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taken in various Surrey localities during May, for comparison. A 

 discussion ensued. — Mr. Edwards, a box of exotic Lepidoptera. — 

 Mr. Turner, a photograph of the larval cases of the fifteen more 

 easily obtainable species of the British Psychida, taken by the Eev. 

 C. R. N. Burrows, who was desirous to obtain fresh specimens for 

 structural examination. Mr. Turner also showed imagines of several 

 of the commoner species of the genus Lithocolletis, and made some 

 remarks on their life-history. — Mr. Adkin exhibited an early work by 

 John Ray. — Hy. J. Turneb. 



Lancashire and Cheshire Entomological Society. — Meeting 

 held at the Royal Institution, Colquitt Street, Liverpool, Febru- 

 ary 19i/^, 1917. — The President, Mr, Leonard West, in the chair. — 

 A discussion and exhibition of " Backyard Insects," to which most of 

 the members contributed, was the feature of this meeting. The 

 exhibits, mainly common species of Lepidoptera, were of such con- 

 siderable interest, from the point of view of distribution, that it was 

 decided to devote another evening to the same subject next session. 

 Mr. West contributed the following Diptera from St. Helens : 

 Chrysis ignata, C. rubii, Thereva nobilata, the silver-tail fly ; Leptis 

 scolopacea, L. lineola, Sarcophaga carnaria, and several species of 

 Dolichopodidae. 



March 19th, 1917.— The President in the chair.— Mr. F. N. Pierce 

 exhibited Blastotere glabratella, Zell., an Argyresthid moth belonging 

 to the ilhiminatella group, captured near Repton, Derbyshire, by Mr 

 C. H. Hayward. The species was introduced to the British list by 

 Lord Walsingham in 1906 from specimens taken in Norfolk, and it 

 has since been taken near King's Lynn by Mr. Atmore ; the Derby- 

 shire record, therefore, seems to indicate that it is spreading in 

 Britain. Mr. Pierce also exhibited a series of drawings of the male 

 genitalia of the Palaearctic Psychidae executed by the Rev. C. R. N. 

 Burrows from recent preparations made by himself ; the exhibit 

 further included most of the British species with their cases. Mr. W. 

 Mansbridge showed a series of Scoparia ambigualis and its melanic 

 variations from the West Riding and East Lancashire. 



April 16th, 1917.— Mr. R. Wilding in the chair.— The following 

 were elected members of the Society, viz. : Mrs. M. Hughes, L.L.A., 

 Wallasey, Cheshire ; Miss Rose Egerton, Seacombe, Cheshire ; and 

 the Rev. F. M. B. Carr, Alvanley Vicarage, near Helsby, Cheshire. 

 Mr. Wm. Mansbridge read a paper describing the work and methods 

 of the Lancashire and Cheshire Fauna Committee. In spite of the 

 present handicap of circumstances due to the war an immense 

 amount of work has been done, especially in the less studied orders. 

 The Committee has been fortunate in enlisting the assistance of a 

 large number of specialists in the different branches of natural 

 science, whose services are at the disposal of all field-workers for 

 advice and identification of species. Already a large number of 

 species have been added to the county lists, and a smaller, but 

 still satisfactory number, have been described as new to science. 

 Mr. F. N. Pierce showed series of Catoptria amulana, C. tripoliana, 

 and from the late S. Steven's collection a series of reputed C. decolo- 

 rana ; also a specimen of Enpoecilia matmiana, •which, from an 



