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THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 



accomplislied by such diligent investigators as Dr. Joy, Mr. H. St. J. K. 

 Donisthorpe, and others, among the rarer or least-known Coleoptera 

 occurring in Great Britain. A vote of thanks to the author was pro- 

 posed by Mr. Wilding and seconded by Mr. E. J. B. Sopp, F.K.Met.S., 

 and it was resolved to print the paper in the Society's Proceedings. — 

 The following exhibits were made by the members : — Dr. Cotton, a 

 long series of C. typhon var. rothleibii from Witherslack ; a series of 

 Lycmna astrarche var. salniacis from North Lancashire ; and a series of 

 Noctua glaieosa from Delamere. Mr. H. R. Sweeting, a number of 

 Cynthia cankii from Eastbourne ; a specimen of the rare moth Deile- 

 phila livornica taken at li^zht in Knowsley Park last June ; Macaria 

 liturata and its var. inyrofidvata from Delamere ; and Lyccena icarus 

 and L. corydon from Eastbourne. Mr. F. N. Pierce, F.E.S., a box of 

 Lepidoptera from India. Mr. J. J. Richardson brought moths collected 

 in the ueighbourhood of Bidston, Cheshire, at ivy-bloom — a series of 

 Himera penwiria, Cfvastis vaccinii, Luperina testacea, the last from 

 Wallasey, and Hybeniia defoliaria from Sefton Park, Liverpool. Mr. 

 W. Mansbridge, Carpocnpsa nimbana and Sciaphila comwunana from 

 the London district, received from Mr. A. Thurnall, of Croydon; these 

 two rare species attracted a good deal of attention. — The Honorary 

 Treasurer's report showed the Society to be in a very satisfactory 

 position, a fact which the Council hope to make full use of in the pre- 

 paration of the annual account of the iSociety's work — H. Pi. Sweeting 

 and Wm. Mansbkidge, Hon. Sees. 



Birmingham Entomological Society. — November 19th, 1906. — Mr. 

 G. T. Bethune-Baker, President, in the chair. — Mr. L. Doucaster, 

 The University, Birmingham, and Mr. Hubert Langley, Narborough 

 House, Leamington, were elected members of the Society. — Mr. E. C. 

 Rossiter exhibited a box full of Lepidoptera taken by himself at Brad- 

 ing, Isle of Wight, last August. The most interesting species was 

 Pyrausta flavalis, Schiflf., which occurred ni hundreds ; there were also 

 Acontia luctuosa, Esp., A(jrotis vestiyiaiis, Rott., Sdidosema ericetaria, 

 Vill., Aciddlia martjinepimctata Goze, &c. — Mr. G. T. Fountain showed 

 a nice series of Lyccena avion, L., from Cornwall. — Mr. S. H. Kenrick 

 exhibited four species of New Guinean Erycenidse, and pointed out the 

 great difference in general appearance between them and the western 

 species. — Mr. W. Harrison showed various Noctufe bred from dug 

 pupae, including Ayvotis plecta, L., which species he said had emerged 

 in February without any forcing. — Mr. W. E. Collinge showed living 

 unnamed hynienopterous parasites from larvse of Ayvotis seyetxim, Schiff., 

 and from the ova of Smevinthus ocellata, L. — Mr. A. H. Martineau 

 showed galls of the gall-tiy from Putentilla veptcms = Xestophanes 

 jjotentillcE, which he found in abundance in Devonshire, the only county 

 whence it has been obtained at present. — Mr. Hubert Langley showed 

 C'hvysoclista iinneella, CI., from Leamington, where he had found it on 

 the limes in the greatest abundance. So numerous was it that, on 

 one occasion, he counted fifty-seven on one tree-trunk. He also 

 showed Zyytena lonicevce, Scheven, which he found commonly at 

 Southam, near Warwick. — Colbran J. Wainwkight, Hon. Sec. 



