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said that it was at first thought that the insect only attacked humble- 
bees’ nests, but it is now known that it attacks not only the nests of 
all the Bombi, but also of various species of Avasps. The nests are 
attacked in July and August, and the larvte continue their ravages 
until the bee or Avasp colony is destroyed. By September the A. sociella 
larvie spin their long tough cocoons, although they do not pupate 
until the folloAving May or June. Mr. Tutt also exhibited specimens 
of the Avasp (Vesipa sylvestris) Avhich Mr. Tuck had kindly forwarded. 
Sept. 15th, 1896. —Aberrations of Epinephele ianira and Lim- 
enitis sibylla.— Mr. May exhibited three specimens of E. ianira, 
captured in the NeAV Forest, Avith large pale blotches on the Avings, 
one specimen being almost entirely pallid ; also a specimen of Limenitis 
sibylla ab. stenotaenia , captured in the same locality last June. Pallid 
patches.— Mr. Tutt remarked that these pale patches Avere due to 
arrested scale development at an early stage. It had been shown that 
the scale in the course of its development in the pupa Avas (1) Trans¬ 
parent. (2) White. (3) YelloAV (oAving to the deposit of pigment factor 
from the pupal blood). (4) Ordinary colour of matured pigment. In 
the pale specimens under discussion the scales Avere fully formed, but 
did not appear to haA*e got beyond stage 2 or 3. Triph^ena subsequa. 
—Mr. May exhibited specimens captured in the NeAV Forest in June. 
Mr. Tutt remarked that the regularity Avith Avhich this species appeared 
in the Isle of Wight in September, suggested a regular double brood in 
the southern counties. Black aberrations of L. sibylla in 1896.— 
Mr. Heasler read the folloAving note from Mr. Cross, of Ely:—“ I 
haA r e made enquiries about black L. sibylla, and can only say I took 
one; Mr. Nash, tAA r o; Mr. Cox, one; Mr. Brameld, tAA r o; Geo. 
Gulliver, ten ; and his sister, Mrs. Hillier, seA'eral; and also Mr. Hills, 
of Folkestone, one. Hoav many C. Gulliver took I cannot hear, and, 
I daresay, others that have been here may have taken some ; it has 
been a year for them.” Aberration of Dryas paphia.— Mr. May said 
he had seen a specimen of D. paphia in the New Forest last June, 
Avhich had a strong tinge of the valesina coloration on the right hind¬ 
wing. Catocala nupta ab. cjerulescens.— Mr. J. H. Smart exhibited 
a very fine specimen of this rare aberration, Avhich he had bred from 
a larva taken amongst others, at rest during the daytime on 
poplars, at Crossness Outfall, Belvedere, Kent, about the middle of 
June last. It Avas put into an ordinary breeding-cage, fed on poplar, 
and pupated at the end of June, the imago emerging on July 18th. 
Mr. Tutt drew attention to the fact that only tAvo British specimens of 
this rare aberration Avere knoAAm, one taken by Dr. Laver at Colchester 
(Brit. Noct., vol. iv., p. 51), and another by Mr. Mark Winkley at 
Mitcham (Brit.Noct-., vol. iv., p. 131). These three specimens all had the 
usual red colour replaced by a purple-broAvn tint, and the specimen 
exhibited by Mr. Smart was also somewhat melanic on the under-surface. 
Calocampa vetusta var. brunnea.— Dr. Sequeira exhibited Sligo 
specimens of this particularly Irish form. Aberrations of Nocture 
captured at Rainham, Essex.— The Rev. C. R. N. Burrows exhibited a 
gynandromorphous specimen of Gonoptera libatnu', Avhich had been 
captured at Rainham. The left antenna Avas distinctly g , the right 
<j> . Also a specimen of Agrotis segetum, Avith the costal edge toAvards 
