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during the lii'st half of June, only 13 species of butterflies and 6 moths 

 were observed, the latter included Pen'ilroina saucia, Acidalia ochrata, 

 and A. ilc«/e)ieraria, the latter much redder than British specimens. 



Lancashire and Cheshire Entom. Society. — October 16th, 1905. 

 — Exhibits of lepidoptera : Mr. W. A. Tyerman, a bred series of 

 Pi/raineis cardid from Waterville (Ireland). Mr. F. Pierce, a series of 

 aberrations of Abra.vasifyos>mla>iata,h'oin Wallasey. Mr. W. Mansbridge, 

 a bred series of Peronea peniiatana, P. aspersana and /'. hastiana from 

 Wallasey, Catnptria rxpallidana from Wallasey, Pacdisca rortlcana, a 

 variable series, from Delamere, and Kp/tippiphora popidana from Crosby. 

 Mr. R. Wilding, Polio rhi from Montgomeryshire. Mr. C. P. Johnson, 

 dark aberrations of Macaria litarata, from Delamere, one black, and 

 an asymmetrical aberration of Abra.ra!< (/rossidariata, from a Stockport 

 larva, a bred series of Acronijcta leporina, with dark and suffused 

 specimens, from Rixton Moss, and Boarmia repandata and Acidalia 

 <onti(jiiaria from North Wales. Mr. G. L, Cox, Toxocampa jMstinum, 

 Acidalia nibij/inata, Dici/cla no with ab. reiiaiio, Hadena atriplicis, 

 Cijmatop/iora octogesiina and C. or from Hunts. Mr. J. E. Robson, 

 Leiicania albipitncta from Bournemouth, and Xijlonw/es cnnspicillariH 

 from Taunton. Dr. Cotton, Anthrocera pnrpuralis and Cnndlia 

 chain omillae from Abersoch, and a banded specimen of Noctua festiva 

 with dark margins. Mr. F. C. Thompson, series of Tapinostola fidva, 

 Eiipithecia renosata, and Chortodes arcuosa from Eccleston. Mr. R. 

 Tait, Junr., bred series of Anr/crona pninaria, Pericallia sijriw/aria and 

 Lachiu'is lanestris from Monkswood, Acidalia coutif/uaria and Ai/rotis 

 ashirorthii from North Wales, Mclanippe rivata aud M. procellata from 

 Sidmouth. Mr. B. H. Crabtree, a bred series of Af/rotis ai^hivorthii and 

 A. ai/athina, from North Wales, Odontopera bidentata ab. nigra, and 

 Dianthoecia cucnbali, from Manchester, Hydrelia unca from Ulverston, 

 and Brenthis selene from Windermere. Exhibits of Coleoptera : 

 Mr. J. F. Dutton, a collection made by Mr. G. Ellison at Stromness, 

 including a melanic form of Anchonienus pariniipunctatus, Donacia 

 discolor, Chrysoniela ftampdnolenta, Otiorht/iichiiH hla)idw<, (). Diaunis, and 

 Ptinas tectiis. Dr. H. PI. Corbett, a collection from Doncaster, and 

 sub-fossil remains of Hydrophilua piceus from the peat of Hatfield Moor, 

 Mr. J. R. le B. Tomlin, PHj/llioden iHridipcnnis and (h'titharhynchiis con- 

 tractus var. pcdlipcs, from Lundy Island, and Auoplithalmus (jentilei, a blind 

 species from caves in North Italy. Life-history of Tsetse fly : Mr. 

 R. Newstead, on behalf of the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, 

 exhibited the life-history of the Tsetse fly, Lrlossina palpalis, also living 

 pupie of this species, and of (i. fnsca, all from Kasonga (Upper Congo). 

 IscHNURA puMiLio : Mr. W. J. Lucas sent a pair of the rare dragonfly, 

 hclinura pniiiilio, from the New Forest. Aradus depressus : Mr. 

 Oscar Whittaker, a scarce Hemipteron, Aradus depresses, taken at 

 Pettypool by Dr. C. R. Billups. Trichoptera : Dr. R. T. Cassal sent 

 specimens of the very rare Limnophilns clc(/a)is, from the Isle of Man. 

 Forficulid.e : Mr. E. J. B. Sopp, Forjicnla lesnci, taken on yellow- 

 horned poppy at Swanage, F. pnbesccns and Fctohia pan:cri, with egg- 

 capsules, from St. Alban's Head. 



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Part I of the new work, A Natural Histori/ of the British Butterflies, 

 their world-wide Variation and Geographical Distribution, was published 



