1001.] 103 



ciiicta from IJimrneiiioiitli, wlu're lie hail takfii iL I'airlj eonniioiily this yenv near to 

 the original locaUty in greater numbers than any one had taken it before ; also 

 Anthrax fenestrala from Bournemoutli ; A. paniscus from West Runton, Norfolk ; 

 and A.Jlava? from Bournemouth; all three species taken by himself, though he 

 had never met with a specimen of the genus before; also all three species of 

 Didea, aineti from Sutton and Wyre Forest, intermedia from Sutton, oMAfasciata 

 from Sutton, Wyre Forest, and Poole. Mr. Aug. D. Innus, Sinodendron cyUndricnm 

 from an old oak at Moseley. Mr. C. J. Wainwright, a series of the rare Dipteron, 

 Stratiomtfs Chameleon fi'om W. Ruuton, Norfolk, taken last July and August. Mr. 

 Gc. T. Bethune-Baker, a drawer full of Epinephele Janira and its allies. — OolbrAN 

 J. Wainweight, Hon. Hecretary. 



LANCASllUtb; AND CHESHIRE ENTOMOLOGICAL SuCIETY. — TjlE ANNUAL 



Meeting was held on Monday, January lith, in ihc new room taken by the 

 Society at tlie Royal Institution, Colquitt Street, Liver|iool. The Vice-President, 

 Mr. K. J. BtJRGESS Sopp, occupied the Chair. 



The Secretary read a report on the work of the year 1900. The Treasurer read 

 his report, which showed a credit balance. Mr. Webster proposed, and Mr. Harri- 

 son seconded, that the report and balance sheet bo printed. Rule 4 was amended 

 to suit the new conditions. Mr. Pierce mentioned incidentally that the Library 

 had been brought over to the new premises, and would be lodged in an adjoining 

 room as soon as space could be found for it. 



The election of Officers for 1901 was then proceeded with, and resulted as 

 follows : — President, S. J. Capper, F.E.S. ; Vice-Presidents, R. Wilding and Rev. 

 R. Freeman, M.A. ; Secretaries, F. N. Pierce and Fredk. Birch ; Treasurer, Dr. J. 

 Cotton, F.E.S. ; Librarian, F. C. Thompson ; Council : A. Tippins, B. H. Crabtrec, 

 F.E.S., R. Tait, E. J. Burgess Sopp, F.E.S., and Dr. H. Dobie. 



The outgoing Vice-President, Mr. E. J. Burgess Sopp, then gave a most in- 

 teresting and instructive address, which will be printed for putting into the report. 

 The Rev. R. Freeman proposed a hearty vote of thanks to Mr. Sopp ; this was 

 seconded by Mr. Wilding, and carried unanimously. Dr. Cotton proposed, and the 

 Members agreed, that the Secretary should write to the President expi-essiug their 

 regret at this his first absence from the Society's Annual Meeting for so many years. 



February ll/A, 1901.— Mr. R. Wilding in the Chair. 



It was decided by a vote that the nest Meeting should be held at St. Helen's. 



The Joint Secretary, Mr. Frederick Birch, then read a paper entitled, " Our 

 Raid into the Highlands," in which he described what he and his companions, 

 Messrs. J. and H. Tayler, did and saw at Rannoch (North- West Perthshire) in the 

 summer of 1900. On June 20th, they entrained for Rannoch. Amongst the rare 

 species of Coleoptera taken may be mentioned Saperda scalaris, Eros Aurora, and 

 Trichiua fasciatux. Of Lepidoptera the best were, Dasydia obfuscata and Psodos 

 trepidaria. Mr. Pierce proposed a vote of thanks to Mr. Birch for his paper, which 

 was carried unanimously. 'J'he Rev. C. J. Buckmaster, of Wigan, gave some in- 

 teresting reminiscences of the Rannoch district, which extended over a period of 

 thirty years. The following exhibits were made : — Noctua subrosea, by Mr. Pierce ; 

 Devonshire and Local Lepidoptera, by Mr. Tonkin ; Scotch Coleoptera and Lepido- 

 ptera, by Mr. Birch ; Saturnia pavonia^major, taken in the South of France by 



