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viiiiutus, Cychrns rostratus, Serica brunnea, etc. — Mr. Frisby, two 

 cases of exotic Hymenoptex'a — one with lai'ge species of solitary, 

 fossorial, and other wasps ; the other with bees from many parts of 

 the world, including a large Megachile which burrows in the mounds 

 of termites in S. Africa. — Mr. West, his collection of British Dytis- 

 cidce, GyrinidcB, and Hydrophilidce (Col.), with neai'ly all the species 

 represented, including the rare Spcrcus eviarginatus from W. Ham. 

 He also showed his British Orthoptera, including Platycleis rceselii 

 and Nemobius sylvestris from the New Forest. — Mr. Priske, sinistral 

 specimens of Helix nemoralis (Mol.) from Berndoran, and many 

 British fresh-water shells.- — Mr. Main, a living larva of Cicindela 

 campestris (Col.) from Epping in its burrow, and the burrow and 

 aerial tube of the British trap-door ■&])\(lev Atypus affinis. — Mr. Moore, 

 a number of species of Orthoptera, and read notes on the colours 

 found in the Order. — Mr. Buckstone, a collection of Hymenoptera, 

 Orthoptera, and Coleoptera made on a voyage to Australia some 

 years ago.- — Mr. Talbot, living examples of Pedicuhis humanus which 

 carried the bacillus of trench fever, and Stegoviyia fasciata, the 

 carrier of yellow fever, and showed the ova of the latter hatching. — 

 Mr. Edwards, large species of exotic Coleoptera. — Mr. West, for the 

 Society, drawers of British Odonata, Hemiptera, Hymenoptera, Dip- 

 tera, and Garabidce (Col.). — Mr. Frohawk, varied series of the eggs 

 of the blackbird, thrush, goatsucker, and lapwing. — Hy. J. Turner 

 (Hon. Editor of Proceedings). 



Lancashire and Cheshire Entomological Society. — A^^nl 

 15th, 1918.— Mr. H. M. Hallett, F.E.S., read an interesting 

 paper on the British Social Wasps. Each species was taken in 

 detail, and any outstanding feature in its bionomics convincingly 

 described. Considerable discussion centred round the position of 

 Vespa avstriaca as the " Cuckoo" wasp. Mr. Hallett said that he 

 had witnessed the wasp scraping fibre from an old gatepost as if it 

 were gathering nest material ; he also stated that in spite of such 

 an observation, it was quite likely that a species which produced no 

 workers would depend largely, if not entirely, upon foster-parents 

 for its progeny. It appears that this tendency of V. austriaca 

 requires still further investigation. The discussion also elicited the 

 fact that we have only one record for Lancashire and Cheshire lor 

 the hornet, V. crabro. — Mr. F. N. Pierce exhibited living larvae of 

 Solenobia melanella and Diplodoma ferchaultclla from Northants, 

 and pointed out that no male of the latter species was known. He 

 drevv' attention to the differences in the form of the larval case in 

 each instance and the method of the feeding of^the larvae. — Mr. W. 

 Mansbridge showed a long-bred series of Lobojjhora carpinata 

 [iobulata) from Delamere parents much suffused with fuscous and 

 green in both sexes, but more strongly in the females ; also a series 

 of Odontopera btdentata, showing a continuous pale transverse line 

 formed by the joining up of the second series of spots.— W^m. Mans- 

 bridge, Hon. Sec. 



