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Schl., were represented only by single specimens from Simonswood and 

 Wallasey respectively. A visit to the Mosses at the end of July pro- 

 duced Pcedisca bilunana, Haw., P. occultana, Doug., and Retinia pini- 

 colana, Hb., as well as one R. pinivorana, Zell., occultana being very 

 common among the pines. Pcedisca solandriana, L., was bred from 

 birch at Delamere, and P. semifuscana, St., was yielded by larvae found 

 on sallow from St. Helens ; these two variable species will have more 

 attention in 1905, as they appear to be common in the district. 

 Ephippiphora similana, Hb., and E. pflugiana, Haw., are represented by 

 a few specimens of eacb. One specimen of Dichrorampha petiverella, L., 

 was found at Wallasey ; at the same place, in June, Eupoecilia dnbitana, 

 Hb., occurred freely on tbe wing in the evening, and E. angustana, 

 Hb., abounded on Kirby Moss among heatber. I looked out keenly for 

 evidences of melanochroic tendency, but so far as I could see there was 

 no particular variation, the series I took being very little darker than 

 some captured in Kent several years ago. I have one insect which has 

 been doubtfully referred to Pcedisca corticana, Hb., from Wallasey, and 

 a few specimens of Phlocodes tetraquetrana, Haw., from Delamere Forest ; 

 while, in conclusion, I should state that the following species were 

 observed in some numbers, viz. Sphaleroptera ictericana, Haw., at Wal- 

 lasey ; Catoptria ulicetana, Haw., at Formby, on the sand-hills among 

 furze ; and Tortricodes hyemana, Hb., at Delamere in April. — William 

 Mansbridge ; 27, Elmbank Eoad, Liverpool. 



SOCIETIES. 



Entomological Society of London. — March 1st, 1905. — Mr. F. 

 Merrifield, President, in the chair. — The Duke of Bedford, E.G., 

 President of the Zoological Society, &c, of Woburn Abbey, Beds., and 

 15, Belgrave Square, S.W. ; M. Lucien Chopard, Membre de la 

 Societe Entomologique de France, of 98, Boulevard St. Germain, 

 Paris ; Mr. Wilfred Fleet, F.H.A.S., of " Imatra," Bournemouth ; and 

 Mr. Robert Sidney Mitford, C.B., of 85, Redcliffe Square, S.W., were 

 elected Fellows of the Society.— Mr. H. St. J. Douisthorpe exhibited 

 an example of Oxypoda sericea, Heer, taken in Dulwich Wood, June 

 17th, 1904, a species new to Britain ; also 0. nigrina Wat. (with a 

 type lent by Mr. E. A. Waterhouse), to demonstrate that it is not 

 synonymous with sericea as stated on the Continent ; and 0. exigaa 

 wbich is also there regarded as synonymous with nigrina. — Mr. Hugh 

 Main and Mr. Albert Harrison, a long series of Colias edusa, with var. 

 helice, bred from one female helice sent by Dr. T. Chapman from the 

 South of France, to show the proportion of type and variety obtained ; 

 and the results of similar experiments with Amphidasys betularia, bred 

 from a male var. doubledayaria and a type female taken at Woodford, 

 Essex, in 1903. — Mr. R. Priske, a specimen of Helops striata, with a 

 photograph, showing an abnormal formation of the right antenna, 

 which was divided into two branches from the fifth joint. — Mr. Percy 

 H. Grimshaw, examples of Hydrotcea pUipes, Stein, male and female, 

 the latter sex being previously unknown ; and several specimens of 

 II. tuberculata, Eond, not hitherto recorded in Britain, captured by 

 Mr. W. Dale and Dr. J. H. Wood in various localities. — Dr. F. A. 



