118 rMay, 



Wallasey, was also referred to by the autlior, wlio exiiibited most of the species 

 noted in illustration of his paper. Other exhibits were a series of Semasia waeh- 

 eriana, bred by Mr. Gr. L Cox from larvae found in cherry bark at Oxton. Mr, 

 E. J. B. Sopp, the exotic cockroaches, Nyctihora holoaericea and Panchlora iiirea- 

 cens from the Ship Canal docks at Manchester. 



Monday, April Wi, 1906.— Richard Wilding, Esq., Vice-President, in the 

 Chair. 



Ei>rht New Members were elected. 



Mr. F. N. Pierce read a short paper on the " Grenital Armature of the Ilybrid- 

 Moth Notodonla ziczac and N. dromedarius,^' ilhistrated by drawings and micro- 

 scopical preparations of the parts described, as well as by the exhibition of the 

 insects ; the lecturer pointed out the difficulty of obtaining specimens of such rare 

 forms for dissection. Dr. J. Cotton read a paper upon the " Lepidopterous Fauna 

 of Knowsley Park," some thirteen species of butterflies and two hundred and ten 

 species of moths were enumerated as having been found in the Park, and the lecturer, 

 in the course of his remarks, gave a description of the topographical details of the 

 locality. A discussion ensued, in which most of the Members present took part. 



Mr. W. A. Tyerman exhibited a long bred series of Acronycta rumicis. Mr. 

 W. Mansbridge a series of Larentia multistriyaria, including melanic forms from 

 West Yorkshire, also a specimen of D.falcaf aria, set so as to sliow the resemblance 

 of the moth to the head of a mouse.— H. R. Sweeting and Wm. Mansbridge, 

 Hon. 'Secretaries. 



The South London Entomological and Natural History Society : 

 Thursday, February Slh, 1906— Mr. R. Adkin, President, in the Chair. 



Mr. Kaye exhibited preserved larvae of Cidaria sagittata, and called atten- 

 tion to their close protective resemblance to the Thalictruni flowers and to their 

 proneness to the attacks of Ichneumons. Mr. R. Adkin, cases of Acanthopsyvhe 

 opacella and Pachythelia villo.sella, and pointed out the differences between them. 

 The remainder of the evening was taken up by the exhibition of a large number 

 of lantern slides by Mr. Lucas, of life-histories of insects, protective resemblance, &c. ; 

 and by Mr. Tonge, of micro-photographs of the ova of nearly every species of 

 butterfly found in Great Britain. 



Thursday, February 2lnd, 1906. — The President in the Chair. 



Mr. Handisyde, of Bayswater, was elected a Member. 



Mr, Edwards exhibited a specimen of Papilio mycale^ a species very closely 

 related to P. eurimedes, from South America. Messrs. Harrison and Main, Opo- 

 rabia dllutata from Epping Forest, Delamere Forest, and the New Forest, and 

 pointed out the characters of the forms found in the three areas, and he also 

 tb.owed specimens of the var. christyi from Enniskillen. Mr. H, Moore, a large 

 number of insects of all orders from the Island of Trinidad. Mr. Mc Arthur, 

 specimens of Fenthina postremana and Ephippiphora cirsiana, which had been 



