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Portugal laurel, notable for their large size and brilliant coloration, 

 approaching the American form 'pscudargiolus. 



October lO^/i.— Mr. A. E. Tonge, F.E.k, President, in the chair.— 

 Mr. Lucas exhibited specimens and detailed drawings of the species 

 of British earwigs to illustrate his paper, with living examples of the 

 very local Labidum riparia from Christchurch. — Mr. Tonge, a very 

 dark-marked example of Acidalia ornata from Eeigate. — Mr. Sheldon, 

 a long series of Colias hecla from North Lapland, with examples of 

 other European Colias species for comparison. — Mr. Adkin, specimens 

 of Nola albulalis bred from larvae that had hybernated in confine- 

 ment. — Mr. Newman, a long series of Agriades coridon, including 

 several ab. semisyngrapha, from Royston, and showing in the females 

 much variation in the ground colour of both upper and under 

 surfaces; and third generation specimens of Ennomos quercinaria, 

 all with the apex of the fore wings dark — twenty-five per cent, of the 

 second generation had been melanic, of a dark chocolate colour. — 

 Mr. Lucas read a paper on " Earwigs that Breed in Britain," and 

 illustrated his notes with a large number of lantern-slides. — Hy. J. 

 Turner {Hon. Bep. Sec). 



Lancashire and Cheshire Entomological Society. — Meeting 

 held at the Eoyal Institution, Colquitt Street, Liverpool, October 21st, 

 1912.— Mr. Wm. Webster, Vice-President, in the chair.— This being 

 the opening meeting of the session was devoted to exhibits of the 

 past season's work. — Mr. E. N. Pierce showed a box of Lepidoptera 

 from Silverdale, Lancashire, which included Nemeobius lucina, 

 Argynnis euphrosyne, and EucUdia mi ; from Tansor, Huntingdon- 

 shire, Sckmnobius mucronellus, S. forficellus, Acentropus niveus, 

 Hydrocamya nympheata, H. stagnata, and Paraponyx stratiotata ; 

 also Scopula ferrugalis from Oxfordshire. — Mr. L. West exhibited his 

 recently published work ' The Natural Trout Fly and its Imitations,' 

 containing a fine series of coloured illustrations of the flies used by 

 the angler for trout, together with a set of the artificial flies inserted 

 on special pages. — Mr. B. H. Crabtree, two drawers containing his 

 very fine series of variations of Abraxas grossulariata, including vars. 

 7iigra, nigro-sparsata, nigro-ccendea, flavo-fasciata, hazeleighensis, 

 lutea, varleyata, and other striking forms. — Mr. R. Tait, Jun., a 

 long bred series of Agrotis asJnvorthii, with vars. substriata and 

 virgata; very fine set of A. agathina, including var. rosea and a 

 melanic form of Boarmia repandata from North Wales ; Leucophasia 

 sinapis, Colias edusa, Ligdia adustata, Bapta temei-ata, and Melanippe 

 galiata, from South Devon ; Tepkrosia htridata, from Wyre Forest ; 

 and Nyssia zonaria, from Conway. — Mr. W. \. Tyerman, the follow- 

 ing species from Ainsdale, viz. : — Procris statices, Neiiria reticidata, 

 Dianthacia nana, Plusia festuccR, Phibalapteryx lignata, and Eupi- 

 thecia satyrata var. callunaria. — Mr. W. Mansbridge, Micro-Lepido- 

 ptera collected in Lancashire and Cheshire during the past season, 

 viz., a long bred series of Tortrix costana and melanic and inter- 

 mediate variations ; a long bred series of Phycis fusca ; series of 

 Micropteryx unimacidella, Coleopliora fuscedinella, and C. luti- 

 l^ennella, Ornix betides, LithocoUetis q^iercifoliella, and L. cramerella, 

 from Delamere ; Pancalia lemcenhcekella and Pyrausta purpuralis, 



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