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if they do not excel, the best of the old ones ; compare, for example, the figure of 

 the carpenter moth and its work. There is a long chapter on the "Hessian Fly," 

 then comes "Notes for the Year," Experimental work against the "San Jose 

 Scale," &c., &c. By no means tlic least important is the long Appendix, devoted 

 to the Entomological (they render it " Entomologic") exhibit at the Pan-American 

 Exposition in 1901, and official awards in connection therewith (could we not do 

 something of the kind in this country?). This List contains 1052 entries! In 

 addition to the block illustrations, there are some capital plates. The index is very 

 full; wo think it is the first time we have seen the exact position indicated in an 

 Index by ninths of pages, for instance, 777", 778^, 780'', and so on. 



Motilities. 



BiRMiNGnAM Entomological Society : October 20th, 1902.— Mr. Gr. T. 

 Bethune-Baker, F.L.S , President, in the Chair. 



Mr. C. J. Wainwright showed a specimen of Meriama argentifera, Meig., a 

 Tachinid new to Britain, taken by Mr. W. J. Lucas in the New Forest on April 30th 

 last ; also M. pnparum, F., for comparison. Mr. W. IT. Flint, various Lepidoptera : 

 Larentla unangulata, ITw., from Yardley and Hay Wood ; L. sordidata, F., 

 {elutata, Hb.) and L. autumnalis, Strom {implttviata, Hb.), showing a great range 

 of variation ; Boarmia repandata, L., dark specimens, one from Sutton very black 

 but not suffused, the markings clear but all very dai-k grey, not brown ; also others 

 from Forest of Dean almost as black ; and a dark one from S. Yorkshire which 

 however, was brown and not grey in color ; Aaxk Hyiernia leucophcearia,BQ\\\W., 

 from the Forest of Dean ; Lygris populata, L., dark suffused specimens from near 

 Glasgow ; Calymnia trapezina, L., a very dark specimen from Sutton of a deep 

 olive-green, nearly black ; Hybernia marginaria, Bkh., nearly black suffused speci- 

 mens from Sutton ; Larentia suffuniata, Hb., a suffused but not black specimen also 

 from Sutton. He pointed out that there were among them no less than four species 

 from Sutton with a tendency to melanism. Mr. H. Willoughby Ellis, a series of 

 the Midland species of the Coleopterous genus Cercyon, Leach ; 14 species out of the 

 total of 18 found in Britain occur near Knowle, including granariu.i, E., and 

 quinquilius, L. Mr. J. T. Fountain, Lepidoptera, including Mamestra serena, F., 

 from Sutton, Knowle, Sparkbrook, &c. ; Dianthcecia nana,'Rott. {conspersa,V.BYi.), 

 from Jersey ; Eurymene do/abraria, L., from the Wye Valley, &c. Mr. E. W. Wynn, 

 various Lepidoptera, including Hylophila bicolorana, Fuesl. (quercana, Schiff.), two 

 fine specimens taken in Wyre Forest on August 22nd last ; Agrotis neglecta, Hb., 

 a fine one taken at same time and place ; Zeiizera pyrina, L., a pair from 

 Hampton-in-Arden taken in cop, the female being double the size of the male; and 

 Metopnilus porcellus, L., taken at Ham])ton-in-Arden June 26th last — Colbhan J. 

 Wainwright, Hon. Sec. 



Lancashire and Cheshire Entomological Society : November KHh, 

 1902.- Dr. J. Cotton (St. Helen's) in the Chair. 



Messrs. Oscar Whittaker (Bolton), J. R. Charnley, F.E.S. (Preston), A. G-. 



