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twigs after dark ; in the same locality he met with the following species 
and read: — 
Notes on the habits of Brephos notha. —This species occurred on 
the outskirts of a wood near Broxbourne, in which were a few aspens. 
The moths began to fly soon after 10 a.m., at which time they were, 
like .B. parthenias, very sluggish and easy to capture. About mid-day 
they retreated into the thicker parts of the wood, but at 2.15 p.m. they 
suddenly appeared in large numbers on the sheltered side; after five 
minutes’ flight they went back again into the wood for about ten 
minutes, when they again re-appeared; this was repeated several 
times. 
Mr. Tutt said that B. notha was to be obtained in some numbers by 
shaking the aspens at dusk. 
April 17th, 1894.—Exhibits :—Mr. Smith; Tliecla hetulae and Ly- 
caena argiolus from Epping Forest. Mr. Bacot; Nyssia hispidaria and 
Taeniocampa munda from Chingford; the latter, which were bred, 
consisted mainly of the var. immaculata. Dr. Chapman remarked that 
in years when this species was plentiful the specimens showed no great 
variation, but when it was scarce, those specimens which did occur, 
usually varied considerably, both from the type and inter se. Mr. 
Goldthwait; Asphalia ridens, bred, from the New Forest, and one dark 
specimen from Ongar Park Wood, Essex; also a fine specimen of Va¬ 
nessa antiopa taken in Monk’s Wood, Essex, on April 7th, by Mr. 
Whittingham of Walthamstow. Mr. Mera; several hybernated larvse 
of Orgyia gonostigma, part of a brood hatched last June, the majority of 
the brood having fed up and emerged in the autumn. Mr. Clark; a 
black specimen of Phigalia pedaria from Barnsley, and two specimens 
of Crambus pinetellus from Scotland. Capt. Thompson; a larva of 
Zeuzera pyrina found in his garden in Myddelton Sq., E.C.; it was 
comfortably ensconced in a piece of stick only slightly larger in diameter 
than that of its own body. Mr. Tutt; (1) a typical Lycaena corydon, 
captured in July 1893 ; (2) a hybrid between L. corydon and L. bellargus, 
taken in copula with a typical ? L. bellargus, on May 2uth, 1893, at 
which time the latter species was very abundant, L. corydon not being 
on the wing till some weeks later; the specimen retained the external 
features of L. corydon, but had assumed to a great extent the coloration 
of L. bellargus ; (3) a typical $ L. bellargus captured on the same day ; 
(4) a 2 L. bellargus, in which the pigment had failed in one hind wing; 
(5) a pale var. of L. corydon, captured in July, 1886, which was 
probably to be referred either to var. apennina, Zell., usually met with 
in Italian mountain districts, or to var. albicans, H.-S., usually met with 
in Andalusia; Staudinger says of the former, pallidior,” of the latter 
“ albicans ,” (Cat. p. 12). Mr. Bacot then read the following note:— 
On Assembling Selenia tetralunaria. —On April 7th, 1894,1 took 
a freshly-emerged $ to Epping Forest, to see if she would attract any 
$ s for me. The night seemed a favourable one, being warm, with a 
light breeze from the E. I hung up the $ in a small cage about 
6.30 p.m., and she commenced calling shortly after 7. The first $ 
flew up about 7.30, and others continued to come until 8.15. They 
generally came up singly, and at intervals of five or six minutes; but 
about 8, I found three on the cage together. I found I could box them 
without difficulty if I did not use the lantern, but the light seemed to 
