288 THE KNTOMOLOGISt's RKCORD. 



captures in the neighbourhood of Swansea in tl^e latter half of the 

 nineteenth century. — H.J.T. 



Annual Rkport and Transactions of the Manchester Entomo- 

 logical Society, 1912. Price Is. — The Eeport is a record of the 

 Society's steady progress and success in keeping together a small body 

 of local entomologists. There are now some fifty members, of whom a 

 good proportion are known to us by their contributions, at one time or 

 another, to our current magazines. The meetings have been well 

 attended, and some interesting and useful papers have been read. Mr. 

 W. Buckley, the President of the year, gave the annual address, deal- 

 ing mainly with " Entomology and the Microscope." Mr. J. Mangan, 

 M.A., gave a lecture on the " Larch Sawfly {Neinatus erichsonii) and its 

 Parasites," showing strong evidence that encouragement of natural 

 checks is the only real control of the pest. Mr. H. S. Leigh, M.Sc, 

 read a paper, " The Life-histories of the Leaf Insect {Puldiriplnilliuiii 

 crnri folium, Serv.) and the Mantis [Spltodnnimntu biociilata, Burm.)," 

 which is printed in full in the Report. Messrs. B. H. Crabtree and C. 

 F. Johnson gave interesting accounts of the butterflies met with on 

 their holiday trips to the " Rhone Valley" and the "Pyrenees" respec- 

 tively. The Rev. S. Proudfoot detailed his experiences in " Wicken 

 and District." Mr. J. Watson gave a lecture on "The Parnassiinae, 

 an Ancient Group of Butterflies," of which a summary is printed, and 

 in addition contributed two important papers on the SaUtrniidae, a 

 family which he has studied for many years, viz., " Notes on the Actias 

 Group of Satuniiidae and Descriptions of two new Genera," and "The 

 Genius Philosaiiiia, Grote, and its Hybrids." Mr. B. H. Crabtree, 

 F.E.S., has contributed a very beautiful plate of Varieties of Abraxas 

 (/rossulariata, to the Report, from an admirable photograph by Mr. R. 

 Tait, Jn., for the reproduction of which, in the present number, we are 

 indebted to the kindness of the former gentleman. 'Tis a pity the 

 spelling in the Report is weak. — H. J. T. 



Explanation of Plate XXII. 



Fig. 1. — i . ab. lacticolor-radiata, Kayn. Ground colour of upper-wings luteous, 



hindwings creamy white ; median band pale yellow. 

 ,, 2. — i . ab. lacticolor-liitea, Kayn. Ground colour of all the wings luteous; 



median band pale orange. 

 ,, 3. — c? . Ah. alhispatiata, B,a.jn. Broad white area between central fascia and 



outer margin. 

 ,, 4. — c? . Ah. gloriosa, Eayn. Ground colour of all the wings golden; basal 



blotch and median band yellow and woad ; broad black stripe ex- 

 tending along three-quarters of the costa. 

 ,, 5. — cT . ab. melanozona, Kayn. A pretty form, examples of which were bred 



a few years ago by Mr. W. Keid of Pitcaple. 

 ,, 6. — r? . ab. )ii,f/roco.s/<( ^/, llayn. Broad black stripe extending along nearly 



the entire length of the costa. 

 ,, 7. — ? . ab. Ilavipalliata, Kayn. Forewings with broad luteous area, like a 



mantle, between the black basal blotch and the discal spot. 

 ,, 8. — 'i . nh. iiigro.Hparsiita, Kayn. Hindwings exceptionally heavily dusted 



with black scales. 

 ,, 9. — cf . Specimens with outer margins of forewings heavily blackened, central 



fascia brilliant yellow. 

 ,, 10. — (^ . Specimens with both fore- and hindwings deeply radiated with intense 



black ; central yellow fascia nmch diminished. 

 ,, 11. — d. ah. varlei/ata, Porritt. With fore- and hindwings prettily radiated 



with white. 

 ,, 12. — ,j . ab. nigrvi^ixirsatd, Kayn. All four wings entirely suffused with deep, 



slaty black, the ordinary markings appearing as though seen through 



a veil. 



