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Godman also joined in the discussion. — Professor E. B. Poulton read 

 a paper on " Mimicry illustrated by the Sanger- Shepherd three-colour 

 process," supplementary to his paper read at the meeting of the 

 Society on March 5th. — H. Goss and H. Eowland-Brown, Hon. Sees. 



South London Entomological and Natural History Society. — 

 March ISth, 1902.— Mr. F. Noad Clark, President, in the chair.— Mr. 

 A. L. Rayward, of Wallington ; Mr. B. Stonell, of Ciapham ; and Mr. 

 S. P. Harry, of Ciapham, were elected members. — Dr. Chapman 

 exhibited a number of species which he was placing in the Society's col- 

 lections, inclixding Erqjithecia consignata, Hyboma strigosn, and Jochemra 

 alni, the first of which species was now only to be obtained in one very 

 restricted private locality. — Mr. Kemp, living larvae and perfect insects 

 of the Coleoptera Endomychus coccineus, Ptilinns pectinicornis, and Pyro- 

 chroa serraticornis, the two former from Epping Forest, on hornbeam, 

 and the latter from New Eltham, under moss. — Messrs. Harrison and 

 Main, specimens of the dark var. niyrofulvata of Macaria liturata, from . 

 Delamere Forest. — Mr. F. M. B. Carr, a considerable number of 

 specimens from the New Forest, including, Odonata : Ischnura pmnilio, 

 female vars. of Pyrrhosoma nyniphula, Ayrion mermiriale, and Gnmphus 

 vulyatissimiis ; Lepidoptera : a large number of species, among which 

 were Aventia Jiexnla, Lithosia helveola, bred Cinopltria quadra, Nola 

 striyula, TriphcBna snbsequa, Heliutkis dipsaceus, Cleora glabraria, bred 

 C. lichenaria, Selidoseina plumaria, and Hyrla aurorarici ; eggs of the 

 night-jar; a hornet taken from a hollow tree, Easter. — Mr. Nottle, 

 examples of Ayrotis tritici and A. agathina, from Keston. — Mr. Barnett, 

 a living specimen of Nyssia hispidaria, female, from Chingford. — Mr. 

 F. Noad Clark, two species of tick new to the British list. They were 

 forwarded to him by Mr. Hewitt, of York, who found them upon 

 guillemots on the Yorkshire cliffs. They had been identified, after 

 considerable trouble, as Ixodes limhriatus and I. borealis, both rare and 

 little known species. He also exhibited the common Ixodes reduvms 

 for comparison, together with photographs of I. fimbriatus. — Dr. 

 Chapman, a living bred specimen of Endroviis versicolor and some 

 pupffi, in the larva-cases, of Thyridopteryx ephemeriformis. — Mr. 

 Edwards, very fine examples of Ornithoptera lydeus and 0. socrates, 

 from the Malays, with Parnassiiis imperator, from Thibet. — Mr. Turner, 

 a long bred series of Macroglossa stellatarum, from larvfe obtained at 

 Bromley, Kent ; and contributed notes on breeding and habits of the 

 larvae. — Mr. Lucas, a very large number of lantern-slides to illustrate 

 his remarks on " Entomological localities." They were chiefly of 

 well-known spots in the New Forest. — Mr. West, of Streatham, also 

 showed a few slides taken from several localities near Loudon. — 

 Hy. J. Turner, Hon. Rep. Sec. 



Lancashire and Cheshire Entomological Society. — A well-attended 

 meeting was held in the Memorial Hall, Manchester, on March 10th, 

 Mr. Robt. Newstead, A.L.S., F.E.S., in the chair.— Mr. E. Whitley, 

 of " Clovelly," Sefton Park, Liverpool, and Oxford University, was 

 elected a member. It was resolved that the next meeting be held in 

 Liverpool, on April 14th, and that Messrs. F. C. Thompson, F. Birch, 

 and E. J. B. Sopp be appointed a sub-committee to examine and 



