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dark $? with yellow-suffused kind-wings. New Forest Insects.— Mr. 
E. Heasler : the results of 14 days’ work in the New Forest, 46 species 
in all, including two Diphtl'era orion ; one Arctia villica from Lyming- 
ton salt marshes, also larvae of the same in 4th and 5th skins. He 
drew attention to a dark ab. of Aplecta prasina (herbida ), and, as good 
captures, Acidalia straminata, A. trigeminata and A. subsericeata. He 
also showed the results of breeding Selenia illunaria var. jxdiana, from 
eggs of spring brood. Larv.e of Platysamia cecropia. —Mr. Bate : 
larvae of Platysamia cecropia, given him when in their 2nd skin, by Mr. 
0. Lindermann. In this skin they are yellow, with black tubercles, 
each surmounted by five short hairs. In the 3rd skin they have four 
red tubercles on the first two thoracic segments, the remainder black, 
with blue tips and black hairs. In the 4th skin the four red tubercles 
remain, and the two rows of seven next the dorsal line, and one single 
tubercle on the 8th abdominal segment, are yellow, the remainder 
being blue. In the 5th skin there are six red tubercles, the remainder 
as before, except that the yellow ones have only one bristle each, instead 
of five or six, as in the earlier skins. 
September 7th, 1897.— Aberrations of Abraxas ulmata. —Mr. 
Tutt exhibited many striking aberrations of Abraxas ulmata from Mr. 
Dutton, of York, where this year the suffused form had not been un¬ 
common. Mr. Dutton supposed, as most of the aberrations were more 
or less crippled, that the aberration w'as due to mal-nutrition. Nests of 
bees and wasps attacked by larv/e of Aphomia sociella. —Mr. Tutt 
also exhibited, on behalf of Mr. Tuck: nests of Bombas lapidarius, 
taken on August 18th, Bombus latreillellus, taken on August 23rd, and 
Vespa rufa, taken on August 13th, all from Tostock, near Bury St. 
Edmunds. These were all attacked by the larvae of Aphomia sociella 
( colonella ). lie also exhibited representatives of the two Bombi and 
the Vespa, whose nests were exhibited. Aberration of Melanippe 
fluctuata.— Also an aberration of MelanippeJluctuata without markings, 
except a very small basal patch, and the central discoidal spot. This 
was taken three or four days ago at Boxkill. Aberrations of 
Odonestis potatoria, etc. —Mr. Oldham exhibited a pink variety of 
Scabiosa succisa from Epping Forest; 7 $ specimens of Odonestis pota¬ 
toria, three being dark and four light yellow varieties ; the latter 
included a very bright specimen. Another with a black patch at the base 
of the fore-wing, whilst a third had a narrow left fore-wing; also a ? 
O. potatoria, with distinct bars on the upper, and much suffused ones 
on the hind, wings. These were all bred this year, from Cambridgeshire 
larvae. Pale aberration of Sphinx ligustri, and aberrations of other 
species. — Mr. Garland: A bred specimen of Sphinx liyustri of a very 
pale colour ; four Smerinthus tiliae — one typical, the three others 
showing the band-like mark much reduced ; these were bred from S. 
Tottenham pupae, this season; aberrations of $ and $ Angerona 
prunaria, bred from larvae from Chepstow, Monmouthshire ; specimens 
of Anaitis plagiata from Boxhill, and an aberration of the same. 
An ant-lion from Piedmont. — Mr. Sauz6 : specimens of Myrmcleon 
formicarius and Tipula gig ant ea, collected by Mr. Tutt, at Susa. 
October 19th, 1897. — Aberrations of Diantihecia conspf.rsa. — Mr. 
Clark exhibited dark aberrations of Dianthoecia conspcrsa from Main- 
