernumerary spots 
on the underside, and one in w T hich the right hindwing I’esembled that 
of a female in coloration. 
Large brood of Angerona prunaria.— Mr. Pickett brought a large 
exhibit of Angerona •prunaria in unusual variety, being the fourth 
year’s outcome of his inter-breeding of the Raindean brood (Folke¬ 
stone) with that of Chingford. Some Chrysophanus phlaeas that were 
also exhibited from Dover were darkly tinged with a smoky shade. 
Anthrocera exulans and Eupithecia subfulvata.— Mr. J. A. 
Clark exhibited a series of Anthrocera exulans from Braemar taken 
last June, and Eupithecia subfulvata from Crouch End in June. 
Stilbia anomala in N. Devon.— Mr. A. Bacot, a series of several 
male and one female Stilbia anomala from N. Devon. 
Oviposition of Malacosoma castrensis. —Mr. Bacot described the 
act of oviposition by Malacosoma castrensis which had come under 
his notice lately, and exhibited eggs girdling twigs. The insect was 
observed to lay ten eggs in the first minute, eight in the second, and 
nine in the third. 
New Forest Notes. —Dr. J. S. Sequeira had visited the New 
Forest from June 24th to July 5th, and now exhibited insects taken 
on that occasion. These included Catocala promissa, taken as early as 
July 4th, a captured imago of Hygrochroa syringaria, a short series of 
Anthrocera meliloti, single specimens of Argynnis aglaia, A. adippe and 
Plebeius aegon, worn specimens of Gyaniris argiolus, probably belonging 
to the first brood, also Toxocampa pastinum, Hydriomena autumnalis, 
(= trifasciata ), Maearia alternaria, Minoa murinata, Cyclophora porata, 
Moma orion, Heliophila turca, Nemeophila sannio, one J being excep¬ 
tionally large, Hemaris fuciformis and Aplecta prasina. 
Graellsia isabelle larva.— Dr. Chapman exhibited a larva, in 
spirit, of the Spanish emperor moth Graellsia isabellae, and also a 
pupa of Orgyia splendida which showed no trace of wing markings. 
Sep. 17th, 1901.— Polyommatus corydon vars.— Mr. May exhibited 
a short series of Polyommatus corydon from Horsley, including a female 
with underside coloration of the male and with the basal black marks 
on forewing missing. Also a J with blue scales on the upperside of 
hindwings and a few blue scales on forewings, this latter being an 
approach to the form syngrapha. Mr. May also exhibited ova of 
Aporophyla a ustralis. 
European Sphingide.— Mr. Kaye, a box containing most of the 
known European Sphingidae, including the scarce Pterogon daridi from 
Syria, and a fine hybrid between Smerinthus ocellatus and Amorpha 
populi. 
Dryobota protea from Scotland.— Mr. Kaye further exhibited a 
series of Dryobota protea taken at sugar in late August at Ballinluig, 
Perthshire. One of these was strongly mottled with whitish. 
