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Mr. Morton that I had taken some Trichoptera on the Tyne, not far from Avhere 

 it enters the estuary, about three weeks before, and believed there was a Halesus 

 among them. I have to-day shown the specimen, which is a male, to him. — 

 William Evans, Morningside Park, Edinburgh: November 24<?i, 1910. 



James W. Tutt — It is with sincere regret that we annoimce the decease of 

 this eminent Lepidoi^terist at his residence at Westcombo Hill, Ijlackheath, on 

 January 10th last. A detailed notice of his life and Avork will appear in the 

 next forthcoming number of this Majyazine. 



^ori(jtt(fs. 



Lancashire and Cheshire Entomological Society : Meeting held at 

 the Eoyal Institution, Colquitt Street, Liverpool, November 2\st,19\0. — Dr. P F. 

 Tinne in the Chair. 



Mr. H. E.. Sweeting read a paper on " Collecting in the North of Ireland 

 during August, 1910." In consequence of unfavourable weather the results 

 were much below what one might reasonably expect under good conditions. 

 The outstanding featm-e of the holiday was the capture of a long series of 

 Hydroecia crinanensis ; the moth was identified by Mr. F. N. Pierce, who 

 examined all the specimens while the bodies were yet soft enough to permit 

 an inspection of the genitalia. A series of Cidaria truncata included a very 

 fine melanic variety of the centtim-notata form wholly suffused with fuscous, 

 the hind-wings being nearly as dark as the primaries : other specimens also 

 had a strong melanic tendency. A series of Noctua ddhlii contained some 

 almost black examples. The butterflies were noteworthy as showing distinctly 

 brighter colouring than is usually found in England. Lyciena icarus, in which 

 the females from this locality have very bright blue coloration, unfortunately 

 was not met with. The paper was illustrated by a large scale map of the 

 district colovired to indicate the collecting areas, a featvu'e which added greatly 

 to the interest of the descriptions. A discussion ensued in which several of 

 the Members gave their experiences in the North of Ireland. 



Mr. B. H. Crabtree exliibited two aberrations of Nemeophila plantaginis, 

 male and female, in which all the black markings were replaced by orange, the 

 ground-colour of the fore-wings being pale straw colour, while the hind-wings 

 were unicolorous orange ; they were taken on a mountain near Helvellyn ; 

 also a variety of Euchelia jacobseas, in which the usual red markings were smoky 

 black sparingly intermixed with crimson ; this veiy striking specimen was bred 

 from a larva found at St. Anne's-on-Sea. Mr. A. W. Boyd, a large nmnber of 

 Micro-Lepidoptera taken in various parts of Cheshire during 1910. — H. R. 

 Sweeting and Wm. Mansbridge, Hon. Secretaries. 



