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ton; A. G-. Wallington, of Warrington ; John Lea and J. Jcrvis Richardson, of 

 Liverpool ; were elected Members of the Society. 



It was unanimously decided to hold the next Meeting in Liverpool on No- 

 vember 10th, and that a Meeting be held in Warrington on December 8th, provided 

 the Secretaries were able to make all necessary arrangements for the same. 



A large and interesting display of insects was shown by Members, amongst the 

 more striking being the following : — Fine series of Lepidoptera captured during 1902 

 by Dr. J. Cotton on Simonswood Moss, and in North Devon ; in exhibiting which 

 he gave much valuable information regarding the method employed in the taking of 

 Notodonta dictaoides. Captures at the Delamore Field Meeting by Mr. F. N. 

 Pierce, F.E.S. (Liverpool), included excellent specimens of the local Tephrosia 

 biundularia, var. delamerensis, Cidaria corylata, Thera variata, and other moths. 

 Mr. C. F. Johnson's (Stockport) very fine black varieties of Zygcena Minos were 

 much admired, as was also the valuable collection of British Coleoptera of Mr. J. 

 R. le Brockton Tomlin, F.E.S. (Chester), containing as it did amongst other scarce 

 species series of recent captures of Mydrovatus clypeatus, a water beetle of 

 which very few had been taken during recent years ; Elater miniatus, E. 

 lythropterus, and E. sanguinolentus ; Anthaxia nitidula, Agrilus biguttatus, and 

 Cryptocephalus sexpunctatus, from the New Forest ; PhoupJirenus hemipterus from 

 Southampton ; and the beautiful longicorn Saperda scalaris from Sherwood. 

 Another Coleopterous exhibit was Dr. G. W. Chaster's (South port) fine display of 

 recent captures in the Southport district, which included many unique additions to 

 the Lancashire County List. Of the many species shown by him perhaps the fol- 

 lowing attracted most attention, Medon obsoletus, Thinobius brevipennis, Pseudopsis 

 sulcata, Anisotoma furva and A. eiliaris, the extremely local Ammoecitts brevis, 

 Mgialia rufa, Telephorus Darwinianv.s, Oymnetron collinus and O. linariee, and 

 Ceuthorrhynckus euphorbia. Mr. J. T. Wardley (Knotty Ash) exhibited a case of 

 Cossus ligniperda bred form Formby larvae ; and Mr. Oulton Harrison (Waventree), 

 on behalf of Rev. T. Eddrup, a box of Emmetica cervinata from Bremhill, Wilts, 

 kindly sent for distribution. Among the many interesting features of Mr. R. 

 Tait's (Manchester) exhibit were fine varieties of Boarmia repandata ; some rosy 

 forms of Agrotis agathina ; a beautiful series of A. ripce from Cumberland, and 

 bred varieties of Acidalia eontiguaria. including two unique aberrations. Mr. J. 

 Roland Charnley, F.E.S. (Preston), showed a fine male Chrysophanus dispar— the 

 " Large Copper " — an insect now probably extinct ; his recently published little 

 brochure on this beautiful butterfly served to still further enhance the value of this 

 exhibit ; a box of jumping beans from Mr. Charnley also received attention. Mr. 

 J. Collins' (Warrington) contribution included long bred series of Eupithecia debi- 

 liata from Stafford, Crambus tearringtonellus, C. hamellus, from Lancashire mosses, 

 Lithosia sericea and Exceretia Allisella ; whilst Mr. H. B. Prince's (Birkenhead) 

 extensive display contained amongst other notable insects a remarkably fine series 

 of Erebia Cassiope. Another attractive exhibit was that of Mr. B. Crabtree, F.E.S. 

 (Manchester), whose long s«ries of the Large Heath butterfly, Ccsnonympha Typhon 

 (Davus), var. Eothliebi, was arranged to show the extreme range of variation in the 

 under-side. Mr. W. Raeper's (Levenshulme) Scotch captures during the present 

 season including many interesting moths ; whilst Mr. J. Grervis Richardson's Exotic 



