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lantern, became infected with the entomological fever, and chased O. xamhucata 

 with his hehnet, and tliereafter becoming a zealous collector. Ur. J. Cotton read 

 notes on the Eccleston district, and described the sight which may be seen on a 

 favourable August night at Eccleston Mere of thousands of Xanthian {X. cerago, 

 silago and ferrnginea) sitting on the leaves of the sallows which grow there. To 

 the lists of his colleagues Dr. Cotton added Thyatira bafis, Plusicr featuccB, and 

 Melanippe tristata. The Chairman proposed a hearty vote of thanks to the St. 

 Helen's nattn-alists for a most enjoyable and profitable evening, which was seconded 

 by Mr. F. Birch, and carried unanimously. Mr. F. R. Dixon-Nuttall, in his reply, 

 described the St. Helen's parks, and assured the members that the smoke of the 

 factories had much diminished of late years. Refreshments were then partaken of, 

 after which the interesting exhibits of the Rev. R. Freeman, Dr. J. Cotton, Messrs. 

 Thompson, Webster, Critchley, and Alfred, Peter and Herbert Jackson were 

 examined. Mr. Wilding exhibited a ease of specimens of DeilephUa galii reared 

 in 1887. Mr. Pierce, an unique collection of T^anessa Antiopa, showing all the 

 variations from the type to the most extreme dark forms. Mr. .T. Collins, of 

 Warrington, the pupte of Acroni/cfa Icporbin, s]iini u]i on dead sticks ns found by 

 him on the mosses. 



April 15^, 1901.— Mr. R. Wilding, Vice-President, in the (^hair. 



Mr. Wilding again thanked the St. Helen's members who had done so much to 

 make the previous meeting a success. He afterwards referred to the death of Mr. 

 Robert Brown, one of the oldest members, who. although his special study wns 

 botany, had always taken an interest in the doings of the Society. The Rev. R. 

 Freeman proposed that the Society adjourn until October. Dr. J. Cotton seconded, 

 but suggested that a field meeting should be held in June at Delamere. The Secre- 

 tary was deputed to make preliminary arrangements. Mr. C. E. Stott, of Bolton, 

 communicated a paper by Mr. F. H. Day, of Carlisle, entitled, "Notes on the 

 Coleoptera of the Cumberland Mountains," in which he gave accounts of the rarer 

 and more interesting of the beetles which find a home on the slopes of Scawfell and 

 its neighbours. Mr. Wilding, who read the paper, said that the species were iden- 

 tical with those of the Welsh mountains, that h(> had taken many of the insects 

 named on the slopes of Snowdon and the hills around Llangollen, thus affording 

 another proof that when the localities are similar the insects are alike also, though 

 perhaps two hundred miles apart. A discussion on these points was carried on by 

 the Chairman, Messrs. Freeman, Burgess Sopp, Pierce, Cotton and Birch, after 

 which the following exhibits were examined : Mr. Day's case of specimens illus- 

 trating his paper, which included that burnished gem Carnlms nitenx ; C. glahratus, 

 C. arvensis, Pteroxtichus cethiops, ApTi. lapponnm, and many other rarities by Mr. 

 C. F. Stott; Bemlidium nigr'ieorne and Philonthiis quisqniliarms, the latter new to 

 the Liverpool fauna, by Mr. Wilding; f^pongiphora Lherminieri, a remarkable 

 Orthopteron from Espirito Santo, by Mr. Burgess Sopp. Phigalia pedaria and 

 Acalla literana, by Mr. A. Tippins. — Fredeeick Bikch, Joint Hon. Secretary. 



[We have received the Twenty-Fourth Annual Report of this Society (Session 

 1900), from which it appears that at present it numbers sixty members, thirteen of 

 whom are honorary. The library is not so extensive as it should be, considering the 

 longstanding of the Society. The Balance Sheet shows a modest total (under £10) 

 and a small sum in hand. The rest of the brochure of 14 pp. is occupied by the 

 address of the Vice-President, Mr. E. J. Burgess Sopp, on February 14th last, in 

 which many and varied subjects are briefly touched upon. — Eds.] 



