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G. T. Bethune-Baker asked if members had noticed the Vanessida in unusual 

 abundance this year ; he had seen many more than usual at Edgbaston. Mr. W. 

 Harrison thought that they were more abundant than usual, and noted the 

 occurrence of Orapta c-album at Harborne. Mr. H. W. Ellis mentioned the 

 finding of twenty-eight larvje of Acherontia Airopos in Bedfordshire ; he also had 

 it from Knowle, "Warwickshire, and asked if other members had heard of it this 

 year. Several intimated hearing of its occurrence locally, and Mr. Wainwright had 

 received a larva from Cromer, Norfolk. Mr. K. C. Bradley showed a series of 

 Dioctria atricapilla from the Stroud district, and a few Leptogaster guttiventris 

 from the same place, also L. cylindrica from Haywood, Warwickshire. Mr. W. 

 Harrison, living pup® of Nemeobius Lucina from Witherslack, and remarked on its 

 probable extermination there, as he had counted thirty-two entomologists hunting 

 specially for that species and Lyccena minima. Mr. BE. W. Ellis, a nice series of 

 Coleoptera collected in the Stroud district of Glos. during the Society's visit there 

 at Whitsuntide this year : in five days he had taken ninety-four species, including 

 Oodes helopioides, Phytaecia cylindrica, Cryptocephalus bipunctatus, Chrysomela 

 varians, a pair in cop. of the green var., Lochmcea cratcBgi, Cistela luperus, Magda- 

 lis armigera and M. pruni. Mr. Bethune-Baker, a pair of Plusia moneta taken by 

 a friend in his garden in Surrey this year ; also a drawer containing the genus 

 Pararge, specially to point out how continental P. ^geria differs from our var. 

 cegerides, and runs through it into xiphioides from the Canary Islands, and Xiphia 

 from the Madeiras.— CoLBRAN J. Wainwbight, Hon. Sec. 



Lancashiee and Cheshire Entomological Society : October Sth, 1900.— 

 Mr. B. H. Crabtree, Vice-President, in the Chair. 



Dr. J. Cotton exhibited captures made on Simonswood Moss and at Llandudno 

 during 19U0. The former included a specimen of Acronycta alni. Mr. B. H. Crab- 

 tree, Colias Edusa and a series of Agrotis cursoria from St. Annes-on-Sea ; likewise 

 a wonderful variety of Arctia Caja, in which the upper wings were almost unicolorous 

 dark brown, and the under wings yellow, with a dark brown mark at the base of 

 each ; also, on behalf of Mr. Harold Milne, two varieties of Arctia plantaginis, in 

 which the black markings were replaced by a yellowish-orange tint, thus causing 

 them to appear almost unicolorous : these specimens were male and female. In Mr. 

 Day's beautiful exhibit were the following:— a fine dark form of Smerinthus tilicE, 

 a series of Chaerocampa porcellus, long and fine series of Eulepia cribrum, N. 

 cucullina, A. rlpa, and Anticlea sinuata, the latter from Cambridgeshire larva. 

 Mr. Mason, a magnificent series of Pyrameis cardui, Argynnis Aglaia, Bombyx 

 trifolii (bred), Agrotis ripce, cursoria, and other coast species ; amongst his odd 

 captures were A. pyrophila and C. Edusa, taken at Lytham. Mr. Massey, long 

 series of the beautiful and rare Pachnobia alpina, Taniocampa gothica, and its 

 mountain form gothicina. Mr. Tait, fine series of .helitaa Cinxia, Agrotis corticea 

 and lunigera, Acidalia humiliata and Anticlea rubidata from the Isle of Wight ; 

 also the living larva and imago of Agrotis Ashworthii. Mr. Thompson recorded C. 

 Edusa, A. Atropos, and 31. stellatarum from St. Helens, the latter abundant in the 

 larval state in suburban gardens. Mr. Pierce brought for exhibition a living A. 

 Atropos, which stridulated loudly on being disturbed. Mr. Johnson, bred series of 

 Nola cucullina and Oeometra smaragdaria ; also a specimen of S. populi, in which 

 the pink of the under-wings was suffused all over the insect ; also Zygcena Mi)ios, 



