304 • [December, 



^bituarn. 



The Very Rev. Canon Bernard Smith, of Great Marlow, passed away at 

 the end of October, aged 89. More than 40 years ago he was known as one of 

 tlie most ardent collectors of British Lepidoj)tera , and he was certainly one of 

 the pioneers in breeding British " Macros " from the egg. His success was very 

 great, especially in certain Notodontida:, &c., of which most of the specimens in 

 collections came from him. He was a frequent contributor of notes to the " Intelli- 

 gencer," and occasionally his name appeared in the early volumes of this Magazine. 

 Readers of Buckler's " Larvce " will realize the part he took in the production of 

 the masterly figures in that work. Latterly he had made but small signs of ento- 

 mological activity, and one of our colleagues who visited him about 1884 says he 

 was then feeble, but still occupied in rearing his favourites, the children of his 

 Church largely aiding him by active search for the larvae. In ecclesiastical circles 

 he was perhaps better known than in entomological. He was " the Bernard Smith 

 of Magdalen," whose name so often appeared in connection with the earlier period 

 of the so-called "Oxford Movement." In 1841, when Rector of Leadenham 

 (Lincoln) he resigned his Fellowship of Magdalen College, and went over to the 

 Roman Catholic Church with many other notabilites of the Established Church. 

 But this is written en passant. He became Priest of the Roman Catholic Church 

 at Great Marlow more than half a century ago. 



Societies. 



Lancashire and CnEsniRE Entomological Society. — The Exhibitional 

 Meeting was held in the Royal Institution, Liverpool, on Monday, October 19th, 

 Mr. Wm. Webster, M.R.S.A.I. (St. Helens) in the Chair. 



Mrs. F. Eveline Lister, of Bootle, and Mrs. Winifred M. Sopp, of Birkdale. 

 were elected Members of the Society. 



Certain amendments and additions to the rules of the Society were discussed 

 and adopted. The following, amongst other interesting exhibits, were examined by 

 the large gathering of Members present: — Aplecta nehulosa, var. Robsoni, from 

 Delamere, by Messrs. R. Tait, Junr. (Manchester), B. H. Crabtree, F.E.S. (Levens- 

 hulme), C. F. Johnson (Stockport), and J. Collins (Warrington). Mr. Tait further 

 exhibited Agrotis ripx, A. Ashworthii, A valligera, A. a/jathina, Plusia festucx, 

 Zygxna Minos, Heliothis marginata, and some remarkably large dark forms of 

 Acidalia contiguaria from North Wales, as well as living specimens of Agrotis 

 Ashworthii, Aplecta occulta, and Acidalia contiguaria. Mr. Crabtree's fine series 

 of Lepidoptera, bred during 1903, included Epunda lichenea and Eupithecia 

 pulchellata, from N. Wales; E. venosata, var. hebridium, from Shetland pupae; 

 Treniocampa opima, from Wallasey ova ; and Odontopera bidentata, ah. nigra, and 

 vars. of Abraxas grossulariata, from wild Manchester larvte. Mr. Johnson's 

 valuable collection included an exceptionally fine var. of A. grossulariata, the 

 ground colour of which, instead of being white, is a dark leaden colour. This 

 insect was bred from a Warrington larva. Mr. Joseph Collins showed series of 

 Cucullia chamomilhe. and ITydracia petasitis, bred from wild Warrington larvae ; 



