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Reading, Teignraouth, Enniskillen, New Forest, Nottingham, and 
Cornwall, with var. borealis from Aberdeen and other parts of Scotland. 
He drew particular attention to the Cornish specimens, which were 
uniformly dark, approaching var. borealis, to the Reading specimens 
which were light, and to those from the New Forest and Teignmouth, 
also light in colour, which appears to be characteristic of the South 
coast districts. 
Spilosoiia menthrastri. — Mr. H. B. Williams, specimens from 
Clapton, Epping Forest, Delamere, New Forest, Isle of Man, and 
Perthshire. The whitest specimens are taken from Clapton and 
Epping h orest, the New Forest and Delamere slightly creamy, the 
Perthshire a rich creamy yellow. Also some interesting forms, some 
lightly spotted, from Teignmouth, New Forest and Epping Forest. 
An asymmetrical specimen from Horsley, one with dark gray thorax 
from Isle of Man, fasciated forms from Clapton and Epping Forest, 
large spotted from Teignmouth, var. walkeri from Isle of Man, and 
var. ochracea from Morayshire. 
Spilosoiia lubricipeda. — Mr. H. B. Williams, a series of the type 
from North London, showing the limits of the normal variation in 
spotting. Several aberrational forms including a specimen with 
grayish thorax, an almost spotless form, two asymmetrical and two 
very pale males, all from Clapton. A very curious specimen from 
Yorkshire with brownish semi-transparent forewings ; ab. fasciata 
from Clapton, Yorkshire and Lancashire; ab. eboraci from York, and 
abs. zatiina and intermedia from various localities, chiefly Yorkshire. 
Spilosoiia mendica. — Mr. H. B. Williams, a series from Dawlish, 
Tunbridge Wells, Cork, etc. The Dawlish specimens are of a more 
brownish coloration than the others, and one $ specimen from this 
brood is of a beautiful light brown colour and almost spotless. The 
var. rustica are from Cork. 
January 21st, 1913. — Hadena dissijiilis (suasa) var. confluexs.— 
Mr. A. W. Mera, a series bred ab. ovo, the 5 being taken at Benfleet, 
Essex. 
Lepidoptera from East London District. — Mr. A. J. Willsdon, a 
long and interesting series of Taeniocampa opima, Eugonia qnercinaria 
and Phiijalia pedaria, all bred from abnormally dark captured females. 
In 1 . opima, of which he brought some 200 specimens, the coloration 
and markings were strikingly uniform, and resembled the parents 
exactly. Mr. Willsdon suggested environment as the probable cause, 
the ground upon which the dark specimens were taken being subject 
to repeated burnings, which charred the surrounding shrubs and soil. 
For comparison a light coloured specimen was shown from a spot two 
miles distant, and where no fires had taken place, and this specimen 
he stated was typical of the form which used to be taken prior to the 
burnings referred to. The T. pedaria and E. qnercinaria were very 
variable, and the exhibitor stated that out of some 200 specimens of 
each species bred hardly two were exactly alike. 
Zyo.nNA trifolii var. confluens. — Mr. G. H. Heath, a series from 
Wye, Kent, 1912. 
Acidalia averseta ab. — Mr. G. II. Heath, a ? of the banded form 
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