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in the hut on Mount Earnslaw, and have been waiting for over two days for a 

 few hours of fine weather to resume collecting.— CI. V. Hudson : January 13th, 

 1914. 



Change of name for Andrena amligua, Perk. — This name being pre-occupied, 

 I pi'opose that the species be called Andrena synadelpha n.n. — R. C. L. Perkins, /^ 



JUtrinu. 



Second Supplement to the Lepidoptera of the Isle of Purbeck. 

 By Nelson M. Richardson, B.A. 



We are glad to see this " Supplement " which brings our knowledge of the 

 Lepidoptera of a most interesting district up to the end of the year 1910. The 

 additions are mostly due to the energetic work of Mr. Eustace R. Bankes, who, 

 but for his unfortunate illness, would have compiled the List, and which also 

 probably accounts for its somewhat late appearance, and that it is not brought 

 more nearly up to present date. In all, 171 species are added to the two 

 previous lists, making 1,197 now recorded for Purbeck : a very large total for so 

 small a district. The additions include many rare and interesting species, of 

 which the histories are given in full detail ; but among them are also a number 

 which are ordinarily regarded as of so universal distribution, that one wonders 

 how they came to be so long overlooked that they did not appear in the earlier 

 lists. Phigalia pilosaria, Noctua baia, and Adela viridella may be taken as 

 instances. There are, too, more " Delenda et corrigenda " than ought to have 

 been necessary, had the specimens been properly overhauled and authenticated 

 before the publication of the earlier lists, a score of species being treated under 

 this heading. The " Supplement " is well got up and clearly printed, and forms 

 part of the " Proceedings " of the Dorset Natural History and Antiquarian 

 Society, Vol. XXXIV. 1913— G. T. P. 



Societies. 



Lancashire and Cheshire Entomological Society: Annual Meeting of 

 the Society held at the Royal Institution, Colquit Street, Liverpool, on Monday, 

 December 15th, 1913.— Mr. F. N. Pierce, F.E.S., President, in the Chair. 



Mr. John M. Wilding, 52a, Orrell Lane, Liverpool, was elected a Member of 

 the Society. 



The following Members were elected Officers and Council for next year, 

 viz. -.—President : R. Wilding. Vice-Presidents : F. N. Pierce, F.E.S., R. New- 

 stead, F.R.S., M.Sc, J. R. le B. Tomlin, M.A., F.E.S., H. R. Sweeting, M.A. 

 Hon. Treasurer : J. Cotton. Librarian : F. N. Pierce. Hon. Secretary : Wm. 

 Mansbridge, F.E.S. Council : L. West, H. S. Leigh, F.E.S., A. E. Gibbs, F.L.S., 

 F.E.S., A. W. Boyd, M.A., F.E.S., C. E. Stott, P. F. Tinne, M.A., S. P. Doudney, 

 Wm. Webster, R. S. Bagnall, F.L.S., F.E.S. 



