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forms included. — Mr. Garrett, an extremely pale xanthic example of 

 Ccenonym'plia pamphilus taken at Wicken, 



March llth, 1919.— Mr. Stanley Edwards, F.L.S., President, in 

 the Chair. — Mr. A. C. Jump, of Wandsworth Common, was elected a 

 member. — Mr. E. Adkin exhibited aberrations of Pyrameis atalanta, 

 yellow instead of red coloration, and of Vanessa io without eye-spots 

 on the hind wings. — Mr. W. J. Kaye, several striking species of 

 South American TJieclidcs. — Mr. Barnett, series of Satyriis seviele 

 showing much aberration in the spotting of the underside of the fore 

 wings; a series of Plebeius (sgon, underside abei'rations ; and of 

 Polyommatus icarus, undersides. — Mr. A. W. W. Buckstone, the 1919 

 specimens of the three forms of Agriades coridon from Shore, Surrey, 

 and read notes on these races.— Mr. L. E. Dunster, underside 

 aberrations of Polyommatus icarus with ab. obsoleta and ab. icarinus. 

 — Messrs. Blair and H. Main, living larvae of Coretlira s^.,Moc]iIonyx 

 sp., OcJderobatus nemerosiis and Anoj^lieles bifurcates, all denizens of 

 water, and made remarks on their habits in captivity. — Mr. B. S. 

 Williams, a bred series of the melanic form of Dysstrovia truncata 

 from Finchley. — Mr. Hy. J. Turner, a large number of Lepidoptera 

 taken in the latter part of 1919 in Jamaica by a member (Mr. D. 

 Pearson). — Hy. J. Turner, Hon. Editor of Proceedings. 



Manchester Entomological Society. — Meeting held Wednes- 

 day, March 3rd, 1920, at the Manchester Museum,— B. H. Crabtree, 

 Esq., F.E.S., in the Chair.— Mr. Harold Halkyard, of Oldham, was 

 proposed a member. — Mr. J. Watson made remarks on some Arctic 

 American butterflies. He exhibited a drawer of Parnassius pluvbtis 

 from Irkutsk, Siberia ; and P.phcebus apricatus from Goodnews Bay, 

 Alaska, with Colias nastes and a species of Brenthid from the same 

 place ; also Parnassius clodius claudianus from California and 

 British Columbia, sent to him by Mr. G. O. Day. — Mr. Johnson, a 

 drawer containing the genus Coremia. — Mr. H. Britten, a Sirex 

 gigas taken at the Museum in 1919, and P. juvencus from Flanders. 

 — Mr. Cope, British and exotic Lucanidse, lihinoscapha bennetti, 

 etc. — Mr. Buckley, under the microscope, ichneumoned ova of 

 P. bucephala, with the ichneumons which had emerged from the 

 ova. — Mr. Burrows, a variety of S. menthastri and E. pygmceata from 

 Wilmslow. — Mr. Crabtree, B. repandata, P. plantaginis, A. luccrnea, 

 N. pulveraria, etc. — W. Buckley ; H. L. Burrows. 



Lancashire and Cheshire Entomological Society. — Meeting 

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

 19th, 1920, Mr. S. P. Doudney, President, in the Chair.— Mr. J. Davis 

 Ward, Limehurst, Grange-over-Sands, was elected a member of the 

 Society.-— Mr. W. Mansbridge read his report as Recorder for Lepi- 

 doptera for 1919. — Five species new to the Lancashire and Cheshire 

 List were mentioned, viz., Nonagria geminipiincta, Hatchmere. 

 Depressaria cnicella, bred from sallow, Formby. Tietinia pjirdeyii, 

 Burnley. LithocoUetis sorbi, Delamere, Eastham and Woolton. 

 Elacliista magnificella, Sales Wood, nr. Prescot. Crambus uliginosel- 

 his, new to Lane, from Holker Moss. In support of the paper, 

 Mr. W. A. Tyerman exhibited a number of his most interesting 

 captures during 1919. — Wm. Mansbridge, Ho7i. Sec. 



