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Morford, a number of specimens of Setinia irrorella, with S. aurita 

 and its aberration raviosa sent to him by Prof. Morel, N. Italy. — 

 Mr. Ashby, a long series of the rare Buprestid beetle, Agrilus viridis, 

 from the New Forest. — Mr. E. Adkin, specimens of Anthroccra fili- 

 'penchdcE, reared from Otford pupte, including an aberration with only 

 five spots on the fore wings, upper side. Mr. Newman recorded a 

 number of similar specimens from near Brighton. 



October 25^/i.— Mr. E. Adkin, F.E.S., in the chair.— Mr. W. J. 

 Lucas read a paper on "British Cockroaches," and exhibited a large 

 number of lantern-slides illustrative of all the indigenous species and 

 those of occasional occurrence. Instances were subsequently given 

 of one species gradually supplanting another. — Mr. P. A. Buxton, 

 a box of Algerian butterflies, and pointed out that the general facies 

 was completely European, TeracoUis nouni being the sole representa- 

 tive of the really African fauna. — Mr. Sich, mines of the rare Tineid 

 Nepticula tilics, from Dolgelly, in leaves of lime, the trees growing 

 in shady situations near water. — Mr. H. Moore, a living male speci- 

 men of the stick-insect, Lincliodes sp., which was very rarely met 

 with. — Mr. Brooks, specimens of the beautiful blue female of Plebeius 

 cegon, known as ab. masseyi from Kendal ; and also an aberration of 

 Charceas graminis, with the usual dark submarginal wedges on the 

 fore wing almost obsolete.— Mr. B. S. Williams, aberrations of 

 Mamestra trifolii {cheno]3odii), including a pale ochreous grey form, 

 a dark greyish fuscous form, and a reddish ochreous form. — Mr. 

 Bowman, a very dark coloured specimen of Satumia carpini, with 

 deep red lower wings ; and a cocoon of the same species which, from 

 its shape and size, suggested it was a composite one. 



November 11th.— Mr. A. E. Gibbs, F.L.S., Vice-President, in the 

 chair. — Mr. E. Adkin, a short-bred series of Eupithecia castigata, 

 reared in May from ova laid by a female captured at Beaconsfield in 

 June, 1914. The larvae fed almost entirely on the flowers of an 

 Alpine plant {Campanula pusilla.) — Hy. J. Tubnee, Hon. Bep. Sec. 



Lancashire and Cheshire Entomological Society. — Meeting 

 held at Eoyal Institution, Liverpool, October 18th, 1915. — Dr. John 

 Cotton, Vice-President, in the chair. — This being the first meeting of 

 the session, it was as usual devoted^to an exhibition of the work of the 

 members during the past season.— Mr. F. N. Pierce exhibited, on 

 behalf of the Eev. J. W. Metcalfe and himself, Peronea fissurana and 

 Halonota littoralana, two new species of Tortrix discovered by 

 examination of the genitaha, and read descriptions of the species ; 

 also Peronea ferrugana, with its vars. tripunctana, brachiana, and 

 multipunctana from various localities ; a long series of Stigmonota 

 perlepidana from near Mold, and Accntropus niveus from Tansor, 

 Northants, where it had been abundant this year. — Mr. A. W. 

 Hughes had from the Mold district a nice series of Gidaria suffumata, 

 some specimens with a tendency to extension of the white ground 

 colour, but none of the melanic form ; a series of Triphcena fimbria 

 from Delamere, one example being of the scarce mahogany- brown 

 form ; from the Wye Valley a number of species, including Vanessa 

 atalanta, V. c-album, and var. hutchinsoni, V. io, Thecla w-album, 

 Asthena blomeri, and Abraxas sylvata. — W. E. Wilding showed long 



