306 THE entomologist's record. 



a brief resume of the work, done by the earlier naturahsts, and 

 enumerated types of the principal genera (of which he had drawn 

 lar^e coloured diagrams in illustration). In the course of his remarks 

 he described the distinctive characters, and exhibited drawings of 

 the following new species : — Lecatiium assiinilis n. sp., on Aster, at 

 Colwyn Bay; L. minimum, n. sp., ow Areca, under glass, Cheshire; 

 Pulvinaria persicce, n. sp., on peach, Cheshire; Pseudococcus asso- 

 cialis, n. sp., on .Ribes, Yorks ; Ripersia iomlinii, n. sp., on grass 

 roots in ants' nests, Guernsey ; R. pulveraria, n. sp., under leaf 

 sheaths of Agrosfis, Cheshire. Mr. Newstead exhibited specimens of 

 172 species of CocciDyE, including nearly all the known British species. 

 Mr. Gardiner exhibited Coccus cacti and Carteria lacca, the latter with 

 their products. The SQCx^iSixy, AspidiotJis personaius, Vinsonia pukhella 

 and Lecanium olece ; the latter were much i)roken by some lepidop- 

 terous (?) larvae which had formed silken tunnels under the scales. The 

 Presider.t exhibited melanic and other forms oi Liparis iiionacha. Mr. 

 Gregson, varieties of DiantJucia coiispersa, which he divided as follows: — 

 A variety, black and white, little, if any, ochreous-yellow. Port 

 Patrick, South Scotland ; var. ochrea all the usual white obscured with 

 ochre, whole insect ochreous ; var. ohscurce all light markings obscured 

 with brown ochre colour, Forres, Moray ; var. obliterce whole insect dark 

 olivaceous-brown, usual markings faint, someUmes quite obliterated, 

 Shetland; also Abraxas grossulariaia bred this year. Mr. Wa ker, 

 water-colour drawings of Deilephila galii, and Mr. Stott a Noctua 

 exhibited some time ago which has since been pronounced by Mr. 

 Barrett to be a variety of Epunda lichenea. — F. N. Pierce, Hon. Sec, 

 143, Smithdown Lane, Liverpool. November iT,th, 1891. 



OTICES, REVIEWS, Etc. 



Melanism and Melanochroism in British Lepidoptera, by 

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 reference. As a contribution to our knowledge on this particular 

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The Macro-lepidoptera of Winchester and the vicinity. By 

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