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closely crowded in confinement.—Mr. Tait also exhibited Asphalia 
diluta, Epunda migra, Polia chi and Anchocelis rufina from Lakeside 
and Polka flavicincta from 8. Devon.—Messrs. J. W. Griffin and 
A. W. Hughes contributed notes on collecting at sallow bloom. 
Monday, February 21st, 1921.—The President in the Chair.— 
Mrs. O'Sullivan, 10, Cathedral Mansions, Huskisson Street, Liverpool, 
and Mr. W. G. Clutten, 136, Coal Clough Lane, Burnley, were elected 
members of the Society.—The feature of the evening was the 
competition for the Society’s prizes specially offered for the 
encouragement of field work and observation. A prize of five 
guineas for the best series of sixty males of Hybernia defoliaria first 
engaged the attention of the judges. So good were the exhibits in 
this class that it was no easy matter to determine upon the most 
meritorious ; eventually it was decided to award the prize offered for 
an essay upon the insect fauna of the sand-hills as a second prize in 
this class, there being no essay entered. The first prize of five 
guineas was therefore awarded to Mr. Chas. P. Rimmer for his set of 
the moth from Delamere Forest and Eastham Woods; the second, 
two guineas, was given to Mr. W. G. Clutten, of Burnley, for a 
collection made in the neighbourhood of that town. There were 
some very beautiful forms shown by the competitors, including 
melanic variations from Burnley. Other exhibitors in this section 
were: the Rey. F. M. B. Carr (highly commended), Messrs. J. W. 
and G. A. Griffin and W. A. Tyerman. A prize of five guineas was 
also awarded for the best six photographs of insects in their natural 
resting positions selected to show the effect of protective resemblance. 
In this competition the prize went to Mr. Hugh Main, of London, 
for a very fine exhibit. These photographs were much admired, 
particularly the ‘“ Bryophila perla at rest on sandstone wall,” this 
being an exceptionally fine example of protective resemblance. 
Prof. R. Newstead, F.R.S., and Messrs. Crabtree and Mansbridge 
were the judges in the competitions. Other exhibits were insect 
preparations under the microscope by Mr. Chas. P. Rimmer and long 
series of early spring Lepidoptera by Mr. 8. Gordon Smith; the latter 
included some nice varieties of Hybernia leucophearia, H. marginaria 
and Nyssia hispidaria; further, the same member showed a fine 
specimen of Acherontia atropos captured near Chester.— WILLIAM 
ManssrivGe, Hon. Secretary. 
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Annals and Magazine of Tropical Medicine, April 27th, 1921, vol. xv, | 
No.1. Liverpool. 
Amonest the contents are: 
A Scientific Record of the School of Tropical Medicine. By D. 
Allmand. With 9 plates. 
Observations on Mosquitoes in the Isle of Man. By B. Black- 
lock and H. F. Carter. With 5 plates and a map. 
Notes on Some Unusual Breeding Places of Stegomyia fasciata, 
Fabr., in Australia. By G. F. Hill. With 1 plate. 
