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Cuna Pass, Blue Mountains, Jamaica, including the rare Papilio 

 hovierus, and fine local forms of Aganisihos odius, Gyncecia dirce, 

 Hymenitis diaphanns, Calisto zaugis, Adelpha abyla, &c.- — -Mr. Adkin, 

 a form of Nola albulalis, in which the dark brown band was reduced 

 to a dark narrow stripe only, giving a much more delicate appearance 

 to the insect. — Mr. W. J. Kaye, several Syntomid species of the 

 genus Pseudos'phex and the wasp models which they so closely 

 mimicked in build, shape of antennte, legs, colour, &c. — Mr. Sheldon, 

 the two specimens of a Noctuid, about which much discussion as to 

 their identity arose many years ago, &c., which were named Agrotis 

 helvetina. They are now regarded as pale, putty coloured examples of 

 GraphipJiora augur. — Mr. Blenkarn, a pale xanthic form of Epinephele 

 tithomis, from the Isle of Wight, and a fine dark clouded example 

 of Gamptogramma hilineata from the same place. 



March 23>rZ. — Mr. W. J. Kaye, F.E.S., President, in the chair. — 

 Mr. Stanley A. Blenkarn, of Beckenham, was elected a member. — Mr. 

 W. J. Kaye exhibited a series of Xylina conformis, all but one from 

 Glamorganshire, and remarked on its occurrence and distribution. — 

 Mr. Newman called attention to the devastation caused by some 

 hitherto unknown disease among bees in the South of England. It 

 was most contagious, and scarcely a hive remained over a large area. 

 — Mr. Buckstone, a bred series of Apocheima (Nyssia) }iispidaria, 

 and gave particulars as to breeding. He also contributed notes on 

 the occurrence of numerous dwarf examples of Hybernia defoUaria 

 at Richmond ; the pairing of H. marginaria male and H. defoUaria 

 female ; delayed wing development of Chesias rufata ; pupation of 

 Triphana pronuba after hybernation without feeding ; the finding of 

 the ova of Spilosoma vwnthastri on the shell of a living snail ; and 

 the occurrence of batches of ova of Hadena pisi on a small plum- 

 tree. Mr. Newman said that A. hispidaria readily pupated in two 

 inches of soil if the bottom of the cage was the concrete floor.— 

 Mr. R. Adkin, two varieties of Arctia caja, from Yorkshire larvae. 

 One with whole of fore wings dull smoky brown with very much 

 diminished white markings, the hind wings black with only a few 

 dull yellow, some ill-defined, patches ; the other with a concentrtition 

 of the lighter colour of the fore wing towards the base, and of the 

 darker colour towards the apex, wliile the hind wings were bright 

 orange-red with much reduced black markings. He also showed 

 living A. zonaria with eggs in sitil under bark of clematis. — Hy. J. 

 Turner, Hon. Bep. Secretary. 



Lancashire and Cheshire Entomological Society. — Meeting 

 held February 20th, 1911, at the Royal Institution, Colquit Street, 

 Liverpool, Mr. Geo. x\rnold, M.Sc, F.E.S., Vice-President, in the 

 chair. The Vice-President delivered a lecture on " Ants," in which 

 he dealt chiefly with the recent discoveries connected with the habits 

 of the subterranean fungus-eating species and the curious procedure 

 of the females when founding a new colony. The ants which infest 

 trees, constructing their nests in hollow parts of tlie branches, were 

 also specially dealt with, and the economic effect of their presence 

 described. The lecture was illustrated by a large number of speci- 

 mens, and also by means of drawings on the blackboard. — H. R. 

 Sweeting & Wm. Mansbridge, Hon. Sees. 



