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Xanthias, including Danycampa rubiginea and Xanthia auraqo var. 

 fucata, by Mr. F. N. Pierce, F.E.S.; a fine collection of Lepidoptera 

 from Cumberland and Westmoreland (1903), including the Alpine 

 species Erehia epiphron, E. casaiope, E. niedon, &c. ; an exotic Ortho- 

 pteron — Acridium (? sp.) — captured on a vessel in the Liverpool 

 Docks, and a fine specimen of the oleander hawk-moth (C, nerli), cap- 

 tured on the steamship ' Achilles,' Liverpool, by Mr. H. B. Prince. 

 Long series of Melanargia galutea and Cidaria picata, a curiously 

 bleached form of Epinephele ianira, and specimens of Anticlea sinuata 

 and Cidiiria unnngulata from Devonshire, by Mr. W. A. Tyerman. 

 Mr. J. Koxburgh distributed a series of Erebia medon. Mr. J. W. 

 Dutton exhibited Coleoptera collected at Stromness by Mr. George 

 Ellison, of Liverpool, including Amara spinipes, Donacia discolor, 

 Chnjsomela mnguinulenta, and (Jtiorrhynchns blandus. Mr. Guy A. 

 Dunlop's local Coleoptera contained Bembidium saxatile, Melanotiis 

 rnfipes, Leiopus nebulosiis, and Metcecus paradoxus ; whilst Dr. J. W. 

 Ellis's Easter captures on Slieve Donard and in the neighbourhood 

 of Newcastle, Co. Down, included Leistus montmms, Nebria gyllenhali, 

 Pterostichus vitreus, Silpha atrata var. subrotundata, and Otiorrhyn- 

 clms maurus. Mr. J. E. le B. Tomlin, F.E.S., showed recent addi- 

 tions to the list of British Coleoptera, including Gynandrophthahna 

 affinis, Aphanisticus emarginatus, Lathridius hergrothi, and Hydroporiis 

 bilineatns. Mr. Richard Wilding exhibited the British Donacise. Mr. 

 C, B. Williams, collections of Japanese Lepidoptera and Coleoptera ; 

 a small collection of local Coleoptera ; and a living lepidopterous larva 

 from a barrel of Canadian apples. Mr. E. J. B. Sopp exhibited 

 Anisotoma furva from Leasowe, and the large locust, Acridium, cris- 

 latum, from British Guiana ; and Mr. W. H. Jennings, a fine specimen 

 of Sphodrvs leiicopthalmus, found under a kitchen floor at Hoylake. 

 Amongst miscellaneous exhibits also made were two excellent photo- 

 graphs of the larvffi of Euchdia jacobaia feeding on ragwort, taken from 

 nature by Mr. Henry Ball, M.P.S.— E. J. B. Sopp, F.R.Met.S., and 

 Fred. Birch, Hon. Secretaries. 



Manchester Entomological Society. — November Ath, 1903. — Dr. 

 W. E. Hoyle, M.A., F.R.C.S., the President, in the chair.— Mr. G. 

 Kearey read a paper on Coleoptera, in which he described the require- 

 ments necessary for collecting, and the most suitable places for obtain- 

 ing insects. He then briefly explained their structure, food and habits, 

 commenting on several species from personal observation, and concluded 

 his remarks by an urgent appeal, showing the advisability of members 

 of societies recording their captures. The following exhibits were 

 made : — Mr. R. Brauer, insects belonging to the Mantidse, and in- 

 cluding species of Deroplatys arida from Borneo, Mantis religiosa and 

 others. — Mr. L. W. Atkinson, a scorpion found in Manchester, taken 

 out of wood from Jamaica. — Mr. L. W. Hewett, Sphinx convolvuli 

 captured at Blackpool in October, 1903. — Henry S. Slade, Lepidoptera 

 taken at Ashton-on-Mersey, Cheshire. — Mr. W. Warren Kinsey gave 

 a demonstration on larvas preserving. — Mr. C. F, Johnson, Lepidoptera 

 from Deal, North Wales, and Staffordshire. — R. J. Wigelsworth, 

 Hon. Sec, 



