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notes on the exhibit. — Mr. Main, examples of vai'ious species of 

 Mosquito and a series of preserved larvie of the same, with a cage 

 which he had made for breeding mosquitoes. — Mr. Dennis, on behalf of 

 Mr. E. S. Bagnall, species of Protura and Syvipliyla shown under the 

 microscope. — Hy. J. Tukner, Hon. Editor of ProceecUiujs. 



Lancashire and Cheshire Entomological Society. — Meetings 

 held at the Royal Institution, Colquitt Street, Liverpool. — February 

 16th, 1920.— Mr. S. P. Doudney, President, in the Chair.— The 

 evening was chiefly devoted to a discussion of the rules of the Society. 

 — Exhibits were as follows : By Mr. S. Gordon Smith, a case of very 

 fine varieties of Vanessa io, V. nriiccB, V. polycldoros, Apatura ins, 

 Epincphile hypcrantlies, and Arctia caia, many being from the collec- 

 tion of the late Sydney Webb. — Mr. W. Mansbridge showed a long 

 series of Leptogramvia literana and varieties from the New Forest 

 and a series of Elachista magnificella from near Prescot. 



March 15th, 1920.— The President in the Chair.— Mr. F. N. 

 Pierce read a paper entitled, " Notes on American Tortrices." In 

 his interesting communication Mr. Pierce described the affinities of 

 a small collection of Nortli American Tortricidie with certain British 

 species, as shown by their genitalia, and exhibited the specimens. 

 If there were any longer doubt as to the value of the genital 

 ancillaries in questions of relationship it would be dispelled by the 

 facts brought forward in tlie paper. Mr. Pierce conclusively demon- 

 strated that generic as well as specific limits could be recognised by a 

 study of this branch of insect morphology. An animated discussion 

 followed the paper. — Spring Lepidoptera were exhibited by Messrs 

 P. J. Eimmer, W. A. Tyerman and the Rev. F. M. B. Carr. It was 

 noted that melanism in Phigalia pedaria and Hybernia leucophcearia 

 seemed to be more marked at Delamere and Eastham than usual. — ■ 

 Mr. Wm. Mansbridge brought some curious short-winged specimens 

 of Coiuonympha pampliUus and Sclenia bilunaria from Grange and 

 Torquay respectively. 



April IdtJi, 1920.— Meeting held at the Liverpool School of 

 Tropical Medicine. — Mr. S. P. Doudney, President, in the Chair. — 

 Prof. Leonard Doncaster, D.Sc, F.R.S., was elected a member of 

 the Society.— Robert Newstead, Esq., M.Sc, F.R.S., Professor of 

 Entomology in the Liverpool University, welcomed the members to 

 the School of Tropical Medicine, and gave a short account of its 

 history and objects. The new buildings have only recently been 

 entered ; during the war they were used as a military hospital. Full 

 suites of rooms and laboratories are arranged for the requirements of 

 each subject — tropical medicine, entomology and parasitology — with 

 a staff of professors and assistants liighly qualified for the special 

 work of the School. The building includes a museum and lecture 

 theatre. The efficiency and completeness of the School was rendered 

 possible by the foresight and liberality of the late Sir A. L. Jones, 

 who fully recognised its value to the Empire. Prof. Newstead and 

 his assistants then showed the members of the Society over the 

 building, and made the following special exliibits : Mosquitoes — (a) 

 Stcgoviyia fasciata, a culicine mosquito responsible for the trans- 

 mission of yellow fever. Examples of the fiy were shown and a case 



