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attracted to a light. A vote of thanks was then accorded to Mr, Milton 
for his paper. 
Mr. Battley stated that he had recently seen a hawthorn bush in 
blossom, this being the third time this year, it having bloomed pre¬ 
viously in February and May. Mr. Elliman said that he had noticed 
an apple tree in flower in Hertfordshire. 
The following gentlemen were then nominated as officers for the 
ensuing year: President and Treasurer, Mr. J. A. Clark, F.E.S,; Vice- 
President, Mr. J. W. Tutt, F.E.S.; Curators, Messrs. Smith and Heasler; 
Librarians, Messrs. Gurney and Cripps; Council, Dr. Buckell, Messrs. 
Boden, Phipos, Newbery and Hollis, F.E.S.; Secretaries, Messrs. 
Battley and Simes. 
Variety of Argynnis aglaia. 
This beautiful variety of Argynnis aglaia was captured this year 
(1891) at Bevendean near Brighton, and exhibited by me at the City 
of London Entomological Society’s meeting of November 19th. The 
specimen differs essentially from the typical male of this species in 
the great increase of the size of the black spots, and consequent 
suppression of the ground colour. It will also be noticed that the 
sides are slightly asymmetrical, the right pair of wings being much 
darker than the left. The most important points of variation in the 
fore-wings, compared with the type, are as follows :—(1). The blending 
of the second and third costal streaks into a black patch, the excessive 
development of the discoidal blotch (or fourth streak), and the union 
of the fifth and sixth streaks into another blotch. (2). The union of 
the lunular black marks parallel to the hind margin with the parallel 
row of dots, thus forming a transverse series of black patches. (3). The 
excessive enlargement of the zigzag series of black marks running down 
the centre cf the wing. (4). The thickening of the nervures (with black 
scales) towards the outer margin. On the hind wings there is (1). An 
almost entire failure to form the black lunular marks on the extreme 
outer margin (especially on the right side). (2). The zigzag line in the 
centre of the wing is particularly well developed, whilst the area between 
this and the outer margin is shaded with very opaque black scales 
which quite obscure the ground colour. (3). The nervures are also 
broadly black. The fore-wings show the slightest possible traces of a 
concavity in the centre of the outer margin, but otherwise the specimen 
appears to be quite normally developed. It is strange that the under¬ 
side shows the spots which are united above, as distinct, and not much 
more than the normal size, whilst those near the apex of the wing are 
