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the larva in his garden at Alvanley. — Mr. W. Mansbridge showed the 

 following from N. Staffs ; Hesperia malvce, Nola cotifusalis, Bomo- 

 locha fontis, Tephrosia biundularia var. delamerensis, T. luridata, 

 Boarmia repandata, very dark forms, Eurymenc dolohraria, Lohophora 

 halterata and var. zonata, and Eupithccia debiliata. From W. Yorks : 

 Odontopera hidentata, some very yellow specimens ; also Boarmia 

 repandata var. nigra from Knowsley and Platyptilia oclirodactyla 

 from Co. Durham. — Mr. H. B. Prince, several boxes of Lepidoptera 

 from localities adjacent to Liverpool. — Mr. Leonard West had on 

 view some beautifully drawn plates of various aquatic larvae. 



Meeting held at the Royal Institution, Colquitt Street, Liverpool, 

 November 18th, 1918, Mr. Wm. Webster, President, in the chair. — ■ 

 The following were elected members of tke Society, viz. Messrs. 

 Edward Whitley, Ashleigh, Greenbank Drive, Liverpool; S. Gordon 

 Smith, Brantwood, Dee Banks, Chester ; Alfred Newstead, F.B.S., 

 Grosvenor Museum, Chester. — Exhibits were as follows, viz. : 

 Mr. Wm. Mansbridge brought his series of Peronea hastiana, 

 comprising most of the named forms and some unnamed ; he also 

 showed the varieties bred this season from larvae taken on the 

 Lancashire sand-hills. These included vars. mayrana, leucopiheana, 

 radiana, divisana, centro-vittana, and autunmana ; he stated that 

 var. ynayrana was the most frequent, the others being only of rare 

 occurrence. — Mr. W. A. Tyerman showed bred series of Hyponomeuta 

 evonyviellus and captured Semioscop)US 2)hryganella from localities 

 in the Liverpool district.- — Mr. S. P. Doudney, Odontopera hidentata, 

 from Rainhill and Delamere ; also the local race of Liparis similis 

 with brown anal tuft from Huyton. — Mr. H. M. Hallett exhibited 

 the pentatomid bug, Acanthosovia hcemorrhoidalis, usually considered 

 to be attached to birch, but these had been captured a long way from 

 the nearest birch. — Mr. R. Wilding had a large number of Coleoptera 

 from Cartmel, and called attention to the following as being new to 

 the Lancashire and Cheshire list, viz. Pkilontkus luccns, Silplia 

 nigrita, and Scap)ludium i-viaculaium ; he further included in his 

 exhibit a very fine series of Bhagium hifasciatum, also from Cartmel. 

 — Wm. Mansbridge, Hon. Sec. 



