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from St. Ives, Cornwall and West Hide, Herefordshire, rufifrons from West Hide 

 and West Eunton, Norfolk, luiguicornis from West Ruuton and Sutton Park, in the 

 latter of which localities it is very common. Mr. A. H. Martineau, the six species 

 of the heloola group of the genus Andrena : apicata, Smith ; lapponica, Zett. ; 

 helvola, L. ; amhigua, Vevkms; fucat a, Smith, and ««>'»«».?, Rossi. They are all 

 veri/ closely allied to one another, and he pointed out the slight differences which 

 distinguished them. 



Maif 20th, 1901.— The President in the Chair. 



Mr. J. T. Fountain showed a nice series of Cirrhcedia rerampelina, the greater 

 part bred from Yorkshire larvae, a few from Derbyshire, and one taken on the 

 Worcestershire side of Birmingham. He also showed Emmelesia alhuJata from 

 Knowle, and Tceniocampa populeti from near Birmingliam. Mr. R. C. Bradley, a 

 series of Chrysis ignita from various localities, Sutton, Wyre Forest, &c., also a few 

 of the much rarer C. Riiddii, from Moseley (one), and near Stroud, Glos. (two). 

 Mr. G. T. Bethuue-Baker, a number of Hymenoptera collected by the late Dr. 

 R. C. R. Jordan. Amongst other interesting things were two Bomlms Smithianvs 

 from Shetland, received from Smith himself. Mr. Colbran J. Wainwright, a few 

 Oncomyia atra, from West Runton, Norfolk ; also a few of a smaller insect which 

 he said answered in every vray to 0. pusilJa, but he doubted the distinctness, as 

 all the characters seemed to be inconstant, and the size alone seemed insufficient to 

 separate them. 'J hese latter were from West Runtou, Bournemouth, and near 

 Stroud, Glos. — Colbran J. Wainwright, Hoi}. Secretary. 



Lancashire and Cheshire Entomological Society: March Wth. — Mr, 

 R. Wilding, Vice-President, in the Chair. 



Mr. F. R. Dixon-Nuttall opened the meeting by giving the Society a most 

 cordial welcome to St. Helen's. Mr. Wilding, in his opening address, said he 

 thought that the new departure of holding occasional meetings in other towns than 

 Liverpool would be conducive to the life and well-being of the Society. The Rev. 

 R. Freeman began his paper by exhibiting and explaining a coloured map drawn by 

 himself, showing the district which the St. Helen's naturalists are working — a 

 district of five miles' radius around the town, which comprises woodlands, hills, 

 mosses, marshes, and pastures. From his own particular section of Simonswood he 

 recorded 180 species of Macro-Lepidoptera. The most interesting of these are 

 Coenonympha davus, Notodonta dictcBoides, Acronycta leporina, A. menyanthidis, 

 A. alnt, Mameatra anceps, Hadena glauca, Heliodes arbtiti, and Carsia imbuiata. 

 The most abundant species is Cymatophorn duplaris, whose larvae occur in thou- 

 sands on the birch trees. Mr. F. C. Thompson gave his experience of the Knowsley 

 district, which is rich in old woods, mosses, lakes and pond-holes. On the whole, 

 the species are the same as at Simonswood, with the addition of Agrotis puta, Noctua 

 triangidum, Dianthcecia capsiiicola, Epione apiciaria, and Ennomos erosaria. Mr. 

 Alfred Jackson read an interesting account of his doings in the Bold district. He 

 stated that he had taken the eggs, larvae, pupa and imagines of Odonestis potatoria 

 in a single hour. He also described with what delight he had captured his first 

 specimens of Colias Edusa, an insect he had thought would never have visited this 

 district of smoke. He told an amusing story of a policeman who, attracted by his 



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