REPORTS OF MEETINGS. 
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Dec. ‘20th, 1904.— Citria icteritia ( = fulvago, L.) var. flavescens. 
—Mr. G. H. Heath, a specimen taken during the second week in 
September, 1904. 
Gortyna flavago. — Mr. V. Shaw, a bred series, from pupae taken 
in Burdock, at Finchley, including a strongly marked specimen with 
dark outer margin. 
Geometrid.® from Iceland. —Mr. L. B. Prout, on behalf of Mr. 
H. H. Slater, various Geometridse, including a series of fflieumaptera 
thulearia. 
Pterophorid®. —Mr. G. H. Heath, various species, including a fine 
series of Platyptilia isodactyla. 
Paper. — Dr. T. A. Chapman read a paper, entitled “ A few notes 
on Pterophoridae.” In opening, he alluded to the very diverse charac¬ 
teristics of the larvae, some species having hairy external feeding 
larvae, while in others the larvae were perfectly smooth and internal 
feeders; moreover, hibernation is undergone in all stages of develop¬ 
ment, except tbe pupa. The foodplants are varied, but always 
herbaceous. The group, as a whole, certainly lacks uniformity, as the 
neuration also is very variable in the different genera ; at the same 
time the group itself is very isolated. 
The Pterophorid ovum is not highly evolved, but a very typical flat 
egg; the larval stage suggests relationship to the Gracilariadae, and 
attention was drawn to the fact that the position of tubercles iv and v 
is very unstable. In tbe pupa the number of free segments is the 
same as in the Tortricidse 
In conclusion, Dr. Chapman urged that there were three main 
divisions of the group according to larval characters, which were of 
more value than the pupal characters as they are more constant. 
Jan. 3rd, 1905.— Pocket Box Exhibition.—Spilote grossulariata, 
VARS. AND ABS.- Mr. J. A. Clark, a scaleless specimen, and two others 
suffused with yellow. Mr. J. Riches, a specimen normally marked, 
but with smoky-brown ground colour. Mr. V. E. Shaw, a long series, 
including var. varleyata, a rather dark series from Polegate, and a very 
varied series from Bexley, including a smoky-black specimen with 
usual markings. 
Pieris napi. — Mr. C. P. Pickett, bred series of spring brood, includ¬ 
ing specimens with dark undersides, a feature more usually met with 
in the summer brood. 
Adopoea linea ab. —Mr. T. IP. S. Grosvenor, a very pale form taken 
at Caterham, in late May, 1904. 
Zonosoma pendularia var. subroseata. — From Stafford, Mr. A. 
Harrison. 
Bombycia duplaris, dark form. —From Simondswood Moss, 
Lancashire. — Ibid. 
