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conial scales, and other anatomical details of insect structure, and a 

 slide illustrative of " Paedogenesis " in Miastor, a Cecidomyiid (Dip.). 

 — Mr. H. J. Turner, a copy of Capt. Browne's ' Butterflies, Sphinges, 

 and Moths,' 1832, and called attention to the crude shape and colour 

 of the figures. — Hy. J. Turner (Hon. Editor of Proceed.). 



March iUh.—Mv. S. Edwards, F.L.S., F.E.S., President, in the 

 chair. — Mr. Turner, Colias edusa v. helice from Cyprus and Spain, 

 including an intermediate form. — Mr. Edwards, a long varied series 

 of Gnojjhos glaucinaria from Macugnaga and several species of 

 Setina (Endrosa), S. irwrella, S. aurita, and S. kuhlweini, some 

 having confluent markings. — Mr. Barnett, a short series of Hyria 

 muricata from near Guildford, much lighter than the northern form. 

 — Mr. K. G. Blair, the larva of the Coleopteron Nebria brevicolUs 

 parasitised by a Proctotrupid. The larvye of the parasite were 

 attached full fed for pupation along the back of the host by their 

 tails. — Hy. J. Turner (Hon. Eep. Editor). 



Lancashire and Cheshire Entomological Society. — Annual 

 Meeting held at the Eoyal Institution, Colquitt Street, Liverpool, 

 December Ylth, 1917.— The President, Mr. Leonard West, in the 

 chair. — The following were elected officers and Council of the Society 

 for the ensuing year, viz. : President, Wm. Webster, F.R.S.A. ; Vice- 

 Presidents, L. West, R. Wilding, and R. S. Bagnall, F.L.S., F.E.S. ; 

 Hon. Treasurer, Dr. John Cotton; Hon. Librarian, F. N. Pierce, 

 F.E.S. ; Hon. Secretary, Wm. Mansbridge, F.E.S. ; Council, Messrs. 

 C. F. Burne, A. W. Hughes, H. F. Carter, F.E.S., Wm. Buckley, 

 J. W. Griffin, J. Collins, Dr. P. F. Tinne, Prof. R. Newstead, M.Sc, 

 F.E.S., and S. P. Doudney. — The President delivered an address 

 entitled " Some Aquatic Insects," w^hich was illustrated by a collec- 

 tion of 130 lantern slides representing the life-histories of many 

 species of insects that live in or about the water. In his introduc- 

 tion Mr. West touched upon the general conditions of an aquatic 

 environment, such as the effect of the geological formation upon the 

 character of the water and the flora maintained by it, and con- 

 sequently the species of insects found in a particular district. The 

 saline and acid or alkaline quality of water was discussed, and the 

 reaction upon insect and vegetable life resulting from a particular 

 condition was illustrated by various examples. The photographs, 

 nearly all taken by the President himself, were very fine examples of 

 such work done under circumstances of exceptional difficulty. The 

 series included life-histories of the following species, viz. : Chiro- 

 nomus, Gulex, various Ephemeridae, Trichoptera, and Perlidae, aquatic 

 Coleoptera, as Dytisctcs and the " Whirligig " beetles, the whole pre- 

 senting a very clear and connected idea of the lives of these interesting 

 creatures in their natural element. 



Januari/ 21st, 1918. — The new President, Mr. Wm. Webster, took 

 the chair. — Mr. Albert E. Wright, 41, Brookland Road, Burnley, was 

 elected a member of the Society. — Mr. W. Mansbridge communicated 

 a paper entitled " Notes on Breeding Boarmia repandata." The paper 

 dealt with his experimental breeding of B. repandata and gave the 

 results up to date ; so far, although the present set of trials dealt with 

 the var. nigra up to the fourth filial generation, the form had not yet 



