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—Mr. R. M. Pearce: Lasiocampa quercus, reared from ova to imagines 
on ivy in thirteen months, with ova, pups, and larve; bred Lymantria 
dispar with larve and pup; fourteen species of butterflies from 
Anglesea.—Mr. A. E. Wright: from Witherslack a number of species, 
including Cyaniris argiolus, Lampropteryx suffumata, Triphosa 
dubitata, Hupithecia abbreviata, Hustroma  silaceata, Tephrosia 
punctularia, Asthena candidata, Gnophos obscurata (bred) ; from St. 
Anne’s-on-Sea: a specimen of Percnoptilota fluwviata, series of 
Leucania littoralis, L. pallens (red form), and Miana literosa, &e. ; 
from Burnley: Oporabia filigrammaria. and Celena haworthit.—Mr. 
R. Tait, Junr.; long series of Agrotis agathina bred from Delamere 
and N. Wales larvae; Noctwa castanea var. neglecta bred from Delamere 
larve; Boarmia repandata bred from Durham larvee.—Mr. V. Coryton: 
Chesias spartiata, Dilobia ceruleocephala and Oporabia dilutata from 
Delamere; a dark var. of Plusta gamma from North Cheshire.—Mr. 
J. H. Watson: a new sub-species of Antherea frithy from the. 
Andaman Islands, named inswlaris by him; he also showed three 
new Philosamia hybrids: Philosamia hybr. andre: = P. cynthia 
canning, male, x P. cynthia advenu, female; Philosamia. hybr. 
lastourst = P. cynthia advena, male, x P. cynthia canningt, female ; 
Philosamia hybr. oberthiiri = P. pryeri, male, x P. cynthia advena, 
female; together with their parents. 
December 3rd, 1913.—Mr. B. H. Crabtree exhibited and gave notes 
on Abraxas grossulariata var. varleyata. A varleyata female paired 
with a type male produced fifty-six types; from these he bred a second 
brood in September, October, and November, including a good 
number of -var. varleyata, both male and female. Some of these were 
splendid forms, showing some little variation inter se—Mr. Buckley 
read some further notes on Acidalia contiguaria.. It appears that a 
dark female paired with a light male is sterile in the second genera- 
tion.—Mr. W. Mansbridge showed series of Thera variata and 
T. obeliscata.—Mr. W. B. Lees, an example of Heliothis peltigera, 
taken in Platt Fields Park, Manchester, on June Ist, 1913, and a red 
Leucania pallens, from Northenden.—Mr. R. Tait, Jr., autumn Lepi- 
doptera from Monkswood.—Mr. A. W. Boyd, a short series of T’enzo- 
campa gracilis and a pair of Geometra papilionaria, from Rostherne, 
Cheshire; also a few Aspillates strigillaria and Aplecta nebulosa 
(both type and var. robsonz), and an example of Acronycta menyan- 
thidis, from Delamere.—Mr. J. H. Watson, a series of Sagana zapa- 
tosa, a Saturnid from Colombia, 8. America, with cocoon and pupa ; 
also the following forms of Parnassius deliws :—ab. herrichi, leonardz, 
subsp. styriaca, from the Styrian Alps in Austria, and its ab. confluens 
(Hoff.). 
January Tth, 1914.—Mr. J. H. Watson gave the Annual Presi- 
dential Address—“ The History of our Entomological Science.” He 
described the lives and works of many of the earliest zoologists and 
entomologists, and in many cases exhibited their original books. He 
surveyed entomological science from its origin to the present day.— 
Mr. J. E. R. Allen exhibited series of Dianthecia cesia, D. cucubali, 
and D. capsophila, from Donegal larvee, and also Abrostola tripartita 
with var. wrtice, from Lancashire and Cheshire. 
