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diagrams showed that many of their characters appeared to point out 

 a somewhat closer relationship than was formerly considered to he the 

 case. — Hy. J. Tukner, Hon. Rep. Sec. 



Lancashire and Cheshire Entomological Society. — The second 

 ordinary meeting of the session was held in the Royal Institution, 

 Liverpool, on Monday, February 20th, Mr. Richard Wilding, Vice- 

 President, in the chair. — Mr. G. Lissant Cox, of Oxton, was elected a 

 member of the Society. — Donations to the library were announced 

 from Messrs. J. W. Carter, F.E.S., H. B. Score, F.R.G.S., and E. J. 

 B. Sopp, F.R.Met. S. — A paper was communicated by Mr. William 

 Mansbridge, F.E.S., on " The Tortrices of the Liverpool District," in 

 which, in addition to the enumeration of the species met with, much 

 valuable information was given on the habits of many of the more 

 noteworthy insects, both in the larval and imaginal states. Several 

 allied groups of the Micro-Lepidoptera were also discussed, and notes 

 of considerable interest relating to life history given. Altogether four 

 Pyrales, six Crambida3, three Pterophori, forty-three Tortrices (of 

 which fifteen were bred), and twenty-six Tinese were dealt with. The 

 Chairman congratulated Mr. Mansbridge on his paper, and the Society 

 on possessing such a keen worker amongst the Micro-Lepidoptera of the 

 district. After remarks by Messrs. F. N. Pierce, W. H. Holt, and Dr. 

 J. Cotton, a hearty vote of thanks was accorded the lecturer. — Amongst 

 the many interesting exhibits on view were the following : — Several 

 cases of Micro-Lepidoptera, to illustrate the paper, including fine 

 series of Phycis fusca = carbouariella, Kphestia elutella, Teras contami- 

 nana,. Bictyopteryx bergmanniana (a very pallid form), Catoptria cemu- 

 lana, &c, by Mr. Mansbridge ; varieties of Abraxas grossulariata, in- 

 cluding fine light forms, in which the dark markings were almost 

 obliterated, by Mr. Mountfield ; Morpho cypris (Columbia), Caligo tele- 

 monius, Hypolimnas salmacis, and Dismorphia nemesis (South America), 

 by Mr. J. J. Richardson, who also showed a live specimen of Dermestes 

 peruviana from Liverpool ; Antoricum sulcatum (Oliv.), and Longitarsus 

 aruginosus, and other recent additions to the British list, by Mr. W. E. 

 Sharp, F.E.S. ; (Edemera virescens, L. (pair), and Malachius barnvillei, 

 Putore, recent additions to the British list, and a specimen of the very 

 rare Bagous luto&us, Gyll., by Mr. W. Thouless, F.E.S. ; Anchomenus 

 gracilipes, Duft, of which only one or two specimens have been recorded 

 for Britain ; Quedius nigrocmruleus, Rey, of which only three British 

 specimens are known ; and Bernbidium quadripustulatum, one of the 

 rarest of our Bembidia ; all three species captured and exhibited by 

 Mr. E. C. Bedwell, F.E.S. ; Triplax bicolor, Gyll. (with T. russica and 

 T. cenea for comparison), recently reinstated in the British list on its 

 occurrence to Mr. R. S. Bagnall, for whom the insects were exhibited 

 by the Secretary. Leucophaa surinamensis, an exotic cockraoch, just 

 received from the Liverpool Docks, was shown by Mr. Sopp. — E. J. B. 

 Sopp and J. R. le B. Tomlin, Hoyi. Sees. 



Birmingham Entomological Society. — February 20th, 1905. — Mr. 

 G. T. Bethuue-Baker, President, in the chair. — Annual Meeting. The 

 various annual reports were received, and the officers and council were 

 elected for the ensuing year. — Mr. W. E. Collinge, The University, was 

 elected a member. — A resolution was carried to invite the following 



