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An address was delivered by Dr. H. H. Corbett, the i-etiring Vice-President, 

 who took for his subject, " The Evolution of the Natural Order Insecta." The 

 lecturer, by means of lantern slides and diagrams, described how possibly the 

 great family of insects had arisen. Beginning with the simjjlest animal 

 organisms, and proceeding to others moi-e and more complex. Dr. Corbett 

 constructed a tree showing the probable genealogy of moths, butterflies, and 

 beetles. The address was greatly appreciated by those present, and at the close 

 a vote of thanks was proposed by Mr. E. Newstead, which was carried with 

 acclamation. 



Mr. C. B. Williams exhibited a box of Lancashire Micro-Lepidoptera, 

 inckxding Scoparia ambigualis from various localities, and S. ayigustea from 

 Silverdale. Mr. A. AV. Boyd, a box of Cheshire Lepidopjtera, the most interest- 

 ing being : — Scoparia duhitaiis, Dunham Park, Boarniia repandata var. nigra, 

 Delamere, a curious dull form of Venusia camhricaria, and Bomolocha fontis 

 from Peckforton. 



Monday, January Vith, 1910. — Dr. P. F. Tinne, Vice-President, in the Chair. 



A lectiu-e was delivered by Mr. C. F. Walker, M.A., of the Liverpool 

 University, on " Mendel's Theory of Inheritance." The lecturer, by means of 

 some excellent lantern slides, gave a very lucid and intex-esting accoiuit of 

 Mendel's discovery, and also adverted to the recent work which has been done 

 by numerous investigators. Mr. Walker mentioned the experiments of Messrs. 

 Prout and Bacot with Acidalia virgularia, instancing it as a case of " Blended 

 Inheritance " in which the Mendelian principle did not appear to apply. At 

 the close, a vote of thanks was proposed by Mr. W. Mansbridge, who made a 

 few remarks in opening the discussion which ensued. The motion, seconded by 

 Mr. F. N. Pierce, was carried by acclamation, and Mr. Walker suitably replied. 



Mr. F. N. Pierce exhibited a female specimen of Hydrmcia crinanensis 

 captured at Bolton, Lancashire, in 1897, by Mr. J. E. E. Allen. This is the first 

 record for England. Mr. Allen also recorded the species from Enniskillen, 

 Ireland. Mr. Wm. Mansbridge, series of Aplecta nehulosa. The meeting was 

 adjourned until February 21st. — H. E. Sweeting and Wm. Mansbridge, Hon. 

 Secretaries. 



The South London Entomological and Natural History Society : 

 Thursday, December 9th, 1909. — Mr. A. Sigh, F.E.S,, President, in the Chair. 



Captain Cardew, E.A., of Wimbledon, and Mr. P. A. Tanby, of North 

 Audley Street, were elected Members. 



1>Iy. Sich exhibited specimens of Gelechia hermannella in illustration of his 

 paper. Mr. Turner, ^ and ? specimens of the rare " tailed " moth Eii,deemonia 

 hrachyura from Sierra Leone. Mr. Edwards, a box of Exotic Hemiptera, among 

 which was the remarkable Heteropteron Macroceroea grandis from Tenasserim. 

 Mr. J. Piatt Barrett, pupae of Hyles euphorbise found by him in Sicily, and an 

 immature form of a mole-cricket from Messina. Dr. Hodgson, the most 



