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pidis, St., a species usually confounded with Z. Jilipendidae, of which 
typical specimens were also shown. In drawers of Geometers, also 
contributed, were to be seen melanic forms of Amphidasys betularia, 
a series of aberrations of Cidaria immancita from Lochgoilhead, and a 
specially interesting insect, a hybrid between Amphidasys strataria and 
A. betularia, bred by Dr. T. Chapman. Mr. W. M. Christy showed 
Zyijaena jilipendvlae and X. tnfolii, with variation occurring in the 
matter of colour and spots ; and Macroylossa bombyli/onnis (the narrow- 
bordered bee hawk-moth), with scales all over the wings, which are 
only found prior to the use of their wings. Acceding to a special 
request, this gentleman very courteously placed in his drawer A yssia 
Iapponaria , with N. zonaria and some of its nearest Continental 
relatives, for comparison. Considerable interest was excited by the 
contributions of Mr. C. G. Barrett, which consisted of Psychids, the 
genera Psyche, Kpichnoptery.c and P’unwa being accompanied with 
their curious larval cases, and a box of European Psychids was added 
for comparison with the British species. In sub-family Noctuina, 
a most interesting drawer of Ay rot is cursor ta and A. tritici was shown, 
containing extensive series of each, and exhibiting remarkable 
variation, and in a drawer of Leucaniidae Mr. Barrett had specially 
inserted specimens of Leucania facicolor, the new species recently 
determined by himself, the shape of whose fore-wings could be com¬ 
pared with those of L. pollens, Mr. G. F. Mathew had entrusted to Mr. 
Barrett a box containing vars. of L. /(tricolor, 2 , which were marked 
with spots, and also two vars. of L.strarninea. Senta maritima (tilvae) 
displayed in Mr. Barrett’s series rich possibilities in variation, the 
fore-wings, in some specimens, being simply ochreous, and in others 
conspicuously marked with a row of black spots. From Unst, Shet¬ 
land, he had received a moth which agrees with Hadena maillardi 
(St. Cat.), which, if satisfactorily determined, would add another 
species to our British list, but at present it was placed on the table as 
a form of Grymodes exulis, nine typical specimens of which, from 
Perthshire, Shetland and Ireland, were in the same box, and one 
intermediate form, belonging to Mr. Percy M. Bright. Mr. F. J. 
Hanbury (vice-president) brought up several drawers of Noctuids, 
extending from Ayrotis to Catocala. Noctua /estiva var. conjiua was 
largely represented, and the Xanthiae were much admired. Mr. L. B. 
Prout, who has been paying attention to the genus Goremia, exhibited 
bred series of G. ferruyata and ( unidentaria , with the parents, to 
illustrate the influence of heredity. In the case of unidentaria , he 
supplied the following notes as to pedigree of the latest brood : “ The 
specimens are somewhat small and weakly coloured through in- 
breeding, but 87 % are red (27 specimens out of 31). $ parent (red) 
is from a brood of which 71 -2 % were red. 2 parent (red) is from a 
brood of which 45'8 % were red. The parents of $ parent were a 
captured red $ and a 2 from a brood of which 80 % were red. The 
parents of 2 are from a brood of which 41-6 % were red.” Mr. 
J. Riches showed some dark vars. of Hemcrophila abmptaria, all 
captured at Hornsey Rise, and all being $ ; and a series of dark 
Euyonia quercinaria (anyularia ), bred 189(5. Mr. G. Elisha s table 
was occupied by no loss than 20 drawers of Micro-Lepidoptera, all of 
the greatest beauty as to freshness of moths and regularity of setting, 
a monument of labour. This group comprises the leaf-rolling (Tortrices) 
