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from N. Cornwall, and a series of the rare hybrid papuli x ocellatus. 

 Mr. Tonge, the same hybrid and a liioiiicia pldaeas from Deal, with 

 the red submarginal band on the hindwing quite wanting. 



November 12f/i.— Hibernating P. atalanta. — Mr. Sich reported 

 having seen a Fi/ranieis atalanta in Holborn on that day, November 

 12th. An immigrant ant colony. — Mr. H. Moore, a small colony of 

 the ant (Jamponotns adutninalu, found in a banana from W. Indies. A 

 hazel gall-mite. — Mr. Step, abnormal catkins of hazel from Mickle- 

 ham, probably due to the attack of the gall-mite En'ophijes cor>jli. A 

 GYNANDROMORPH OF A. coRiDON. — Mr. Hall, a gynandi'omorphous speci- 

 men of Aijriades coridon, essentially a female, but with patches of blue 

 scales and androconia on the right forewing. French Lepidoptera. — 

 Mr. Curwen, a number of species of Geometer taken in France. 



December lAtli. — New Member. — Mr. W. Schmassmann, F.E.S., 

 was elected a member. Paper. — Mr. W. .J. Lucas read a Paper on the 

 "British Long-horned Grasshoppers," and illustrated his remarks with 

 a long series of lantern slides depicting the various species. The 

 Giant Sawflies of Great Britain and their large Parasite. — Mr. A. 

 E. Gibbs exhibited the two large species of British sawflies, Sire.v 

 noctilin and "Sirex jnvejicus with their parasite B/q/ssa perifKasoria, and 

 gave details of their life-histories and distribution. He said that both 

 species were found at St. Albans or in the neighbourhood, and tlmt the 

 parasite bad also been taken there but was probably rare. Orthoptera, 

 — Mr. H. Moore, a number of species of exotic long-horned grasshop- 

 pers. Mr. Step, an apterous form of a long-ho-rned grasshopper from 

 South Africa — -Hetrodes j/etersi female. He believed that both sexes 

 were apterous. 



Lancashire and Cheshire Entomological Society. — October. — This 

 was the opening meeting of the Society. Exhibits of the Season's 

 Work. — Mr. F. N. Pierce showed Cyclopides palaemon {paniscm) from 

 Northants and a large number of Micro-lepidoptera including GraphoUtha 

 (Laspei/resia) (/emmiferana, I'enthina (jentiana, and Leioptilns microdactylus 

 from Devon, and DichrorampJia satitrnana. Mr. A. W. Hughes brought 

 a long series of FoUjgonia c-albnm including var. Jnitcldmoni, and 

 Araschnia levana from Herefordshire ; he reported that the latter 

 butterfly seemed to be establishing itself there. By the same member, 

 a long series of Aricia viedon (astrarche), including var. semi-alloiis from 

 Silverdale. Mr. Buckley had a fine series of Odontopera bidentata var. 

 nit/ra from Birmingham, also the local form of the same species from 

 Urmston, varied series of Aprotis ashtvorthii and Boarmia repandata 

 from North Wales, Diantlioecia nana from Anglesey, and />. capsophila, 

 pale forms, from Eastbourne. Mr. B. Tait, Jnr., had three large cases 

 containing the results of his holiday in South Devon, these included 

 Leptosia sinapi\, Hesperia iiiahae var. taras, Cidaria trnncata {rasnata), 

 and var. centiim-notata, and varieties of Pohjommatus icams. From 

 Penmaenmawr he showed the following taken at heather bloom : — 

 Aijrotis lunit/era, A. lucernea, A. ashtcorthii, and Mamestra ftirra : he had 

 also found Acidalia contignaria, and for the first time captured wild the 

 local melanic form of Boarmia repandata. And from Huddersfield he 

 showed a very fine lot of varieties of Abraxas gromidariata which 

 in3luded a grand series of ab. nigro-sparsata and one remarkable 

 specimen having the left side wmgs black with a few marginal streaks 

 on the hind-wing, while the wings on the right side were typical. Dr. 

 J. Cotton brought a fine specimen of Manduca atropos captured at light 



