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campa cracce from North Cornwall and North Devon, 1907, all being of 

 the grey form, with no trace of the brownish coloration characteristic of 

 specimens taken some years ago in the latter district ; Mr. L. B. Front. 

 Macrogaster arundinis, Wicken, mid-Juno, 1907, a long series, Mr. R. 

 G. Todd. Leucania vitellina, L. putrescens, and Heliothis peltigera 

 from Torquay, 1907, also for Mr. E. C. Goulton, a long and extra- 

 ordinarily variable series of Hypsipetes elutata bred from Surrey 

 larvae ; Mr. A. J. Willsdon. 



Lancashire and Cheshire Entomological Society. — October 21st, 

 1907. — Exhibits. — Mr. B. H. Crabtree showed a fine series of the local 

 melanic form of Boarmia repandata from Penmaenmawr, the females 

 especially showing the white blotches characteristic of this local race ; 

 B. gemmaria var. perfumaria from Manchester; aberrations of Angerona 

 pRUNARiAfromMonkswood; Aplecta NEBULosAab. robsoni f rom Delamere 

 Forest ; Agrotis ashworthii from Penmaenmawr; and Chariclea umbra 

 from Sidmouth. Mr. Robert Tait, Jr., exhibited Agrotis rip^e from 

 South Wales coast ; A. ashworthii from North Wales, a series captured 

 at rest ; Hemerophila abruptaria, the chocolate form, from the London 

 district ; Lobophora viretata, Anticlea derivata, and Larentia salicata 

 from Lake side, Westmoreland ; Dianth<ecia conspersa and Eupithecia 

 jasioneata from Abersoch. Preserved LARViE. — Dr. William Bell had 

 a drawer of beautifully preserved and mounted larva? of lepidoptera, in 

 which he had been able to preserve the green coloration in such 

 species as Saturnia pavonia and Papilio machaon, witbout recourse to 

 artificial aid. Dr. Bell had also been able to dry the plants on which 

 the larva' were mounted in their natural form and colour. Lepi- 

 doptera. — The same member further exhibited a box of Wicken 

 insects, which included Spilosoma urtice and an example of Tapinos- 

 tola extrema (concolor) from that district. [It is surely well-known 

 that this species does not exist in the Wicken district ; and it appears to 

 be a great pity that it should be so erroneously recorded. — Ed.] Aberra- 

 tions of Arctia caia, and a dark specimen of Ennomos alniaria from 

 Wallasey. Abraxas grossulariata. — Mr. F. N. Pierce, minor aberrations 

 of Abraxas grossulariata from Wallasey. Celerio gallii reputed in 

 1907. — Mr. W. Mallinson showed a beautiful water-colour drawing of 

 a larva of Celerio gallii, one of two found at Wallasey this year. 

 [More information of the find of two specimens in a year in which the 

 species appears to be otherwise entirely absent in this country and other 

 parts of Avestern Europe is desirable. — Ed.] Lyc.enids, etc. — Mr. H. 

 R. Sweeting exhibited Agriades bellargus and ah. cert/lea from 

 Eastbourne ; Agriades corvdon and ab. syngrapha taken by himself in 

 ' Surrey; a series of Noctua castanea and var. neglecta from Delamere; 

 N. glakeosa and N. brunnea also from Delamere; Moma orion from 

 the New Forest. Geometrid aberrations, etc. — Mr. W. Mansbridge, 

 a long bred series of Boarmia repandata from Delamere ; a bred 

 series of Odontopera bidentata from Wakefield, including var. nigra 

 and diaphanous specimens ; series of Nyssia lapponaria, Anarta 

 melanopa, and A. cordigeka from Rannoch. November 18th, 1907. — 

 Lecturh; on " The androconial scales of butterflies," by Mr. F. N. 

 Pierce, who explained that these scales were only found upon the 

 males of the various species, and were even in that sex uncertain in 

 their appearance, e.g., they appeared to be entirely absent in the large 

 number of Lycamid species which had brown males. Mr. Pierce 



