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Variation in M. neustria. — Capt. Crocker, long series of Malaco- 

 suma neustria bred from two pairings from Otford : (1) all light with 

 narrow band ; (2) mixed light and dark forms. He also shewed a 

 very long series including ab. alba, ab. i(/nita, ab. inter media, ab. 

 obliterata, ab. caernleopnnctata, ab. radiata, ab. tiircicnf;, ab. Niifl'iifta, 

 and others with unnamed and intermediate forms. 



Abkrration of M. athalia. — Mr. 0. R. Goodman, ab. navarina of 

 Melitaea athalia from St. Martin Vesubie. 



Photographs. — Mr. Dennis, photographs of the English ( 'imex 

 lectulariiiH, and the tropical (\ rotundatus which latter had conspicuous 

 sculpturing. 



Communications. — Mr. Turner read extracts of letters from Mr. 

 G. B. Pearson in California, and showed a specimen of KchinocactuH 

 msliczeni from the Californian desert sent by him. 



Nuveiiiber 10th. — New Members. — Rev. R. E. E. Frampton, M.A., 

 Halstead Rectory, Kent, and Dr. H. D. Smart, Huddersfield, were 

 elected members. 



Lecture. — Mr. Laurence Chubb, of the Commons Preservation 

 Society, gave a lecture with lantern illustrations. 



Lancashire and Cheshire Entomological Society. 



October llth. — Exhibitions were numerous and varied, as is usual 

 at the opening meeting of the session. The Hon. Secretary exhibited, 

 on behalf of Mr. 0. J. Wilkinson, photographs of {a) Pyrameis cardui 

 pupating ; {b) larva of Hadena pisi ; (c) an unusal variety of Einnicia 

 phlaeas, taken at Delamere, having the right side var. srhinidtii and 

 the left side typical. 



Mr. W. Mansbridge showed Lepidoptera from N. Lanes., I'anessa 

 io, with nearly blind eyespots on hind- wings from Cark; I'lebiiis ae(jnn 

 var. iiiasfteyii from Witherslack, and a short series from Delamere for 

 comparison. From Arnside, Westmorland, Brenthis eiiphrosi/ue with 

 pale ground colour, Ilaralis betulae, Nisoniades tayeH, Asp/ialia diliita, 

 Fhi/toiiietra viridaria and Knnycliia octaniaculalis ; from Formby, near 

 Liverpool, a series of Kbulea cnn-ealis, and from Cark a short series of 

 Gnoplios obscuraria of a dark grey colour. 



The Rev. F. M. B. Carr showed a long series of Kpunda hittdenta 

 from his garden at Alvanley and said it had been abundant there in 

 the autumn ; also two fine varieties of Asphalia JlavicoDiis and several 

 Piiraiiieia cardui from Delamere. 



Mr. S. P. Doudney showed Northern insects as follows: — Cupido 

 iiriniiiia, Hyria invricata and Strenia clathrata from Witherslack; 

 F,rebia epiphron, Coremia munitata, Larentia caesiata and Vennsia cam- 

 bricaria from Cumberland. In the same exhibit was a fine under-side 

 aberration of Flebeius aeymi, with elongated spots, captured at 

 Delamere. 



Mr. S. Gordon Smith was unable to be present but sent a fine 

 drawer of Mimas tiliae and a large number of varieties of other species 

 captured or bred this season in various localities; prominent among 

 the latter was a specimen of Trijiliaena pmnuba with hindwings nearly 

 white, bred from a wild pupa dug at Tarvin near Chester, an ab. of 

 Afflais urticae with nearly black hindwings captured at Llwydiarth, N. 

 Wales, Triphaena fimbria with crescent mark on hindwings bred from 

 Delamere, two vars. of Nemeophila rusxula also with hindwings black 



