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Birmingham Entomological Society. — September 19th, 1898. — Mr. 

 G. T. Bethune Baker in the chair. Mr. B. C. Bradley showed Br achy - 

 palpus bimacidatus from Sutton, one female, taken on July 3rd this 

 year. He said that the species was exceedingly rare, almost the only 

 other captures he knew of being two males taken in Sherwood Forest 

 in 1892, by himself and Mr. C. J. Wainwright. Mr. A. H. Martineau, 

 Ammophila sabulosa, bred from a pupa found in the New Forest last 

 June ; also Spilomena troglodytes and Stigmus solstagi from Solihull, both 

 of which, he said, were amongst the smallest species of our British 

 Aculeates. Mr. W. Wynn, Cosviia ajjinis, Numeria pulveraria, Cidaria 

 ribesiaria Eubolia cervinaria, and a long, bred, and very beautiful series 

 of Triphmna fimbria, all from Hampton in Arden ; also a long, bred 

 series of Cucullia verbasci from Wyre Forest, and a single specimen of 

 Acidalia straminata from Wyre Forest, the latter being a new record. 

 Mr. H. Willoughby Ellis, a series of beetles from Cannock Chase, 

 including Orchesi micans, Miscodea arctica, and many others. Mr. G. T. 

 Bethune-Baker, two drawers from his collection, containing the genera 

 Neptis, Junonia, and Limenitis. 



The meetings of this Society will be held for the future at the 

 Norwich Union Chambers, Congreve Street, Birmingham. They are 

 held on the third Monday in each month, and entomologists are 

 cordially invited to be present. — Colbran J. Wainwright, Hon. Sec. 



Kendal Entomological Society. — October 10th, 1898. — The 

 President in the chair. There was a good attendance, and three new 

 members were elected. The room is now excellently lighted with 

 incandescent gas-lights, and is altogether very comfortable and satis- 

 factory for meeting purposes. A paper on " September Collecting in 

 the Lake District " was read by the President, dealing chiefly with the 

 search for Cidaria reticulata and Cucullia asteris ; the former of which 

 has apparently vanished, and the latter, in the larval stage, has turned 

 up in considerable number on the golden-rod (Solidayo virgaurea). 

 Vide article on C. asteris, by Bev. A. M. Moss, ante p. 264. Mr. Moss 

 then reverted to the former insect, and gave the life-history of, and his 

 experiences with C. reticulata. The first note-book for the records of 

 local butterflies is now in process of compilation, and was shown to the 

 members present. The exbibits, produced by Messrs. Doherty, Grave- 

 son, Holmes, Littlewood, Moss, Smith, and Wright, as usual, embraced 

 many points of interest, and showed some good captures. As many 

 as five or six specimens of Sirex gigas have been caught in the neigh- 

 bourhood this year, and there seems good reason to believe that it has 

 become established. Sugar has been yielding pretty plentifully lately, 

 and the results embraced the following : — Phlogophora meticulosa and 

 Xanthia ferruginea (both abundant), X. silago, X. cerago, Cerastis 

 vaccinii. C. spadicea, Scopelosoma satellitia, Anchocelis rufina C. litura, 

 Epunda nigra, Miselia oxyacanthce, one Agrotis saucia, and about nine 

 Calocampa exoleta. The Secretary begs leave to modify the description 

 of variety of Epinephele ianira, recorded in September. The specimen 

 is not like Newman's figure, and differs chiefly from the type by having 

 the yellow patch replaced by almost pure white. He apologizes for 

 error. — A. M. Moss, Sec. 



