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Xanthias, including Daxycampa riihiginea and Xanthia aurafjo var. 

 fiicata, by Mr. F. N. Pierce, F.E.S. ; a fine collection of Lepidoptera 

 from Cumberland and Westmoreland (1903), including the Alpine 

 species Erebia epiphron, E. cassiope, E. medon, &c. ; an exotic Ortlio- 

 pteron — Acridiwn (? sp.) — captured on a vessel in the Liverpool 

 Docks, and a fine specimen of the oleander hawk-moth (C. nerii), cap- 

 tured on the steamship ' Achilles,' Liverpool, by Mr. H. B. Prince. 

 Long series of Melmiair/ia galatea and Cidaria picata, a curiously 

 bleached form of Epincphele ianira, and specimens of Anticlea shiuata 

 and Cidaria unangulata from Devonshire, by Mr. W. A. Tyerman. 

 Mr. J. Koxburgh distributed a series of Erebia medon. Mr. J. W. 

 Dutton exhibited Coleoptera collected at Stromness by Mr. George 

 Ellison, of Liverpool, including Amara spinipes, Donacia discolor, 

 Chn/somela samjuinolenta, and Otiorrhynchits blandiis. Mr. Guy A. 

 Dunlop's local Coleoptera contained Bembidium saxatile, Melanotus 

 rufipea, Leiopus nebulosris, and Metacus paradoxus ; whilst Dr. J. W. 

 Ellis's Easter captures on Slieve Donard and in the neighbourhood 

 of Newcastle, Co. Down, included Leistus montanus, Nebria gyllenhali, 

 Pterosticlms vitreus, Silpha atrata var. snhrotmidata, and Otiorrhyn- 

 chus maurus. Mr. J. E. le B. Tomlin, F.E.S. , showed recent addi- 

 tions to the list of British Coleoptera, including Gynandrophthahna 

 affinis, Aphanistictis emarginatus, Lathridius beryrothi, and Hydroporus 

 bilineatus, Mr. Richard Wilding exhibited the British Donacise. Mr. 

 C. B. Williams, collections of Japanese Lepidoptera and Coleoptera ; 

 a small collection of local Coleoptera ; and a living lepidopterous larva 

 from a barrel of Canadian apples. Mr. E. J. B. Sopp exhibited 

 Anisotoma furva from Leasowe, and the large locust, Acridiwn cris- 

 tatum, from British Guiana ; and Mr. W. H. Jennings, a fine specimen 

 of Sphodrvs leucopthalmus, found under a kitchen floor at Hoylake. 

 Amongst miscellaneous exhibits also made were two excellent photo- 

 graphs of the larvae of Exichdia jacoba'cB feeding on ragwort, taken from 

 nature by Mr. Henry Ball, M.P.S.— E. J. B. Sopp, F.R.Met.S., and 

 Fred. Birch, Hon. Secretaries. 



Manchester Entomological Society. — November ith, 1903. — Dr. 

 W. E. Hoyle, M.A., F.R.C.S., the President, in the chair.— Mr. G. 

 Kearey read a paper on Coleoptera, in which he described the require- 

 ments necessary for collecting, and the most suitable places for obtain- 

 ing insects. He then briefly explained their structure, food and habits, 

 commenting on several species from personal observation, and concluded 

 bis remarks by an urgent appeal, showing the advisability of members 

 of societies recording their captures. The following exhibits were 

 made : — Mr. R. Brauer, insects belonging to the Mantidse, and in- 

 cluding species of Deroplatys arida from Borneo, Mantis reJiyiosa and 

 others. — Mr, L. W. Atkinson, a scorpion found in Manchester, taken 

 out of wood from Jamaica. — Mr. L. W. Hewett, Sphinx convolvuli 

 captured at Blackpool in October, 1903. — Henry S. Slade, Lepidoptera 

 taken at Ashton-on-Mersey, Cheshire. — Mr. W. Warren Kinsey gave 

 a demonstration on larvae preserving. — Mr. C. F. Johnson, Lepidoptera 

 from Deal, North Wales, and Staffordshire. — R. J. Wigelsworth, 

 Hon. Sec. 



