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chester, was elected a member of the Society. Mr. W. R. Scoweroft, of 
Manchester, read a paper entitled “ Switzerland, a Naturalist’s Paradise,” 
in which he described a nine days’ journey through Switzerland, and gave 
an account of the Lepidopterous and Coleopterous insects seen and cap- 
tured, one of the most interesting being pale dimorphic forms of female 
Colias paleno, similar to the var. helice of Colias edusa. In all, seventy 
species of butterflies, fifty-nine species of moths, and forty species of 
Coleoptera were taken. The paper was illustrated by the specimens 
captured. The President exhibited a gynandromorphous specimen of 
Halias prasinana. Mr. Newstead, Vedalia cardinalis, which was imported 
into Alexandria in 1885 by Prof. Riley, of U.S.A., as a means of extermi- 
nating Icerya egyptiaca, a Coccid injurious to orange trees, under the 
supervision of Aamiral Bloomfield; also the specimen of Polyommatus 
betica captured at Heswall by Master M‘Fee in 1886 or 1887. Mr. 
Gregson, Sesia scoligformis and Cicophora grandis from North Wales. 
Mr. Harker, a pale variety of Triphena orbona, with the transverse lines 
very strongly marked. Mr. Jones, autumnal Lepidoptera. Mr. Prince, 
two varieties of Bombyx rubi, the wings of which were sub-diaphanous 
and the middle line distorted. Mr. Stott, a number of Coleoptera from 
the Swiss Alps. Mr. Newstead also exhibited a case containing the life- 
history of Anthonomus pomorum, the apple-blossom weevil.—F. N. PrmrceE, 
Hon. Sec. 
Tse CamBripGe EntomoroeicaL AND Naturat History Socrety.— 
Oct. 28th. Mr. A. M. Moss in the chair. Mr. J. Rickard was elected a 
member of the Society. Mr. Wells exhibited a fine series of Colias edusa 
var. helice, from Sidmouth; aud some good varieties of Smerinthus tilia, 
bred from pup dug up at Cambridge, one being dark slate-grey, with the 
posterior wings nearly black ; the best variety, however, was one quite 
normal in marking, but with all the wings much suffused with bright 
crimson, the usual dark green blotches in the anterior wings standing out 
like crimson velvet. Mr. Farren, a long and varied series of Xanthia 
aurago and Stauropus fagi, including the black variety of the latter from 
Reading ; also Callimorpha hera and its var. lutescens, from Devon. Mr. 
Moss exhibited a box of Lepidoptera from Windermere and neighbourhood, 
and stated that he had this year found the larve of Cidaria reticulata, 
taking twenty-seven in one afternoon: he exhibited a larva which he had 
preserved; this apparently, having faded somewhat in colour, was a very 
pale yellowish green, with a pink line on the back from the second to the 
fourth segment, and dots of the same colour on some of the last segments, 
supporting a conclusion that in a living larva the hue might extend the 
whole length. Mr. Moss said they appeared to feed almost exclusively on 
the seed of their food-plant (wild balsam), entering the seed-pod about the 
middle ; in the daytime they were to be found resting at full length along 
the midrib on the under side of the leaves. Mr. Jones, some parasitical 
insects from a gannet (Sula bassana).— Wm. Farren, Hon. Sec. 
BiruincHam EntomouoGicat Socrety.—Nov. 14th, 1892.—Mr. R. C., 
BraDLgy in the chair. ‘Lhe Secretary called the attention of the Society 
to the death of two of its members, Messrs. J. T. Harris, of Burton-on- 
Trent, and Robt. Allday, of Handsworth. These were the first losses by 
death the Society had experienced. The following were exhibited :— 
Mr. W. Harrison, living larve of Trochilium apiformis from Arley ; also 
