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Motilities. 



Lancashire and Cheshire Entomological Society : Meeting, held at the 

 Royal Institution, Colquitt Street, Liverpool, January I8th, 1909.— Mr. C. E. 

 Stott, Vice-President, in the Chair. 



Mr. W. Mansbridge contributed a paper entitled " Micro-Lepidoptera in 

 Lancashire and Cheshire in 1907 — 8." The author gare short notes on the habits, 

 occurrence, and variation in the case of insects freshly recorded by himself during 

 the period mentioned, and exhibited most of the species thus dealt with. Psedisca 

 nsevana and P. geminana were bred last season from holly and bilberry respectively ; 

 the genitalia of these were exhibited under the microscope by Mr. F. N. Pierce, 

 but no difference between them could be observed, excepting the loss of certain 

 fugitive hair tufts by P. geminana. The list given by Mr. Mansbridge included 

 three species new to the published lists. Mr. P. N. Pierce showed a series of the 

 Carneade group of the Agrotidas, including a small test collection sent him by the 

 Rev. C. R. N. Burrows, which had passed through the hands of several experts, 

 along with their comments. Mr. Pierce stated that he had now been able to 

 differentiate with perfect clearness and constancy, by means of the genitalia, four 

 of the species in this group, namely : — curxorla, nigricans, obelisca, and tritiei and 

 aquilina ; he also showed the genitalia of two specimens and the wing portions of 

 one of them, wliich he believed would ultimately prove either an unrecognised 

 species, or the true aquilina. Mr. Pierce illustrated his remarks by preparations 

 shown under the microscope. Mr. Stott, a fine specimen of Acherontia atropos, 

 captured by Mr. S. Redford, of Fleetwood, at electric light on Fleetwood promenade. 

 Mr. A. W. Tyerman, a small collection of Lepidoptera, taken in the vicinity of 

 Hong Kong, which included Attacus atlas, Papilio paris, and many other showy 

 species. Mr. J. J. Richardson, Peronea mixtana from Bidston Hill, Birkenhead. — 

 H. R. Sweeting and Wm. Mansbridge, Hon. Secretaries. 



The South London Entomological and Natural History Society -. 

 Thursday, January lUh, 1909. — -Mr. Alfred Sich, F.E.S., President, in the 

 Chair. 



Mr. Tonge exhibited enlarged photographs of several species of Lepidoptera at 

 rest on tree trunks. Messrs. Harrison and Main, the results of the breeding of 

 Aplecta nebulosa and its forms robsoni and thompsoni, to illustrate the remarks of 

 Prof. Bateson. Mr. L. W. Newman, Abraxas grossulariata ab. varleyata, red and 

 yellow forms of Callimorpha dominula, and type and melanic forms of Ennomos 

 autumnaria, with notes on the results of breeding from selected specimens during 

 the last three or four years. Mr. R. Adkin, captured and bred series of Aspilates 

 ochrearia (citrariaj, and gave details of the breeding and its results. Prof. Bateson 

 gave an address on " Mendelism," illustrating his remarks by numerous lantern 

 slides. 



Thursday, January 28th, 1909.— The President in the Chair. 

 Annual Meeting.— The Report of the Council stated that the Society had 

 168 Members, that in addition to twenty-three ordinary meetings, seven field 



