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It is one of the rarest of British Butterflies, and the few authentic captures 
of this species in the British Isles have, with the exception of the specimen 
taken in Wirral by Mr. MACFIE, all been met with in the southern counties 
during the month of August. No previous record has been given of the 
Cheshire specimen, it having been overlooked by the authors of Day’s List of 
the Lepidoptera; although the specimen in question was, shortly after its 
capture, submitted to and identified by the late Curator (Mr. R. Newstead).* 
Mr. J. ARKLE has also added considerably to the Lepidoptera, including 
several species new to the collections. To the Coleoptera, MR. BROCKTON 
TOMLIN has added a large number of species, new both to the district and 
the collections. 
By invitation of the Museum Management Committee, a fresh course of 
Nature-study lessons, to children recruited from the Higher Elementary 
Schools of the City, commenced on April 15th, and will continue over a 
period of about eighteen weeks, ending on or about the second week in 
August next. The subjects chosen are as follows :— 
1. The Honey Bee. 4. Humming Birds. 
2. British Snakes. 5. British Bats. 
3. Owls and Hawks. 6. The Seal, Badger, and Squirrel. 
Thirty-six lessons were given last year 1906 by your Curator, the total 
number of attendances being, approximately, 1,260. The lessons were fully 
illustrated by specimens selected from the Society’s Museum, and by living 
examples whenever it was possible to procure them; and also by lantern 
photographs. 
A complete list of the Donors and the Additions are appended below: 
Mr. HucH ALDERSEY—1I Clytus arietus. 
Mr. J. ARKLE—8 species; 22 specimens of Lepidoptera. 
Mr. R, ATCHERLEY—Eggs of Gannet, Eider Duck, Guillemot; Adult 
Male Fox (Canis vulpes, Linn.) 
Mr. BAIRSTOW—Kingfisher (Alcedo ispida, Linn.) 
Mr, N. F. BARNES—Malformed Hen’s Egg. 
Mr. HENRY BEASLEY--Cast of footprints, Storeton (A 4). 
* Mr. R. NewstTkRAD gives me the following abstract from his diary in reference to 
this species :—‘ Lamfides baticus taken at Heswall, Cheshire, in the fields by the shore, 
in the years 1886 or 1887, by Master Jack W. S. Macriz, Rowton Hall, Chester. Tails 
perfect, but minus body and head; wings split, but otherwise not very much worn; 
right fore-wing detached (recently), but replaced by me; metallic scales on eye-spots, 
beneath very bright, and not in the least worn. Set on a No.1 pin, English make. The 
above note I made to-day, July 20th, 1892, from the specimen recorded above, whick is 
still in the possession of MAsterk Macrig . . . I have cross-questioned him about 
the Insect. He is not quite certain which of the two years, 1886 or 1887, it was taken, 
and is not certain also whether he or his sister caught it, but they were together when 
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it was taken 
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