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citronea; a $ with two discal underside spots on primaries, a 5 with 
a splash of $ colour on underside of left primary, also large and small 
spotted forms. 
EpINEPHELE HYPERAN'l’HUS ABS. CtECA AND ARETE.- Ml'. H. B. 
Williams, specimens from the Mendip Hills. 
Epinephkle tithonus ab. excessa. — Mr. H. B. Williams, a speci¬ 
men from Chalfont. 
Plusia moneta abs. —Mr. V. E. Shaw, a fine aberration bred July 
3rd, 1903, from Finchley larva, the ground colour of forewings being 
dark brown, the reniform stigma golden and a row of wedge-shaped 
black marks in the margin. Mr. G. H. Heath, a series bred June, 
1912, from Boxmoor, Herts., some showing a tendency to darkening 
and including two aberrations with wedge-shaped black marks in the 
margins of forewings. 
Paper. —Mr. C. Nicholson read a paper on Plusia moneta, printed 
in extenso this volume. A vote of thanks to Mr. Nicholson, proposed 
by Mr. A. W. Mera, and seconded by Mr. Edelsten, was duly carried. 
January 7th, 1913.— Meltt/ea cinxia. — Mr. A. J. Willsdon, bred 
specimens from Isle of Wight, some showing variation in the ground 
colour mostly towards a light bluff colour. 
Eupithecia extensaria, bred. — Mr. V. E. Shaw, a series reared 
from larvae collected on the North Norfolk coast, the specimens being 
very fine and of large size ; also two ichneumons bred from tbe pupae 
of this species. 
Boarmia repandata. —Mr. A. W. Mera, a long and variable series 
from many localities, including vars. conversaria and nitjra, also a 
gynandromorphous specimen bred from Cornwall, 1912, right side 
£, left side 9 . 
Colias edusa and C. hyale. — Mr. A. W. Mera exhibited his cabinet 
drawer containing specimens collected from 1860 to 1900. The 
series of C. edusa included vars. obsoleta and helice, the latter showing 
different shades of colour, some of which were slightly yellow. The 
variation in C. hyale was noticeable, the band on primaries being 
heavily marked in some instances, and in one specimen the band was 
absent, only the apical tip being black. 
Lyc/ena corydon. — Mr. C. H. Williams, specimens from different 
localities including vars. fowleri, syngrapha, and semi-synyrapha. Mr. 
V. E. Shaw, var. semi-synyrapha and underside aberrations from Cam¬ 
bridgeshire, August, 1912. 
Vanessa atalanta. —Mr. C. H. Williams, a number of specimens 
bred 1912. In some instances the red transverse band on the 
primaries varied, some showing a distinct separation at about the 
centre, others a partial break with special development of the black 
ground colour. In two cases the red band of primaries was tinted 
with yellow, and in these specimens this band was distinctly suffused 
with black scales. 
Melanippe fluctata abs. from North London. —Mr. W. E. King, 
a bred series including abs. neapolisata, costovata and incanata from 
Barnsbury. 
Spxdosoma fulinginosa. — Mr. H. B. Williams, specimens from 
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