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Lancashire and Cheshire Entomological Society. — Noveinber 

 20tlt, 1911, Dr. John Cotton in the chair. Lecture. — Dr. F. F. 

 Tinne read a paper on " The Application of the Lumiere Process of 

 Colour Photography to Entomolog}-," and in the course of a most 

 interesting address exhibited a number of colour portraits of lepidoptera 

 in their native haunts, as well as pictures of places he had visited 

 when in the pursuit of insects. It is quite evident that there is a great 

 future for this class of work, as soon as coloured prints can be taken 

 direct from the negatives. Scotch Lepidoptera. — Mr. Robert Tait, 

 Junr., exhibited a fine lot of insects from Braemar, the results of his 

 summer holiday, which was spent in that locality. These included 

 a very fine series of Pliisia interrogationis, Daai/dia ohfiiscaria, 

 Coenonymplia tiplion, Anthrocera e.vidans, Xenienphila })lanta;iinitt, and 

 var. Iio.tpita, the last being obtained as a partial second brood in 

 October. Varied but smaller series of the following were also shown : 

 — Cidaria poptilata, C. vi}}iianata, Cureiiiia iiniuitata, Larentia caesiata 

 and Halia hrnnneata : Mr. Tait further contributed an interesting 

 account of his holiday with remarks upon the variation, etc., of the 

 insects captured. Polia chi. — Mr. Wm. Mansbridge exhibited a series 

 of Polia (ill taken in the Huddersfield district on August Bank Holiday 

 comprising themelanic forms for which that neighbourhood is famous.^ 

 The Annual Meeting was held in the Royal Institution, Colquit Street, 

 Liverpool, on December 18th : Mr. William Webster in the chair. — 

 As Mr. W. J. Lucas, the retiring vice-president, was unable to be 

 present to read his address " On the Present State of our own Know- 

 ledge of the Pre-imaginal Stages of the British Dragontlies," this was 

 done by the secretary. Mr. Lucas dealt lucidly and in detail with the 

 various methods of oviposition obtaining in the Odonata, drawing 

 particular attention to the habit Ischniira elei/ans possesses of descending 

 beneath the surface of the water for this purpose, and to the two types 

 of Dragonfly eggs :— the elongate, cylindrical type, such as is met with 

 in .Kuchna and the more or less oval or pear-shaped type found in 

 Si/mpetnnii and LibcUida. The development of the nymphs, their 

 form, habits and food, the duration of the nymphal existence and other 

 features of Dragonfly bionomics were then dealt with in an equally 

 interesting and exhaustive manner, the fact being emphasised that 

 although of recent years a considerable amount of work had been done, 

 and our knowledge of the life history of these beautiful creatures had 

 been greatly increased, there yet remained a vast amount to be done 

 in the future. The latter part of the address consisted of a review of 

 the progress of our knowledge of the earlier stages of Dragonfly 

 existence, commencing with Thomas Moufet's " Insectorum Theatrum " 

 and bringmg the subject down to the present day. The address and 

 the excellent lantern slides with which it was illustrated, were greatly 

 appreciated l)y all who were present. Mr. C. B. Williams exhibited a 

 box of Lepidoptera, collected during the past season in various localities 

 and including the following: — Taeniocampa viioida, A'l/lino socio, X. 

 oniitopm, Xtflocampo areola, and Oporina croceago from the Conway 

 Valley ; lirenthis aelene, Ci/clnpides palaewon and Xoneobius lucina 

 from Northamptonshire; Baarmia roboraria, Crnophria rubricollis, 

 Diacriaia aamiio {rusxiila), Heniaris fuciforuiiH, Plebeim arqm (aegon) 

 and Brcnthin eupliroxi/jic from the New Forest. 



