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food before giving it to the larvae; secondly, by giving sufficient friable 

 earth for tlie larvfe to pupate in ; and, thirdly, by never disturbing the 

 pupsB. — Kev. H. Wood exhibited a number of spiders to illustrate his 

 paper, including Epeira angulata, E. (jibbosa, E. diadeinata, E. cucnr- 

 bitina, and others, obtained by Mr. Carr in the New Forest, with living 

 examples of Argyroneta aquatlca. — Mr. Carr, a specimen of the rare 

 beetle Elater powonun, taken from a birch stump in the New Forest. — 

 Mr. Garrett, ova of Brephos parthenia^ deposited by a female specimen 

 taken on Wimbledon Common, and placed in a glass shade with twigs 

 of birch in the sunshine. — Mr. Tonge showed photographs of the ova 

 of this species. — Mr. Manger, a very perfect example of the elephant 

 beetle, Megasoma elephas, from Venezuela. — Mr. Edwards, specimens 

 of PapUio neptnnns from the Malay, P. karna from Java, P. andramon 

 from South America, and Murpho anaxibia, male and female, from 

 Brazil. — Mr. H. J. Turner, living larvae of (1) Coleophora lixella, with 

 the larva-case, which was made of pieces of graes-leaves; (2) C. conyzae, 

 with the case made from the hairy cuticle of Inula com/za ; and (3) 

 C. troglodgtella, with the smooth case made of silk. All the material 

 was received from Mr. Eustace Bankes, of Corfe Castle, who obtained 

 it in the Isle of Purbeck, and to whom he was indebted for many 

 details of the life-history of the species. — Mr. Sich, a short series of 

 Cranibas chrgsonucheilus from the chalk-hills east of Guildford, with 

 males and females ; also cases of Taleporla tabidosa ( psexido-bombyceUa). 

 — Mr. Wood read a paper entitled "Notes on Argyroneta aquatica and 

 other Spiders," and a considerable discussion ensued. — Hy. J. Turner, 

 Hon, Rep. Sec. 



Lancashire and Cheshire Entomological Society. — The Third 

 Ordinary Meeting was held in the Society's Rooms, Pioyal Institution, 

 Liverpool, on Monday, April 18th, 1901 ; Mr. Kichard Wilding, Vice- 

 President, in the chair. Messrs. William Clitheroe, F.L.S., Ashton- 

 on-Ribble ; Thomas Dewhurst, Preston ; Walter Eimmer Teare, Bir- 

 kenhead ; and Thos. Temple Morgan, Liverpool, were elected members 

 of the Society. Donations to the Library were announced from Mr. 

 H. St. John K. Donisthorpe, F.Z.S., and the Council of the Manchester 

 Entomological Society. Communications were read by the Secretary 

 from Major Konald Pioss, C.B., F.ll.S., inviting the Society to hold its 

 next meeting, on May 16th, in the Johnston Tropical Laboratory, 

 University of Liverpool, and from the Manchester Entomological 

 Society, accepting the invitation to visit Liverpool in October next. 

 On the motion of Mr. J. E. le B. Tomlin, M.A., seconded from the 

 chair, it was unanimously resolved that liule IV. be reconstructed, to 

 permit of the election of a certain number of persons, residing outside 

 the counties of Lancashire and Cheshire, as corresponding members of 

 the Society, at half the ordinary subscription, such members to enjoy 

 all the privileges of ordinary members. Mr. E. J. B. Sopp, F.R.Met.S., 

 communicated a note " On the Callipers of Earwigs." — Mr. F. N. 

 Pierce, F.E.S., read a paper " On the Minor Structure of the Lepido- 

 ptera," in which, by the aid of a long and beautiful series of his pre- 

 parations shown by the micro-lantern, he was able to show the un- 

 doubted general likeness to one another exhibited by the genitalia in 

 certain groups of the order, which was in many cases very marked. 



