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varied interruption of the band across the fore wings. Mr. Billups, 

 the rare Dipteron, Diastata hasilis, from Bromley, Kent, and hitherto 

 unrecorded as British ; also the following species of Ichneumonidge 

 bred by the members : — Ichneumon fuscipcs, bred from larvae of Acronycta 

 mijrica;, by Mr. Short ; Ehizarcha areolaris, from the dipterous larvae of 

 Phytomyza aquilegm, by himself ; Colas dispar, from larv^ of Melitaa 

 aurinia, by Mr. Frohawk ; Ichneumon pyrrhopus, from Eupithecia 

 hclveticaria ; Glypta bicernis, from Tortrix p>alleana ; Anomaloa cerinops, 

 from Heliothis dipsacea; and Lissofiota sulphurifera, from Sesia scolii- 

 f or mis ; all bred by Mr. Adkiu. Mr. Adkin, a varied series of 

 Ta;niocampa r/othica from Eannocb, also yellow varieties of Zygana 

 tri/olii from W. Sussex. 



January 11th, 1894. — The President in the chair. — Mr. Adkiu 

 exhibited several series of Thera juniperata, L., from various Scotch 

 localities, contrasting them with those exhibited, at the meeting pre- 

 vious, from Purley. Mr. Oldham, varied series of Hyhernia defoli- 

 aria, L. ; H. aurantiaria, Esp., from Epping Forest ; and a specimen 

 of the local Libellula quadrimaculata, L., from Cambridgeshire. Mr. 

 South, some remarkable vars. of Cerastis vaccinli, L., taken in Kent 

 and Surrey, with British aud Continental specimens and varieties of 

 C UguJa, Esp. [spadicea), and a specimen of Acronycta aceris var. 

 infiiscata, Haw. Mr. W. A. Pearce some very beautiful Khopalocera 

 from Alleghany, U.S.A., taken in 1893., viz., Papilio asterias, Fab., P. 

 turnus, L., P. philenor, L,, P. troilus, L., Limenitis dissippus, Gdt., L. 

 ursxda. Fab., and Apatura elyton, Bd. Mr. Weir mentioned that the 

 female of P. turnus was dimorphic, and that L. dissippus was the 

 mimic of Anosia jdexippus. Mr. Auld, Vanessa io, which had been 

 cleaned by Dr. Knaggs with methylated ether, and which had regained 

 its pristine appearance. Mr. Tugwell sent for exhibition a long series 

 of Spilosoma lubricipeda, Esp., and its various varieties and local races, 

 especially of var. radiata. Haw., = zatima, Cr., and communicated 

 notes, in which he described the York city form as vsiv. fuse lata. He 

 had also sent for exhibition a pair of Plusia moneta. Fab., bred by Mr. 

 Matthews ; two varieties of Arctia villica, L., from Harwich ; three 

 dark Irish forms of Agrotis lucernca, L. ; a long series of Liparis 

 monacha, L., from New Forest ova, some of which were very dark ; six 

 of the dark Sheffield form of Boarmia repandata, L. ; vars. of Lycana 

 leijon, Schiff., from Westmoreland ; ionv Dicranura biciispis, Bork., from 

 Tilgate ; a series of CalUmorpha hera, L., bred from Starcross ova ; a 

 pair of Pachetra leucophaa, View., taken by Mr. Hanbury on the North 

 Downs ; several Noctua conflua from Shetland ; six of the remarkable 

 dark Irish form of Camptogramma bilineata, L., and a series of Noto- 

 donta dromedarius, L. — Hy. J. Turner (Hon. Eeport Sec). 



LANCASHmE AND CHESHIRE ENTOMOLOGICAL SoCIETY. Peo. lli/l, 1893. 



The monthly meeting was held in the Free Library, Mr. S. J, Capper, 

 F.L.S., F.E.S., President, in the chair. Mr. C. H. Schill, of Man- 

 Chester, gave " A few introductory remarks on the genus Vanessa and 

 its allies," aud showed the ease with which exotics could now be 

 obtained from friends residing abroad. He stated that it was almost 

 necessary to work single groups and become specialists thereon, rather 

 than attempt to form gigantic collections of whole orders, of which it 



