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And then you get a tiny brush and dip the end within it. 
You next take up your lovely moth by the pin that’s through his chest. 
And turn him straightway upside down, and so expose his breast; 
Most carefully the brush apply, unto each shoulder joint, 
Let it soak in, for minutes three, the parts that you anoint. 
You now must take the little moth, and pin him straight and smooth 
Upon a proper setting board, the bod)" in the groove. 
Then, with a needle line and curved, you raise his little wing; 
You’ll find it move quite easily, you’ll say it’s just the thing. 
’Tis best to put a bristle on while you are at the work, 
And last of all you brace it down—the wing will never shirk. 
When four and twenty hours have passed, you take it off the board 
And place it in your cabinet, its symmetry restored. 
I’ve tried it on Pronuba, that was very old and dry, 
And Polyodon also, whose wings were all awry ; 
And now they shine resplendent, with wings both straight and true, 
I hope that these instructions will act the same with you. 
But whether unset specimens will answer in this way, 
I really cannot tell you, and history doesn’t say. 
Nov. 20th, 1894.—Exhibits :—Mr. Battley: Anchocelis pistacina and 
A. lunosa, showing the strong resemblance between the species. The 
most evident difference in the specimens shown, lay in the subterminal 
line, which, in A. pistacina, consisted of a series of crescentic spots, 
similar in colour to that of the wing, whilst in lunosa these spots were 
black. Mr. Clark : T aeniocampa gracilis from the New Eorest, one 
specimen being light reddish, and the other dark purplish-brown. Mr. 
Bacot: Gortyna ochracea, bred from burdock-stems from Ponders End ; 
two of the specimens had a light blotch on one of the fore wings, which 
Mr. Tutt believed was caused by pressure on the pupa during develop¬ 
ment. Mr. Prout: Orthosia lota from Hale End and Sandown ; the 
former were all typical, the latter nearly all var. rufa. Mr. Tutt : 
Zygaena achilleae and vars from Courmayeur, Piedmont. Mr. Battley 
gave a short account of a recent visit to Char mouth, Dorset, from which 
it appeared that although Lepidoptera were scarce by reason of the in¬ 
clement weather, 111 species of plants were observed which were 
actually in flower ; these included the primrose, cowslip, dog violet, 
wild strawberry (also in fruit), and privet. The principal insects 
captured at ivy were: Xylina socia (one, about the middle of 
November, in perfect condition); Epuncla nigra (5, three of them 
bad); Orthosia macilenta and 0. lota (mostly var. rufa), also a few 
Xylina rhizolitha and Cidaria siterata; two specimens of Dasypolia 
templi were taken at light at Lyme Regis on November 5th, and one 
specimen of Pararge egeria was seen on October 25th, on which date, 
Orrhodia vaccinii began to appear. 
The following gentlemen were nominated as Officers of the Society 
for 1895 :—President and Treasurer, Mr. J. A. Clark ; Yice-Presidents, 
Mr. J. W. Tutt and Dr. Buckell; Curators, Messrs. Bayne and C. B. 
Smith; Librarians, Messrs. Gurney and Prout; Secretaries, Messrs. 
Nicholson and Battley ; Council, Messrs. Lewcock, Newbery, 
Oldham, Bacot J and Capt. Thompson. Mr. Bacot and Mr. Prout were 
appointed Auditors for 1894. 
