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BlEMINGHAM ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY : Sept. 2\st, 1891.— Mr. E. C. Bradley 

 in the Chair. 



Mr. P. W. Abbott sliowed Tceniocampa opima and gracilis and Nyssia zonaria 

 from Wallasey ; also Argynnis Paphia, var. Valezina, from New Forest. Mr. Or. W. 

 Wynu showed Sesia cuUciforniln from Wjre Forest. Mr. W. Harrison showed a 

 bred series of Selidosema ericetaria from the New Forest. Mr. R. C. Bradley 

 showed four specimens of Pteropoecila Lamed from Sutton; lie said Mr. Gr. H. 

 Verrall had confirmed the species. Mr. Wainwright showed Plusia orlchalcea and 

 Arctophlla mussitans from North Cornwall. Mr. W. Harrison showed a box of 

 beautifully preserved laryse ; he managed to retain the green colour in Saturnia 

 carpini and others by inflating them and allowing them to dry naturally, without 

 the application of heat : this took about twenty minutes. 



October Uh, 1891.— Mr. W. G. Blatch, President, in the Chair. 



Mr. R. C. Bradley showed a long series of Spilographa Zoe from Moseley ; 

 this species is not usually found in more than odd specimens, but Mr. Bradley suc- 

 ceeded in taking it freely from the under-sides of leaves at Moseley. Mr. Q-. W. 

 Wynn showed a boxfull of large American Bombyces ; also Xylophasia hepatica, 

 which he had bred from pupse found underneath the bark of poplars at Cleeve Prior ; 

 they were in cocoons and situations which exactly resembled those of Acronycta 

 megacephala. Mr. W. Harrison showed Papilio Machaon from Wicken. Mr. W. 

 Gr. Blatch showed the following beetles : Ilybius cenexcens from Tysoe, Warwickshire ; 

 Homalota crassicomis from Bewdley ; Oxytelus fulvipes, Henoticus serratus (a 

 series), Micropeplus tesseru/a (a series), and Lampronia luzella, all from Knowle. — 

 COLBRAN J. Wainwrioht, Hon. Sec. 



Lancashire and Cheshire Entomological Society : October I2lh, 1891. — 

 The Vice-President, The Rev. H. H. Higgins, in the Chair. 



Mr. C. E. Stott read a paper, entitled, " Notes on Celcena Ilaworthii," in which 

 he described the haunts of this species with its earlier stages, and concluded by de- 

 scribing the diffei'ent local varieties. Mr. J. Collings read " A few remarks on 

 Aplecta nebulosa," stating he had bred five melanic forms from Delamere, for which 

 he proposed the varietal name of Robsoni, in honour of the well known entomologist, 

 Mr. J. E. Robson, of Hartlepool. The Secretary read a communication from Mr. 

 J. W. Tutt, who wrote, that the sppcimens of Tortrix Donelana exhibited at the 

 last Meeting had, at the South London Entomological Society, been stated to be 

 T. Steineriana, var. Dohrniana, and that the name of Donelana would, therefore, 

 fall to the ground. But it was pointed out that Donelana had already been referred 

 to Steineriana, but incorrectly. Mr. Townsing showed a remarkable gynandro- 

 morphous specimen of Orgyia antiqua, the head of which possessed the male 

 structure, while the body was that of the female. Mr. Harker, a variety of Vanessa 

 lo, the ground colour of which was fulvous-brown. Mr. Gregson, a very variable 

 series of Dianthoecia conspersa, including the melanic form. Messrs. Townsing and 

 Prince, dark forms of Abraxas grossiilariata. Mr. Pierce (the Secretary), Retinia 

 resinana, and their resinous nodules from the fir trees. — F. N. PlEECE, Hon. Sec, 

 143, Sinithdown Lane, Liverpool. 



