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Tutt commences the descriptive portion of bis work with the UrhicoUdes, his 

 reasons for adopting the Linnean title for the superfamily hitherto generally known 

 as the Hesperiides, and familiarly as the " skippers," being fully set forth on p. 82. 

 An excellent general account of the superfamily is followed by the consideration of 

 three species -^(fop^a lineola, A.flava (thaumas), and Thymelicus actseon. These 

 are treated with the same exhaustive fullness of detail -bibliographical, distribu- 

 tional, and biological— with which we are already familiar in the four volumes of 

 the "Natural History of the British Lepidoptera," so well known and highly ap- 

 preciated by all students of the Order. This is a sufficient indication of the scope 

 and value of the work now under notice, and it would appear that at least we shall 

 be in possession of that long hoped-for desideratum— a complete and up-to-date 

 account of our British Butterflies, compiled from all sources, ancient and modem. 

 Mr. Tutt is to be heartily congratulated on his successful execution of the work so 

 far, and we trust that his health will enable him to complete the present portion of 

 his great contribution to our knowledge of our native Lepidoptera at a not far 

 distant date. 



Lancashire and Cheshire Entomological Society: The first meeting of 



the Autumn Session was held in the Royal Institution, Liverpool, on Monday, 



October 16th, the President, Mr. Samuel J. Capper, F.E.S., in the Chair, and 



was probably the largest and most successful in the history of the Society. The 



following exhibits were particularly noteworthy : Mr. W. A. Tyerman showed a 



lovely bred series of Pyramels cardui from Waterville, Ireland. Mr. F. N. Pierce, 



series of Abraxas grosstdariata with many vars. from Wallasey larvae. Dr. W. 



Bell, two cases of beautifully preserved larvae on their food-plants. Mr. W. Mans- 



bridge, bred series of Peronea permutana, P. aspersana, and P. hastiana from 



Wallasey; Catoptria expallidana (Wallasey), Pxdisca corticana—^&rt of a long 



and variable series- (Delamere), and Ephippiphora populana (Crosby). Mr. C. E. 



Stott, a light var. of Dicranura vinula bred from a batch of Blackpool ova. Mr. 



Richard Wilding, a series of Polia chi from Montgomeryshire. Mr. C. F. Johnson, 



some very dark vars. of Macaria liturata (Delamere), one black and one asymme- 



1 trically marked var. of A.grossulariata from Stockport larvae, bred series of Acronycta 



leporina, including very dark suffused specimens (Rixton Moss), and of Boarmia 



repandata and Acidalia contiguaria (N. Wales). Mr. a. L. Cox, captures in 



Hunts, including Toxocampa pastimim, Acidalia ruhiginata, Dicycla oo with var. 



renago, Hadena atriplicis, Cymatophora octogesima and C. or. Dr. P. F. Tmne, 



melanic forms of Aplecta nehulosa, A. grossulariata, Xylophasia polyodon, red 



vars. of Smerinthus populi and specimens of the Tarantula spider (British Guiana), 



and of a Mygale which preys on humming birds. Mr. J. E. Robson, Synia muscu- 



losa, Micra parva, Leucania extranea, L. vitellina and L. favicolor, L. alhipuncta 



(Bournemouth), Xylomyges conspicillaris (Taunton), Pachetra leucophxa {Or. T. 



Porritt) and Anerastia banhesiella (E. R. Bankes). Dr. Cotton, Zygxna pilosellse 



