REPORTS OF MEETINGS. 
December 19th, 1911.— Nominations.- —Messrs. .James Douglas, 6, 
Old Jewry, London, E.C. and Mr. F. H. Southgate, 109, Kensington 
Avenue, Manor Park, London, E., were nominated for membership by 
Messrs. Y. E. Shaw and F. B. Cross. 
Arctia ca.ta, ab. — Rev. C. R. N. Burrows, a male without the usual 
dark blotches on the outer margin ; taken at light at Mucking, 1911. 
Manduca atropos. —Rev. C. R. N. Burrows, a female taken at rest 
on pea-haulm at Mucking, June 19th, 1911, with some of the unlaid 
ova of which he had abstracted 218. Only one ovum was laid and a 
photograph of the larva reared was exhibited. 
Euchloe cardamines. — Mr. H. B. Williams, a male from Abridge 
Essex, with the black apical blotch continued as a narrow line along 
outer margin ; another male, from same place, with yellowish shading 
at inner edge of orange blotch. 
Abraxas orossulariata, abs. — Mr. H. B. Williams, a specimen 
with partial basal band on hindwings, Clapton, 1911; five specimens 
reared from Lancashire wild collected larvie, including one ab. nit fro- 
1’asciaria, and two rather darkly marked specimens. Nine specimens 
from a single brood of St. Anne’s-on-Sea lame, four showing a more 
or less pronounced yellow suffusion on forewings and yellow bar on hind- 
wings ; the five others rather dark, one having spots on hindwings 
coalesced in a transverse direction. Mr. ,J. Riches, six bred specimens 
picked as showing the greatest variation in those reared from North 
London larvae in 1911, including ab. hazeleighensis. 
Zygjena trifolii. — Mr. A. W. Mera, specimens from North Corn¬ 
wall, July 1911, one var. confhiens, Freshwater, Isle of Wight, and two 
small specimens of a Zyyaena of doubtful identity, having six spots 
on each wing which he submitted as Z. trifolii. 
Anchocelis pistacina. —Messrs. V. E. Shaw, B. S. Williams and 
J. Douglas exhibited their series of this species from Finchley, Bexley, 
New Forest, Epping Forest and Hunstanton, arranged to show the 
great variation of this insect. Var. spaerulatina was noted as being far 
commoner than the type. The other vars were senna, obsoleta, ferrea, 
rubetra, brunnea, unicolor-brunnea, renosa, ]>alli<lct and canaria. 
Agrotis nigricans var. mahshallana. — Mr. B. S. Williams, a 
specimen taken at Wicken, July, 1911. 
Luperina gukneei var. murrayi. —Mr. L. W. Newman, specimens 
from St. Anne’s-on-Sea, August, 1911. 
Calamia lutosa. — Mr. L. W. Newman, some very large specimens 
from Sleaford September, 1905. 
Barer.- — Mr. H. M. Edelsten, being unable to be present, his 
paper, “ Notes, Various,” was read by Mr. R. G. Todd. Mr. Edelsten to 
illustrate the notes read, sent a pupa and cocoon of Tapinostola hellnianui, 
pupa of T. concolor, pupa and cocoon of Dicinthoecia luteayo var. banrtti. 
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