94 THE entomologist's record. 



MEETING NEARLY 300 YEARS AGO. — Mr. Sich, read an extract from the 

 " Flora of Middlesex," Trimen and Dyer, 1869, giving an account of a 

 natural history field meeting which took place in 1629 to Hampstead 

 Heath. 



Janmrnj tiSt/i, 1915. — Annual Meeting. — The Balance Sheet and 

 the Report of the Council were read and adopted. The President read 

 his address dealing with the position and work of the Society during 

 the past year, and with general entomology during the same period. 

 The usual votes of thanks were passed. Elections. — The Officers and 

 Council for the session 1915-16, were then elected. Ordinary meeting. 

 — Examples of variation in British Lepidoptera. — Mr. Buckstone 

 exhibited a bred series of lliipaliis piniaria showing much variation ; 

 aberrations of llipocrita jacohaeae, smoky, streaked with pink, and 

 entirely smoky hindwings ; and Spiloaoma meut/uistri, which on 

 emergence had a pink flush which was evanescent. A food pest. — 

 Mr. Edwards, living specimens of Ephestia kuhniella with pupfe and 

 cocoons. Aberrations of A. grossulariata. — Mr. G. T. Porritt, a fine 

 series of ab. ni(/rocostata and ab. nif/rosparsata of Abraxas grosHidariata. 

 Lancashire and Cheshire Entomological Society. — Noreiiiher IGth. 

 — New Member. — Dr. W. J. Fordham, The Villa, Bubwith, near 

 Selby. Reports of Field Observations. — The subject for the evening 

 entitled " The most interesting Field Ol)servations made during the 

 last Season " gave rise to a discussion which was entered into by most 

 of the members present. The Genus Bembidium. — Mr. R. Wilding- 

 brought his collection of the genus Beuihidium (Coleoptera) and made 

 descriptive remarks upon the occurrence and peculiarities of each 

 species, particularly mentioning the following, viz. — BoiibidiiDn 

 5-striatH)ii, B. fiiiiii//atnt)i, B. scJtiippeii, B. ni(/ncorne, B. atomoides, B. 

 limatiim, B. testacetoii, B. aiifilicaniini, B. fiuviatile, B. pramiutn, B. 

 adiistii III a,nd B. anjentcolain. Varieties of British Lepidoptera. Mr. A. 

 W. Hughes exhibited a yellow variety of Eiichelia jacobaeae, a series of 

 Rpinephde jiirtina (janira) including an example with strongly pupillate 

 spots on the upperside of the hindwings, also a specimen of Jf/riopis 

 aprilina taken at sugar on the Crosby sand-hills. Micro-Lepidopterv. 

 — Mr. W. Mansbridge, the following micro-lepidoptera, viz. — Tortri t 

 pronubana, bred from larvas found in the palm house in one of the 

 Birmingham parks by Mr. W. Bowater ; the caterpillars were doing 

 great damage to the acacias in the house. Peronea variegana with vars. 

 albana and ciriana bred from Wavertree larvte ; Mixndia sclnilziana, 

 a series from Delamere Forest where it was plentiful though not 

 previously on record for the locality ; Paedisca wlandriana, selected 

 varieties from Huddersfield and Hebden Bridge, W, Yorks. ; Ephippi- 

 phora triijeiiiinana from the sand-hills at Crosby, very small specimens ; 

 and a fine series of EupoeciUa diibitana, light and dark forms from the 

 same locality. 



December 21.s^ — Annual Meeting. — New Members. — Messrs. Vincent 

 Fogarty, 56, Bolton Road, Ewood, Blackburn ; and Wm. Buckley, 59, 

 Roseneath Road, Urmston, nr. Manchester. The Election of Officers. 

 — The usual business of an annual meeting was transacted and the 

 following members were elected as officers and council for the ensuing 

 year, viz.: — President: Prof. R. Newstead, M.A., F.R.S. Vice- 

 Presidents: R. Wilding; J. Cotton, M.R.C.S., etc.; J. R. le B. Tomlin, 

 M.A., F.E.S. ; H. R. Sweeting, M.A. Hon. Treasurer: J. Cotton. 



