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Hy. J. Turner, male examples of Morpho cyprin from South America. — 

 Mr. Tonge, a capital photograph of the life-history of Sesia [Macro- 

 glossa) su'llatarum, ova, larva, pupa, aud imago. — Mr. Main, a long and 

 variable series of Noctiia /estiva, bred from Lancashire larvffi, and a 

 photograph of the egg-capsule of Periplaneta americana. — Mr. Kaye, 

 a remarkable specimen of Atjrotis tritici, bearing a close resemblance to 

 A. ai/athina. It was taken with the latter species flying over heather 

 at Osshott, and was a good example of syncryptic resemblance brought 

 about by the common habit of resting on heather. — Mr. R. Adkin read 

 the Report of the Field Meeting held at Seal on May 27th, and added 

 to it a summary of the characteristics of the area covered by the 

 Society's Field Meetings in W. Kent daring the past few years. — Mr. 

 Carr communicated the Report of the Field Meeting held at Cliiselhurst 

 and St. Paul's Cray on September 16th. — Hy. J. Turner, Hon. Bep. Sec. 



Lancashire and Cheshire Entomological Society. — The Annual 

 Meeting was held in the Royal Institution, Liverpool, on Monday, 

 December 18th, 1905. — In the unavoidable absence of the President, 

 Mr. S. J. Capper, F.E.S., Mr. Richard Wilding, Vice-President, 

 occupied the chair. — The minutes of the preceding meeting having 

 been confirmed, the following were elected members of the Society : — 

 The Right Honble. Lord Avebury, P.C, D.C.L., LL.D. (Farnborough, 

 Kent) ; George Arnold (University of Liverpool) ; Eustace R. Bankes, 

 M.A., F.E.S. (Corfe Castle); Geo. C. Champion, F.Z.S., F.E.S. 

 (Woking); Thos. A. Chapman, M.D., F.Z.S. (Reigate); Chas. W. 

 Dale, F.E.S. (Glanvilles Wootton) ; Rev. H. S. Gorham, F.Z.S., 

 F.E.S. (Great Malvern); Herbert Goss, F.L.S., F.E.S. (Surbiton) ; 

 Martin Jacoby, F.E.S. (West Hampstead) ; Gervase F. Mathew, F.L.S., 

 F.E.S., Paymaster-in-Chief, R.N. (Dovercourt, Esses) ; Professor 

 Raphael Meldola, F.R.S., F.C.S., F.E.S. (London) ; Frederic Merrifield, 

 F.E.S., President of the Entomological Society of Loudon (Brighton); 

 Claude Morley, F.E.S. (Monk's Sohara) ; David Sharpe, M.A., M.B., 

 F.R.S. (Cambridge); H. R. Sweeting (Walhngton); Colonel Charles 

 Swinhoe, M.A., F.L.S., F.E.S. (London) ; Gerald M. Taylor, M.A. 

 (Rossall) ; Rev. A. Thornley, M.A., F.E.S. (Nottingham) ; Commander 

 Jas. J. Walker, M.A., R.N.,F.L.S. (Oxford); and Lieut.-Colonel John 

 W. Yerbury, R.A., F.Z.S., F.E.S. (London). — Donations to the Ubrary 

 were received from the President of the Board of Agriculture and Dr. 

 Jas. Fletcher, LL.D., F.R.S.C. (Ottawa). — The Secretary announced 

 that the following invitations had been accepted on behalf of the 

 Society: — (1.) From the President aud Council of the Association of 

 Economic Ijiologists, to take part in its third Annual Meeting to be 

 held in the School of Tropical Medicine, University of Liverpool, on 

 December 28th and 29th, 1905, when papers will be read by Mr. Fred 

 V. Theobald, M.A. (Presidential Address), Professors Rubert Boyce, 

 M.B., F.R.S., and Major Ronald Ross, C.B., D.Sc, F.R.S., and 

 Messrs. W. E. Collinge, M.Sc. (two), W. G. Freeman, R. B. Greig, 

 Robert Newstead, A.L.S., F.E.S. (two), M. Steains, and F. V. Theobald. 

 (2.) From the Council of the Liverpool Science Students' Association, 

 to co-operate at an Exhibitional Meeting to be held in the Royal 

 Institution on January 12th, 1906. — The Secretary then read the 

 Report of the Council, showing that the session had been an eminently 

 successful one. The Treasurer (Dr. J. Cotton) then presented his 



