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considerably in the depth of colour, and a pair of Sinlosoma lubri- 

 cijjeda var. zatima taken in cop. in a garden allotment in Carlisle last 

 summer among rhubarb, and believed to be the first recorded occur- 

 rence of this form in Cumberland. — Mr. Day, part of his collection 

 of Geodephaga, including the genera Cicindela, Carahus, Notiojyliihis, 

 Leistus, etc., and gave an account of the various species which 

 occurred in the mountains of Cumberland. — Frank H. Day, F.E.S., 

 Hon. Sec. 



Lancashire AND Cheshire Entomological Society. — Marchllth, 

 1919.— Mr. E. Wilding, President, in the Chair.— Capt. A. W. Boyd, 

 M.C., delivered an address on " Collecting in Egypt." When oppor- 

 tunity occurred, insects of all orders were collected and sent every 

 few days to Mr. Gilbert Storey, the entomologist attached to the 

 Ministry of Agriculture at Cairo. A very large proportion, some 

 100 species, about half being Lepidoptera, of Capt. Boyd's captures 

 are apparently undescribed, and we may have to wait some time for 

 the complete list. Some of our rare immigrant species were found 

 quite commonly, and Mr. Boyd related how the men were more 

 alarmed by the squeaking of A. atropos than by the proximity of 

 venomous reptiles. Photographs of the various places visited con- 

 tributed to the interest of the address. Mr. Boyd was heartily 

 congratulated upon the amount of work he had accomplished, often 

 under circumstances of great difficulty. — Mr. W. Mansbridge exhibited 

 a bred series of Phigalia pedaria, comprising var. monacharia and 

 intermediate forms from Burnley. 



April 14:th. — The President in the Chair. — Mr. W. Mansbridge 

 read his report as Eecorder of Lepidoptera for 1918. Four species 

 of Lepidoptera new to Lancashire and Cheshire had been recorded 

 since the last report, viz. Liparis monacha and var. ereynita, 

 Bryophila muralis, Mixodia palustrana and Anacampsis albipalpella. 

 — Mr. W. Mansbridge exhibited an asymmetrical ab. of Sesia 

 ichneumoniforynis having the left wing-tip yellow instead of red. 

 He also showed living specimens of Litliocolletis quercifoliella, 

 L. virniniella and L. sorbi. — Mr. S. P. Doudney and Mr. W. A. 

 Tyerman brought series of various spring moths taken in the 

 Liverpool district this year. — Wm. Mansbridge, Ho7i. Sec. 



