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them, would perish thou^-h, unfortunately, I did not again visit theni to see how 

 they fared. 



Having- recently sent some of these flies to Mr. F. W. Edwards, who has 

 kindly identified them for me as Simulium mwulatum Mg. of Verrall's list, and 

 having mentioned the fact of my having seen them oviisosit, he said that a note 

 on the subject would be of interest, as apparently very little was known of their 

 egg-laying habits. — H. Britten, Myrtle View, Windmill Koad, Headington, 

 Oxon. : Ajiril, 1915. 



Lancashire and Chbhhire ENTOMOLOfucAL Society: Meeting held at 

 the Eoyal Institution, Colquitt Street, Liverpool, Monday , February loth, 1915. — 

 Dr. J. Cotton, Vice-President, in the Chair. 



The evening was devoted to a pocket box exhibition of Natural History 

 objects. Mr. F. N. Pierce contributed a selection of " Insect Habitations," which 

 included portable cases characteristic of Psychidae, Coleophoridae and tie 

 Trichoptera ; he also showed the cases of the Coleophoridae under the microscope, 

 and called attention to the character of the silk of which some of them were 

 composed. Mr. E. Wilding exhibited a number of Tortrices collected in the 

 neighbourhood of West Derby, including series of the following: - Didyopterysc 

 holmiana, Catoptria /-ana, Orthotaenia striana, and many of the common hedge- 

 side species. Dr. Cotton, a box of Triphaena fimbria and Carsia paludata from 

 near St. Helens. Mr. W. Mansbridge brought a specimen of the fungus Poly- 

 porus betxdinus, which, when dried and ciit into strips, he lased for mounting 

 Micro-Lepidoptera ; also a series of Mimaesioptilus bipunctidactylus, cinnamon- 

 coloui'ed form, from the Crosby sand-hills ; and a short series of a melanochroic 

 vai'iation of Ellopia prosapiaria bred from a Delamere female ; he stated that, 

 although not usually so dark as the present family, the species is considerably 

 darker at Delamere Forest than in the South of England. 



Meeting held at the Royal Institution, Colquitt Street, Liverpool, Monday, 

 March loth, 1915. -Dr. J. Cotton, Vice-President, in the Chair. 



Dr. A. Eandell Jackson, M.D., M.Sc, Westcote, Hoole Eoad, Chester, was 

 elected a Member of the Society. 



Mr. Leonard West, M.I.M.E., read a paper entitled "A Short Account of 

 some Neuroptera." The paper was fully illustrated by lantern slides of the 

 principal species of the various orders. These were treated in a way si^ecially 

 designed to enlist the interest of the yoiing entomologist, the metamorphoses 

 and general economy of the Stone-flies, May-flies, and Caddis-fiies being ably 

 described by the author. At the close of the paper Mr. West also showed a 

 number of beautiful slides of river scenery as examples of the breeding places 

 of the insects, and as showing the loveliness of the natural surroundings the 

 student would become familiar with in pursuit of these comparatively little 

 known creatures. — Wai. Mansbridge, Hon. Sec. 



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