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structural characters have mainly proved perfectly sound, and his generic divisions 

 have mostly been adopted. The writer of tliis notice owes a debt of gratitude to 

 his memory for the great assistance received from him in Scandinavian materials 

 and notes when writing the Revision and Synopsis of European Trichoptera. He 

 was elected an Honorary Fellow of the Entomological Society of London so recently 

 as 1893. — R. McLachlan. 



BiEMiNGHAM ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY : November \9th, 1894. — Mr. G. T. 

 Bethune-Baker, Vice-President, in the Chair. 



The following were exliibited : — By Mrs. P. W. Abbott, Sesia sphegiformis from 

 Wyre Forest. Mr. P. W. Abbott, a short series of Caradrina amhigua, the insect 

 taken at Freshwater, I. of Wight, which has been recorded in error as C. superstes ; 

 also Hydrilla palustris from Wicken, and Leucania albipuncta from Freshwater. 

 Mr. R. C Bradley, Diptera, as follows : Idioptera pulchella, Mg.,from Sutton, with 

 its semi-apterous female ; Limnobia nigropunetata, Sell., from Sutton and Wyre 

 Forest ; and Trimiera pilipes from Tring. Mr. C. Range, Erebia aethiops from 

 Witherslack, &c. Mr. A. H. Martineau, a series of the genus Vespa ; also a speci- 

 men of Crabro quadrimaculatiis, with an unusual amount of yellow on the abdomen, 

 giving it quite a peculiar appearance. Mr. C. J. Wainwright, a bos of Hymenoptera, 

 including a specimen of Bombus Derhamellus, with no yellow on the front of the 

 thorax, from Sutton. By Mr. H. J. Sands, living Vanessa c-albwn, bred two months 

 before from a brood, some of which remain as healthy pupae still. — Colbran J. 

 Wainwright, Hon. Sec. 



Lancashire and Cheshire Entomological Society — Annual Meeting : 

 January l^th, 1895.— Mr. S. J. Capper, F.L.S., F.E.S., President, in the Chair. 



The election of officers resulted in the re-election of Mr. Capper as President ; 

 Mr. Stott as Treasurer ; and Mr. Locke as Librarian ; Mr. W. £. Sharp was elected 

 Vice-President ; and the Rev. R. Freeman, Dr. Ellis, and Messrs. Jones, Gardner, 

 and Wilding were elected for the Council ; Mr. Locke was elected Secretary, but on 

 his declining the office, Mr. Pierce agreed to continue acting pro tern. 



The President, in thanking the Members for his election, spoke of the pros- 

 perous state the Society was in, and alluded to the death of one of the earliest 

 helpers of the Society, Dr. Buchanan White. The balance sheet showed for the 

 first time for a number of years a balance on the right side, there being £1 12s. Id. 

 in hand. 



Dr. H. O. Forbes, Curator of the Derby Museum, Liverpool, was elected an 

 Honorary Member of the Society. 



Mr. J. W. Tutt, F.E.S., of London, read a paper, entitled, " Some random 

 notes on The Romanes Lecture of 1894, entitled ' The effect of external influences 

 upon development.' " The President exhibited a number of Scotch Zygcena exulans, 

 and southern forms of Polyommatus FhlcBas ; Mr. Tutt, a number of Zycence from 

 the Alps and other localities ; Mr. Roxburg, Polia nigrocincta from the Isle of Man. 

 — F. N. Pierce, Hon. Secretary, pro tern., 7, The Elms, Dingle, Liverpool. 



