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Brockton Tomlin, F.E.S., a valuable collection of British Coleoptera, 

 containing, amongst other scarce species, series of recent captures of 

 the very rare Hijilrovatus chjpeatus, a water-beetle that had not been 

 taken for many years ; the rare "skipjacks," Elater miniatus, E. Ujthro- 

 pterus, and E. sanguwolentUR ; Antlui.ria nitidula, Af/rilus bigiittatns, 

 and Cryptocephalus se.rpiinctatus, from the New Forest ; Phosphcenus 

 Imnipterus, from Southampton ; and the beautiful longicorn, Saperda 

 scalaris, from Sherwood. — Dr. G. W. Chaster, recent captures in the 

 Southport district, which included many unique additions to the 

 Lancashire county list. Of the many species in his exhibit, perhaps 

 the following attracted most attention : — Medoti obsoletas, Thinobius 

 brevipennis, Pseudopsis sulcata, Anisotoma furva, and A. ciliaris. The 

 extremely local Ammcecms brevis, Mgialia riifa, Telephorus darwinianus, 

 Gymnetron collinus and G. linaria, and Ceuthorrlupichus euplwrbim. — Mr. 

 J. T. Wardley, a case of Cossus ligniperda, bred from Formby larvfe ; 

 and Mr. Oulton Harrison (Wavertree), on behalf of Eev. T. Eddrup, 

 a box of E)iimetic(( cervmata, from Bremhill, Wilts, kindly sent for 

 distribution. — Mr. E. Tait, fine varieties of Bimrmia repand'ita, some 

 rosy forms of Agrotis agathinn, a beautiful series of A. ripa. from 

 Cumberland, and bred varieties of AcidaUa contigimria, including two 

 unique aberrations. — Mr. -J. Roland Charnley, a fine male Chryso- 

 phanus dispar. — Mr. J. Collins, long bred series of Eupithecia debiliata, 

 from Stafford ; C'rambus warringtonellus ; (J. hamelliis, from Lancashire 

 Mosses, Lithosia sericea, and Exaretia allisella. — Mr. H. B. Prince, 

 a remarkably fine series of Erebia cassiope, and other species. — Mr. B. 

 Crabtree, a long series of Cmionympha typhon (davus) var. rothliebi, 

 arranged to show the extreme range of variation on the under side. 

 Mr. W. Raeper, Scotch captures during the present season, including 

 many interesting moths. — Mr. J. Jervis Richardson, exotic Lepido- 

 ptera, including Intomeris io, reared this season ; also a series of 

 beautifully produced photographs of British lepidopterous larvfe. 

 Mr. E. J. B. Sopp, a collection of paltearctic and exotic Forficulidae, 

 which included representatives of our giant Christchurch earwig, 

 Labidiira rip aria ; Anisolabis mauritanica, from Tunis; SponyipJwra 

 Croceipennis Iherminieri, from Santo Espirito (Brazil) ; Chelidura 

 bolivari, from Castile; Apterygida jnpo7iica, from Japan, and Forficula 

 pubescens, a Southern-European earwig recently taken at Colchester by 

 Mr. Harwood. 



The usual monthly meeting was held in the Royal Institution, 

 Liverpool, on November 10th, Dr. J. Cotton (St. Helens) in the chair. — 

 Messrs. Oscar Whittaker (Bolton), J. R. Charnley, F.E.S. (Preston), 

 A. G. Wallington (Warrington), John Lea, and J. J. Richardson 

 (Liverpool) were duly elected members of the Society. — The arrange- 

 ments made for the forthcoming meeting to be held in Warrington 

 having been approved, a highly interesting paper on " Some Famous 

 Collecting Grounds " was communicated by Mr. Oulton Harrison 

 (Wavertree), whose instructive descriptive account of various entomo- 

 logical " centres" in Switzerland and Britain was rendered still more 

 attractive by nearly two hundred lantern views. Many of the typical 

 lepidopterous and other denizens of the Meiringen district. Lucerne, 

 Rosenlaui, &c., were enumei-ated, and descriptions given of favourite 

 haunts of some of our insular insects and birds in the New, Epping, 



