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answer. Mr. Mera said he knew Mr. Oldham got about 8 per cent, 
from wild larva? at Wisbech. Mr. Tutt said that it was now a well- 
established fact that <jiotatoria larva 1 would feed on almost anything, 
and that the larva* were not confined to grass alone. 
Nov. 19th, 1901. — Continental specimens of Lithophane. —Mr. 
E. M. Dadd exhibited a number of specimens of the genus Litho¬ 
phane, including L. lambda var. xnmnintloxa from Berlin. 
General Exhibit of British Lithophanes. — Mr. C. Nicholson 
exhibited Lithophane soda from the New Forest, taken September, 
1892. Mr. W. J. Kaye, /.. sovia from Ireland, and specimens of the 
same species from Hungary for comparison, the latter being much 
darker and redder. Mr. V. Eric Shaw, L. sacia and /.. semibrunnea 
from Butley, Somersetshire. Mr. L. B. Prout, /.. mda from Corfe 
Castle, New Forest, and Glamorgan, and L. scmibntnnra from Cam¬ 
bridge and Ashford. The ah. petri ficata of /.. soda was stated, ac¬ 
cording to Barrett, to be found in Wales. The /,. soda showed the 
widest range in the fuscous clouding. 
Striking variety of Thalpophila matura. —Mr. S. J. Bell, a fine 
var. of Thaipuphila matura, with broad yellow marginal bands to fore¬ 
wing, from Tooting Common. 
Third brood of Synopsia abruptaria. — Mr. C. P. Pickett, S;/nop¬ 
da abruptaria of a third brood in captivity on privet. 
Lepidoptera and Coleoptera from Spain.— Dr. Chapman, a large 
number of lepidoptera taken by himself in Spain in the summer of 
the present year, to which a short account was appended. Most of the 
collecting was done in the hilly region of the Sierra Albarracin, some 
100 miles east of Madrid, at an altitude varying from 8,000ft.-4,500ft. 
In one particular small area, on dry limestone formation, at 8,500ft., 
the Liparid moth Albarradna Icirbii, Sati/rus jo-ieuri , a large Satyrid 
butterfly with dimorphic $? , and the strikingly sexually dimorphic 
beetle Bupresti. s saiujuinea were to be found. As far as Europe is con¬ 
cerned, this is the only locality where these insects occur, and with 
reference to the Buprestis, it was stated that hitherto the species had 
only been found rarely in Africa. In another portion of the district, 
at a somewhat higher level, and clothed with pine (Pinas sylrestris) 
forest, and of a less arid character, Krebia za pater i was found, this 
being its only habitat. Quite a feature of the collecting was the vast 
numbers of large Satyrid butterflies. This was particularly the case 
in the I pper Incar Valley, at Tragacete. An interesting note relative 
to the Lycaenids was that Polyommatus corydon typical and P. Indus 
occurred with the large pale forms on the same ground. 
Tineina at Chiswick. — Mr. Alfred Sich, a boxfull of Tineina con¬ 
taining 84 species, all taken at Chiswick. 
Cidarias exhibited. — Dr. Sequeira, a number of specimens of the 
genus < 'idaria, containing <eorylata var. alboerenata and < '. sufl'umata 
var. piceata. 
Proposition. — Mr. W. J. Kaye proposed that Mr. Prout be asked 
to undertake the editing of the Proceedings, and be sole editor. Mr. 
Nicholson seconded, and the motion was carried unanimously. 
Appointment of Publishing Committee. — Mr. IE IE May proposed 
that the president be empowered to appoint a publishing committee. 
Mr. E. M. Dadd seconded, and the motion was carried. 
