44 THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 



Tutt gave interesting accounts of their observations of the habits of 

 the European representatives of these two families. — Hy. J. Turner, 

 Hon. Report Sec. 



North London Natural History Society. — The seventh Annual 

 Exhibition was held at the Sigdon Road Board School, Dalston Lane, 

 on Saturday, Dec. 31st, on Monday, Jan. 2nd, 1898-9, and was very 

 well attended, notwithstanding very unfavourable weather. The ex- 

 hibits were numerous and interesting, the entomological section being, 

 as usual, a very important one. This department was under the 

 superintendence of Mr. E. M. Dadd, and included, amongst many 

 interesting exhibits, a very fine lot of Lepidoptera collected by Mr. H. S. 

 Woolley in the neighbourhood of New York, some well-filled drawers 

 of British Lepidoptera from Mr. A. J. Hodges, series of Hydrilla 

 pahistris, Hb., Leucania vitellina, Hb., and other rarities, from the 

 same energetic and successful collector; some fine Vanessid aberrations 

 from Dr. Sequeira's collection, lepidopterous life-histories shown by 

 Mr. F. B. Harvey, Coleoptera by Mr. H. Heasler, &c. Lantern 

 illustrations of " Pond Insects " by Mr. R. Marshman Wattson were 

 on view both evenings, and various other attractions further conduced 

 to a very successful gathering. — Louis B. Prout, Hon. Sec. 



Cambridge Entomological and Natural History Society. — November 

 4:th, 1898. — Mr. Gayner exhibited a collection of Lepidoptera from 

 Northern Sweden and Finland, with some notes on their distribution 

 and occurrence. Argynnidae were very numerous, especially Argynnis 

 ino and sub-species hela of A. selene. A. pales var. arsilache was locally 

 abundant in marshy places. Others were A. aglaia, A. euphrosyne var. 

 fingal. Among other insects were an uncertain Melitcea, Polyommatus 

 (Chrysophanus) chryseis, P. helle, P. virgaurecs var. oranula, L. agon, 

 Plebeius (Lyccena) optilete, Ccenonympha davits, Erebia embla, Colias 

 pala.no, Pieris napi, Papilio machaon, Vanessa antiopa. Mr. Richard 

 exhibited cocoons of Plusia moneta. 



November 18th. — Mr. Gayner exhibited specimens of Pterophoms 

 rhododactylus from South England. Mr. Jones, a number of Senta 

 maritima from Cambridgeshire, showing some well-marked varieties. 



Lancashire and Cheshire Entomological Society. — Annual Meeting 

 (held at the Museum, William Brown Street). The President, Mr. 

 Samuel J. Capper, F.L.S., F.E.S., in the chair. After the usual 

 business of the Society had been transacted, the officers for the current 

 year were elected, Mr. Capper being again returned as President. In 

 returning thanks for the renewed honour which had been accorded to 

 him, Mr. Capper said tbat it was indeed difficult to realise that twenty- 

 two years had elapsed since they had first met as a Society in that room. 

 Of the eleven members who constituted the Society on that evening, 

 only two now remained, viz!, one honorary member, Mr. William 

 Johnson, of Wigan, and himself. In the Annual Report published in 

 1881 they had fifty-eight ordinary and twelve honorary members. 

 Societies like theirs were liable to fluctuations, depending to a con- 

 siderable extent on the number of entomologists in the two counties. 

 He was gratified to be able to state that while the roll of members 



