202 tHE entomolooist's record. 



arcania and species of the allied genus Hi/pocistina from Australia. 

 Ml'. Turner, series of various Paliearctic and Nearctic species, including 

 C elko from Vancouver. ,fiiue 'i'drd. — A Rark Orthopteron, etc.— 

 Mr. West (Greenwich) exhibited the very scarce Orthopteron, Plnti/deis 

 roeselii iwm Greenwich, with 1'. i/risca, 1'. braclti/ptera, and Tkanniotrizon 

 clnereiis, closely allied species, for comparison, and also the destructive 

 Dipteron, Mciedon eiinestris, bred from daffodil l)ulbs. Mr. Lucas, P. 

 roeselii from N. Essex. Local Species from the Isle of Wight. — 

 Mr. Blenkarn, Anthiocera trifoUi ab. inuioides from Bembridge, a form 

 new to the Isle of Wight, and Sinloauina nrttcat from Sandown 

 marshes, with an example of Colzas edusa. Of Odonata he showed 

 Caloptenjx apLendenn from Brading; of Coleoptera. Dichirottichus 

 pubeacem from Bembridge, with four perfect legs on the left side ; 

 Opillio iiiolis, a local species from W. Wickham, on oak; and Bcmbidinm 

 ephippiiiiii. from Culver Cliffs, a rare record for the Isle of Wight. A 

 Gynandrojiorph. — Mr. L. W. Newman, a gynandromorph of Amorpha 

 popiili bred, the left $ a vivid pink and large, the right S normal and 

 small, the antennae both $ . Also living pupa of Pochnubia lujperborea 

 and a stump of birch from which sixteen pupa cases of Aeneria cnlici- 

 formu were projecting. Early stage of a Wasp's Nest. — Mr. A. E. 

 Tonge, the commencement of the nest of the Common Wasp, Vespa 

 vnliiaria, and wild laid ova of Aeijeria tipidi/orniis on the twig of a cur- 

 rant-bush mid-way between the nodes. Immigrant butterflies. — Mrs. 

 Hemming communicated a note on the occurrence of L'olias on the 8. 

 Downs, the obtaining of ova from a captured ? , and the habits of 

 the young larvte. Many Pi/rameis cardui were seen at the same time. 

 A Local Coleophora. — Mr. Sich, larval cases of Culeophora discordella 

 from Folkestone Leas. A " Walking Stick." — Mr. Hall, the Orthop- 

 teron known as Dixippm uwrosns {Linchudes sp.). Tortrix teucriana. 

 — Mr. Adkin, the series of Tortrix teucriana from the "Tutt" collection 

 and read notes on the species. 



Lancashire and Cheshire Entomological Society. — b ebniary \Qtk. 

 — Mendelian and other results of Breeding. — Mr. Wm. Mansbridge 

 contributed notes on " Breeding experiments with the black race of 

 lioariiiia repandata var. nii/ra," and summarised the results as 

 follows: — In 1909 (a) a wild $ of the local type form gave all var. 

 niijra ; (b) a wild $ var. }ii(fra gave all black moths ; (c) a pairing of 

 nigra J and type $ gave all types. In 1910 (a) type x type gave 

 66'6% type and 83-3% var. ni;ira ; [b) nigra x nigra gave 92% niiira and 

 8% type ; and {c) nigra x nigra gave 96% nigra and 4% type. While 

 in 1911 (a) type x type gave all type; (6) nigra <J X type J gave all 

 nigra; (c) nigra x nigra gave 95-7%, nigra and 4-3% type; and ('/) a 

 second experiment of the same gave 70-5% nigra and 29'5';o type. In 

 1910 moihs from the broods (a) and (c) were used for the cross 

 pairings of type and variety, the others being inbred, and in 1911 all 

 were inbred. Irish P. icarus. — Dr. Tinne exhibited Pulgonimatns icarnn 

 from North Ireland, including very blue females. March ISlh. — The 

 Leaf Insect. — Mr. H. S. Leigh read a paper dealing with a few 

 points connected with the life history and habits of the Leaf Insect, 

 Pulchrip/igLliiiia cnirif'olium, Serv., and the Praying Insect, Sphndro- 

 mantis guttata, Thunb. After remarking that the metamorphosis of 

 the Leaf Insect and Praying Insect is slight — young individuals being 

 very similar to the adults in general appearance — some of the results 



