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specimen of Colias edusa, taken at Lynton in August ; also Macroglossa 

 stellatarum, from the same place. 



October 21sL — The President in the chair. Exhibits : — By Mr. A. 

 H. Martineau, a specimen of Dldea from Nevin, N. Wales, differing in 

 the bands from any specimen of Dklea possessed by Mr. E. C. Bradley, 

 and which he had referred doubtfully to D. fasciata ; also one dark 

 specimen of Xylophasia monoglypha from Solihull ; also a Chelifer, 

 which he had found clinging to the leg of an Anthomyia caught in his 

 house at Solihull; when expanded and put into a test-tube the Chelifer 

 had made many attempts to get on to the fly again, whenever the fly 

 approached it. He also showed, and read notes upon, some abnormally 

 early-developed Andrena darkella and Nomada borealis. He had dug 

 them up at Solihull, fully developed, as early as October 6th, and 

 although he searched hard he could not even find any larvae left, 

 although usually the Andren^e remain undeveloped until much later, 

 the earliest previous dates for perfect insects being December 28th, 

 when Mr. Bradley in 1893 got two A. fulva (females) and one A. cinerea 

 (male), with larvae, at Sutton; and December 30th, when Mr. Enock 

 records having obtained A. nigroanea in 1884. The earliest date on 

 which Mr. Martineau has seen A. darkella on the wing in the spring 

 is March 18th. By Mr. W. Harrison, LyoBna icarus from Hampton 

 near Bridgenorth, the females being bluish ; Trypeta cardui, bred from 

 galls found on the thistle, also at Hampton ; and other insects. By 

 Mr. E. C. Bradley, Plusia festuca from Barmouth ; also a very remark- 

 able Geometer, which Mr. Barrett had referred with considerable 

 hesitancy to Thera Jirmata, which was taken at Dursley, Glos., 

 by Mr. R. W. Fitzgerald. Mr. Bethune-Baker said he did not think 

 it was a Thera at all, and wished Mr. Barrett to see it again. By Mr. 

 G. W. Wynn, Agrotis ohelisca from Sutton; one Xylina petrificata from 

 Wyre Forest, an insect quite new to the district ; and a pretty variety 

 of Agrotis corticea from Lapmouth. By Mr. P. W. Abbott, Sesia 

 scoliiformis from Scotland and Llangollen ; also Pachetra leucophaa, 

 several specimens taken this year in the old locality in Kent. — 

 CoLBRAN J. Wainweight, Hon. Sec. 



Nonpareil Entomological and Natural History Society. — Second 

 Annual Meeting. — The business of the meeting was to elect officers and 

 council for the following year. After the usual reports from the 

 Secretary, Treasurer, Librarian, and Officers, the following gentlemen 

 were elected to serve for the coming year : — President, Mr. Jackson ; 

 Vice-President, Mr. A. Norman ; Treasurer, Mr. H. Blake ; Secretary, 

 Mr. F. West ; Librarian, Mr. Newbery ; Curator, Mr. W. Harper ; 

 Assistant Secretary, Mr. J. Craft ; Trustees, Mr. Huckett and Mr. 

 Gurney. — J. G. Craft, Assistant Sec. 



Errata.— P. 288, line 2, for "Eiffel Alps" read "Eiffel Alp." 

 P. 289, line 4 from top, for "Eandersteg" read " Kandersteg." 

 P. 801, line 14 from top, for "Mr. H. Mitchell" read "Mr. A.^T. 

 Mitchell." 



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