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Lancashire and Cheshire Entomological Society; Meeting, held Monday, 

 January -20th, L908, at the Royal Institution, Colquitt Street, Liverpool, Mr. W\i. 

 Mansbridge, Vice-President, va the Chair. 



Mr. Robert Adkin, F.E.S., of Lewisham, was elected a Member of the Society. 



Mr. Oulton Harrison read a paper descriptive of recent photographs by Messrs. 

 Harrison and Main, of London, illustrated by lantern slides of many interesting 

 species and varieties of Lepidoptera in the various stages. Dr. J. Cotton exhibited 

 lantern slides of Lepidoptera photographed in their natural colours by Lumiere's 

 process. The stereoscopic effect of the objects represented was especially noticed 

 in this exhibit. The Hon. Sec, on behalf of Mr. T. Baxter, of St. Anne's-on-Sea, 

 a case containing some of the most interesting varieties captured in 1007 ; they 

 were as follows, viz. : — (1) A long series of Peronea hastiana, comprising vars. 

 logiana, Hub., divisana, Stt., leucophaeana, Bent., albistriana, Haw., mayrana, Hub., 

 cQmbustana, Hub., oentrovittana, Steph., and other forms combining distinctly two 

 of these, viz. : — logiana-centrovittana, leucophxana-mayrana, and albistriana- 

 mayrana ; further, a water-colour drawing of other named variations captured or 

 bred in previous years at St. Anne's. (2) Agrotis cursoria var. costsecwrulea, Tutt, 

 and var. obscura, Tutt, the latter being exceptionally dark. (3) A varied series of 

 Cidaria immanata, taken at Forres. (4) A series of Melanthia bicolorata showing 

 transition from the type to var. plumbata, also from Forres. (5) Series of Polia 

 chi var. olivacea, including a dark specimen, all from Co. Durham. (6) A fine 

 variety of Acronycta rumicis, taken at St. Anne's in 1905 ; the basal, sub-marginal, 

 and marginal areas black, otherwise as the type. (7) A short series of Campto- 

 gramma bilineata, banded form from Forres. (8) Zygxna jilipendulx var. hippo- 

 crepidis, and one with the outer spots only confluent, St. Anne's. (9) Satyrus 

 semele from St. Anne's and Fifeshire coast, the latter bearing much stronger 

 markings on the under-side ; this form also occurs on the Crosby sandhills, but not 

 at St. Anne's. (10) Epinephele janira from Fifeshire. (11) Series of Lycsena 

 ivarus from coast of Fife, including a var. of the female with the spots of the 

 under-side showing through the wing as whitish blotches, and under-side vars. of 

 the male with many of the spots obsolete, or nearly so. All the females were 

 exceptionally bright. (12) An ochreous var. of Amphidasys betularia, female, 

 captured wild at St. Anne's, June, 1891. Also a fine intermediate bred from typical 

 $ x doubledayaria $ . Mr. Robert Adkin, a series of Tortrix pronubana bred 

 from Eastbourne larvao in 1907. Mr. J. J. Richardson, an aberration of Halia 

 oauaria taken at light, Sefton Park, Liverpool. — H. R. Sweeting and War. 

 Mansbridge, Hon. Secretaries. 



The South London Entomological and Natural History Society : 

 Thursday, February \Zth, 1908. — Air. A. Sich, F.E.S., President, in the Chair. 



Mr. R. Adkin exhibited a bred series of Anticlea rubidata from Devonshire, 

 and called attention to the pale olive-brown forms as not occurring elsewhere. 

 Mr. South, a bred series of Larentia olivata from Torquay, two of which emerged 

 on June 4-th, 1907. Mr. Tonge, a Jlelanippe fluctuata % , taken on February 12th 

 at Portsmouth, and a ? Hybernia rupicapraria, and called attention to the 

 peculiar droop of the wings in its resting attitude. Mr. Step, a butterfly set up 



