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Abbots Wood in 1913 and 1914. Mr. G. T. Porritt, Abraxas yroasu- 

 latiata ab. niiirocnstata (a maf^nificent form), and five extreme ab. 

 niiirosjia)s(it(( bred from wild Huddersfield larvjo in 1914 ; also an 

 extraordinary small second brood specimen, bred from a wild larva. 

 Mr. L. W. Newman, series of Callimorp/ia (hnniaida and its ab. 

 rossica from Kent, of Stri/iiioii jinnii bred 1914 from Hunts, and of 

 Pieris uapi from Ireland, including strongly-marked and yellow 

 females (second brood). Mr. A. W. Mera, series of I'oenonijiiijiha tijihoii 

 and ('. pamp/iilns, the latter including a female with a patch of upper- 

 side coloration, containing an eyespot, on the underside of the left 

 hindwing, also the British Acidaliids, including melanic forms of 

 A' idalia caiiibricata and A. incanaria. Mr. R. S. Benton, a specimen 

 o. Crijiiwdex exulix ab. axaimilis taken at sugar at Braemar. 

 Mr. W. E. King, a long and varied series of Hibernia defoliaria 

 from Epping Forest, including a fine melanic S • Mr. V. E. 

 Shaw, a series of Celastrina ariji(di(s, bred 1914 from Sandown 

 (Isle of Wight) larvfe, a long series of Eiipithecia extensaria 

 bred May, 1914, from Norfolk larvie and specimens of Salebria seiiii- 

 ndu'lla, and its ab. mwiuineila from Dover, 1914. Mr. H. T. Payne, 

 two drawers of Leucaniids including Xuiuti/ria cannae, X. anoidinis 

 and ab. fratcnia, X. spaiiiauii, Tajd)i(>!itola buiidii, Leticania vitellina and 

 L. bredlima. Mr. A. W. Buckstone, a specimen of Brcnthia ^ideiw 

 with black markings obsolescent, from Guildford, Bitlnjs (jKera'ts ab. 

 bell n^ horn Oxshott, -a, s\)ecimen oi Juic/udia jacobaeae with hindwings 

 smoky black and transparent, from Oxshott, a fine obsolescent under- 

 side of Pidi/omiiiatus icants from Sevenoaks. and several smoky females 

 of IJiipalus phiiaria bred from Oxshott. 



Februaii/ IQtIi, 1915. — Exhibits. — Mr. W. E. King, a series of 

 undersides of Aphantujtna Injperantus, including one ab. lanccolata and 

 several ab. caeca. Mr. J. Simes, some Spanish butterfiies, including 

 Thais riDiiiiia, Kuc/doe exphenoides, Zeijris eiijiheiiic var. )iicridionalis, 

 I'hara.ves ja.sius, Dnjas pandora, Melanar/iia sijllins, M. i)ics and M. 

 lac/iesis, Aip'iades t/wmitA's, XoDiiade.s ci/llanis, Polijo})i})mtHs /njlas var. 

 hispanica, and var. li/cidas. Mr. A. Willsden, Dasi/caiiijia rubo/iiwa 

 from Bournemouth, Hereford, and Torquay, the Bournemouth speci- 

 mens being lighter than the Hereford ones, and the Torquay more 

 reddish, also a fine variety from Torquay. Paper. — Mr. J. Simes, 

 read a paper entitled " A month amongst Spanish Butterflies." 



TuK Lancasuike and Cheshire Entomological Society. 

 Janiiari/ ISlfi, 1915. — Paper. — Mr. Wm. Mansbridge read a paper 

 entitled " Silverdale as a Collecting-ground." Having given a brief 

 survey of the Geology and Mora of the district, the author enumerated 

 a large number of local species of Lepidoptera, generally rare in the 

 North of England, but which had been recorded from this favoured 

 area. Many of these, however, had not been recorded for a couple of 

 decades or longer, and members were urged to endeavour to confirm, 

 such as Afjriades c(irido)i, Hiiralis betidae, Paranje aajeria, Ap/ia)itojins 

 hi/perantns, Ciqndo winiiiius, Hesperia malrae, Stilbia anoniala, Leptomeris 

 (Acidalia) uiariiiuejiiinctata, Aniuebe ulirata, and Perizoiiia taeniata: all of 

 Avhich had been recorded some thirty years ago. He also referred to 

 the two field meetings which had been held at Silverdale ; gatherings 

 that had been greatly enjoyed by all who had attended. The author 



