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Oct. 20th, 1896. — Aberrations of Crocallis elinguaria and 
Himera pennaria.— Mr. Oldham exhibited a very pale specimen of 
Crocallis elinguaria, and a female specimen of Himera pennaria, with 
the transverse lines very strongly marked. Hypsipetes ruberata from 
Cambridgeshire. — Mr. Oldham also exhibited a bred series of 
H. ruberata from Cambridgeshire, which Mr. Tutt said appeared to be 
identical with the Wisbech form. Rhyssa persuasoria from Norfolk. 
—Mr. Oldham then exhibited a specimen of this Hymenopteron, taken 
in Norfolk. Selenia tetralunaria.— Mr. D. C. Bate exhibited a female 
specimen of the summer brood of Selenia tetralunaria, which, although 
it pupated in June with the rest of the brood, did not emerge until 
within a few days of October 3rd, when it was found alive in the cage, 
which still contained the pupae of that brood. Suffolk captures.— 
The Rev. C. R. N. Burrows exhibited— (1). A male aberration of Epione 
apiciaria, orange in colour, without reticulations, and with an entire 
dark purple marginal band. (2). A specimen of Acidalia subsericeata, 
taken in August (1896), and presumably belonging to a second brood. 
(3). A specimen of Agrotis nigricans, without markings. (4). 
Dyschorista suspecta, one without spots, but with transverse lines. All 
were captured in Suffolk in August, 1896. Syrichthus malv^e (taras) 
and Pyrameis atalanta.— Mr. T. W. Jackson exhibited a specimen of 
S. malvae with a whitish central blotch on each fore-wing (ab. taras, 
Meig.), from Horsham, and also a bred Pyrameis atalanta, with two of 
the white apical spots large and suffused, and a small white dot near 
apex of hind-wings, the spots in the red band on the latter being 
absent. The food-plant of Carpocapsa saltitans. — Mr. T. F. 
Clarke exhibited a sprig of the species of Euphorbia which bears the 
seeds known as the “Jumping Beans,” showing the “beans” in 
position. Captures at Sandown.— Mr. Prout exhibited five specimens 
of Caraclrina ambigua, captured this year at Sandown. Mr. Tutt 
remarked that the species would appear to occur further west than was 
generally assumed, as Mr. Woodforde had taken it at Exmouth this 
year. Mr. Prout further exhibited two specimens of Leucania 
albipuncta, one very red, the other quite grey — ab. grisea, Tutt; also 
a strongly marked aberration of Hadena abjecta of the variegated form, 
approaching in superficial appearance to H. genistae or A. gemina ab. 
remissa. All the specimens were taken at Sandown. Resting 
habit of Nisoniades tages and Spilothyrus altHjE^l— Mr. Bayne 
asked whether any of the members had seen Nisoniades tages at rest at 
night. He said he had noticed that, when the lantern-light fell on 
them, they immediately dropped their wings from the orthodox 
butterfly position of rest to that described as the “ penthouse ” 
position. Mr. Tutt, referring to Spilothyrus althaeae, a Continental 
species, said that he observed that a very fine specimen rested naturally 
with outspread wings, much after the fashion of a Geometrid moth, 
and continued to do so for several days, but that a worn specimen of 
the same species rested in quite orthodox butterfly fashion. Mr. J. 
W. Tutt (President) read a paper on “The Antenna 1 of Lepidoptera ; 
their Structure, Functions and Evolution.” 
November 3rd, 1896.— Insects from Wisbech. — Mr. Oldham ex¬ 
hibited Plusia iota, P. chrysitis (larger and darker than usual), and 
