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Derbyshire Entomological Society. — Saturday, November 2nd, 

 1918.— Dr. W. St. A. St.John, M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P., President, in the 

 chair. — Mr. A. E. W. Morse and the Rev. W. H. Foster Pegg were 

 elected members of the Society. — The meeting was the Annual Exhi- 

 bition Meeting of the Society, and amongst numerous good exhibits 

 the following may be mentioned : The President, Abraxas sylvata 

 and A. grossulariata, the latter including a long series of var. 

 varleyata, together with series of vars. lacticolor, lutea, gloriosa, etc. — 

 Mr. H. C. Hayward, a splendid exhibit of the Tieniocampids other 

 than T. stabilis and T. indverulenta, comprising good series of 

 practically all the varieties mentioned in Tutt's ' Noctuae,' including 

 vars. rufescens and brunnea of T. gracilis and var. nigra of T.jjopuleti ; 

 also a number of Micros, including the following, now first recorded for 

 Derbyshire : Pcedisca rubiginosana, Eupoecilia dubitana, Dicrorampha 

 poUtana, Adela cuprella, and Swammerdamia combineUa. — -Mr. A. 

 Simmons, a large drawer containing tlie whole of the " Skipper " 

 family, comprising about 600 specimens captured by himself, also a 

 very varied series of Mimas tilia, including one-spot and asymme- 

 trical specimens. — -Dr. Druitt, series of Lithosia caniola from Devon. 

 — Mr. G. Hanson Sale, long bred series of Mesoleuca albiciUata and 

 Lasiocampa quercus var. calluncB, the ? ? of the latter showing 

 extreme range of coloration, and a series of Metopsilus [Ghcerocampa) 

 porcellus captured this year at pinks in his garden. — Mr. J. Douglas, 

 a number of interesting insects taken this season in Mid-Derbyshire, 

 a good series of all the Leucaniidae, and a long series of Caradrina 

 exigua taken by himself in 1906. — -The President kindly entertained 

 the members and several visitors to tea. — James Douglas, Hon. Sec. 



Lancashire and Cheshire Entomological Society. — The 

 opening meeting of the Session was devoted to exhibits, which were 

 as follows : Mr. F. N. Pierce, a very dark example of Teplirosia 

 biundularia, var. delamerensis from Abbott's Moss and a large number 

 of Micro-lepidoptera. — Mr. B. Wilding, Aglais urtica (including a 

 banded variety), Argynnis aglaia, Brenthis euphrosyne, B. selene, 

 Gonepteryx rhamni and Nisoniades tages from Cartmel, Lanes. — Mr. 

 S. P. Doudney, Dryas paphia and var. valesina, also a xanthic male 

 with bleached hind-wings and a female with one hind-wing much 

 smaller than the other, Limenitis sibylla, Zygcena mcliloti, Gnophos 

 obscuraria and Hyria muricata, all from the New Forest ; Brenthis 

 eiiphrosyne, Numeria pidveraria, Hemeropliila and Notodonta trepida 

 from Burnt Wood ; also a very dark aberration of Arctia caja bred 

 from a larva found at Huyton. — -Mr. J. W. Griffin, nice series of the 

 following : Bombyx riibi, Taniocampa opima and Orthosia upsilon 

 from Wallasey ; Sphinx ligustri, Smerinthus tilice, Arctia villica, 

 Psilura monacha and Catocala nupta from various localities. — The 

 Rev. F. M. B. Carr brought Polygonia c-album from the Mold 

 district, Tce.niocampa opima from Frodsham, and the following from 

 Delamere ; Abraxas uhnata, a long series, and Eupithecia coronata : 

 he also showed Pliisia nioneta and stated that this year he had found 



