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ford parents; Ematurga atoinaria, from Dolamere, with_ melanic 

 variety from Burnley; Mamestra glauca with dark variety, and 

 Coremia fcrrugata, both spring and July forms, showing seasonal 

 variation— from Burnley ; blue females of Lycana icarus, from the 

 Crosby sandhills ; vars. of Abraxas grossulariata bred from wild 

 Huddersfield larvte ; Boarmia repandata, with a pair of var. 7iigra, 

 bred from Delamere Forest— the first var. nigra Mr. Mansbridge has 

 taken in that locality ; a slaty form of Boarmia gemmaria from^ the 

 Liverpool district ; Aplecta nebulosa with var. rohsoni and Sesia 

 cidiciformis, from Delamere.— Mr. B. H. Crabtree :— Prom Lakeside, 

 Windermere : bred series of Dasychira imdihunda and Acronycta psi ; 

 series of Nemeobiiis kicina, Thanaos tages, and Argynnis euphrosyne. 

 A bred series of Abraxas grossulariata from Huddersfield. Varieties 

 of Arctia caia from wild Altrincham larvae.- Mr. A. E. Wright, the 

 following series : Nyssia zonaria, from Blackpool ; Cucidlia chamo- 

 milla, from St. Anne's-on-Sea ; Hybernia marginaria var. fuscata, 

 from Burnley and St. Anne's-on-Sea ; Ljjgris testata, from Burnley, 

 including one dark male ; Anticlea badiata, from St. Anne's-on-Sea 

 and Burnley; a long series of Hybernia leiico2)hcBaria, including a 

 number of var. marmorinaria from Delamere ; Ligdia adustata, 

 Lomaspilis marginata, and Nenioria viridaria, from Witherslack ; a 

 fine series of Ematurga atoinaria, from Witherslack, Delamere, and 

 Burnley, including black forms, both sexes ; Mamestra glauca, from 

 Burnley and Cannock Chase ; Eujnthccia succenturiata, from Southport. 



Mr. W. Buckley, bred series ol Boarmia repandata, Agrotisaslmorthii, 



A. agathina, and Noctiia brunnea, from Penmaenmawr; DiantJmcia 

 conspersa, from Anglesea, which had been three winters in pupa. — 

 Mr. L. Nathan, bred Dasychira fascelina, from Southport larvae ; 

 Papilio machaon, from Wicken Fen, &c.— Mr. J. H. Watson, male 

 and female living leaf-insects, Pidchrypkyllum crurifolium, from 

 Ceylon, bred by Dr. Russell from ova sent last year ; two boxes of 

 Parnassnis apollo, showing about fifteen subspecies. — Mr. J. E. Cope, 

 the following Coleoptera :— Cara6?<s glabratus, C. gramdatus (dark 

 form) and G. catenulatiis (small form), taken by Mr. A. W. Boyd in 

 the Lake District, in 1912 ; C. catenulatus and granulatiis (light 

 form) from Ashton Moss ; Ocypus olens, from Ashton Moss ; Melo- 

 lontha vulgaris, from Delamere ; Gnorimus nobilis, from Worcester ; 

 also Phyllotreta nemorum — the northern turnip-flea. 



November 6th, 1912.— Meeting in the Manchester Museum.— Mr. 

 C. F. Johnson exhibited part of a collection of butterflies made in 

 1912 at Vernet-les-Bains, St. Martin-du-Canigon, and Mont Canigon 

 in the Pyrenees. A number of species were shown, including Erebia 

 lefebrei, E. epiphron var. pyrenaica, &c., and in some cases the 

 corresponding English form was shown.— Mr. W. Mansbridge showed, 

 on behalf of Mr. R. Tait, Jr., a long and varied series of Agrotis 

 agathina bred in 1912 from larvae from North Wales, including some 

 splendid examples. — Mr. J. H. Watson, hving Coleoptera — Brachy- 

 cerus paganus, from Delagoa Bay; specimens of Hemileuca neu- 

 morgeni and H. burnsi, for comparison ; a large number of lepido- 

 pterous cocoons, taken from a cargo of Rangoon rice at Birkenhead. 



Mr. B. H. Crabtree, a very grey example of Sat^miia carpini from 



Essex, with a yellow dash at the tip of the wing.— Mr. J. Ray Hardy 



