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many examples of which were exhibited by himself, Messrs. Main, 
Edwards, and H. Moore.—Hy. J. Turner, Hon. Rep. Secretary. 
April 9th.—Correction, p. 159, 1. 12, for Lita melanella read Lita 
lewcomelanella. 
LANCASHIRE AND CHESHIRE EnromonocicaL Society. — April 
20th, 1914. — The President in the chair.— Mr. A. W. Boyd, 
M.A., F.E.S., gave an address entitled “‘The Natural History of 
Rostherne Mere.”’ Having described the physical characters of the 
mere and the probable causes of its formation, the nature of the 
surrounding land and its flora, both arboreal and herbaceous, he 
dealt exhaustively with the birds known to frequent the mere, and 
finally the insecta of the locality were discussed. Several very 
interesting records have been made, viz.: Acidalia circellata, a fine 
female specimen in 1913, Ornax avellanella, Laverna raschkiella, this 
species being an addition to the Lancashire and Cheshire county list, 
and Nepticula argentipedella. Mr. Boyd exhibited the Lepidoptera 
catalogued for the locality, and was congratulated upon having made 
such good use of the opportunity of collecting upon the private 
ground surrounding the mere. At the close of the address Mr. Boyd 
was heartily thanked for his kindness in coming from Manchester to 
give his experiences.—Mr. W. Mansbridge exhibited several xanthic 
varieties of Hidonia atomaria bred among a large number of the 
species from Burnley females. The xanthism was confined to the 
hind wings, and in most of the specimens it affected only one of the 
hind wings, in two instances, however, both the secondaries were 
nearly white all over—Mr. F. N. Pierce exhibited generic types of 
the British Geomitridz, arranged according to their affinities as in- 
_ dicated by the genitalia — Ww. ManssripcE, Hon. Sec. 
RECENT LITERATURE. 
Memoirs of the Queensland Musewm. Vol. i. (Nov. 27th, 1912), and 
vol. ii. (Dec. 10th, 1913.) Brisbane. 
Amona the papers of interest to entomologists in these volumes 
are a series on ‘“ Australian Hymenoptera Chalcidoidea,” by A. A. 
Girault. Parts i., ii. and iii. are published in vol. i. (pp. 66-189). 
Parts iv., v. and vi., and Supplement to Parts 1.-i1i., appear in vol. ii. 
(pp. 101-334). A number of new genera are diagnosed, and very 
many new species are described. The families treated are: Tricho- 
erammatide, Mymaride, Hlasmide, Elophide, Pecilampide, and 
Pteromalide. 
Another paper describing some new genera and species of South 
Queensland Proctotrypoide (vol. ii. pp. 335-339) is by Alan P. Dodd. 
There is also a short article entitled ‘‘ Some Field Notes on Queens- 
land Insects,” by Henry Hacker (pp. 96-100). 
