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Au;/iist llth. — Mr. E. Step, F.L.S., Vice-President, in the chair. — 

 Mr. Ashby exhibited a specimen of one of our rarest weevils, lApanis 

 fiermaiuis, taken at Folkestone in July. — Mr. West reported that from 

 July 10th to 23rd he had paid a very successful visit to the New Forest, 

 obtaining Stiani^dlia quadrifasciata, Telephonis testaceiis, Phijlli)brotica 

 (]iia(lri))uictilata, and Orchestes iota, the most notable of the Coleoptera ; 

 Picromn-us bidens, Monmithia dumetoriim, and ^f. hamuli among the 

 Heteroptera ; and the very rare homopteron, Oiianis leporinus. — Mr. 

 Main, pupje and small larvae of Kvercs ur<ji(ides, from ova deposited by 

 a female sent by Dr. Chapman from the South of France. The larvae 

 were boring the seed-pods of Lotus corniculaius. — Mr. Priske, a speci- 

 men of Cicudetta montnna from the New Foreist, and a specimen of 

 Dicranura bifida, which had just emerged from a this year's larva. — 

 Mr. Carr, a dead larva of Smerintkns ocellutus, from which parasites 

 had emerged in 1883, and which retained its normal green coloura- 

 tion. — Mr. Adkin and several other members noted the unusual 

 abundance of Mania maura this year. — Mr. Edwards, a long series of 

 variations of the polymorphic Papilio, P. meinnon, and called attention 

 to the forms and their distribution. 



Auijust 2o«/i.— Mr. Hugh Main, B.Sc, F.L.S., Vice-President, in 

 the chair. — Mr. Barnett, a short series of Strenia clathrata, showing 

 stages in the darkening of the transverse bands, and also of Ematun/a 

 atomaria, with considerably suffused markings. He also showed larvfe 

 of Smerinthus jiopuli, which were feeding on white poplar, and which 

 assimilated wonderfully to the colour of the food-plant. Mr. Main, a 

 curiously spotted cockroach, obtained from a ship which had brought 

 sugar from Java. — Mr. West, two rare species of Hemiptera from 

 Darenth — Corizus capitatus, obtained by sweeping Hypericum, and 

 Aneurus IcEvis, under oak-bark. — Mr. Tutt and Dr. Chapman made a 

 few remarks upon their continental rambles m July and August. — 

 Hy. J. Turner, Hoji. Report Sec. 



Manchester Entomological Society. — In the Manchester Museum, 

 Owens College, on September 7th, before a large gathering presided 

 over by Dr. W. E. Hoyle, the proceedings took the form of an exhibit 

 meeting. — Mr. Geo. 0. Day exhibited a box of Lepidoptera collected 

 in Vancouver Island, B.C., mostly taken during May, 1904. — Mr. 

 H. S. Slade, specimens oi Leucoma salicis from larvae taken at Urmston 

 (Lanes), also Abraxas ;irossulariata from the same locality ; specimens 

 of Polia chi taken at Glossop. — Mr. L. Krah, lepidoptera from Bex, 

 Canton Vaud, Switzerland, and included A. cratat/i, P. efferia, E. iauira, 

 M. f/aliitea, P. mcera, A. cardamines, L. amanda, &c. — Mr. K. Tait, 

 Jun., Atp-otis ravida taken at Monkswood, Hunts ; specimens of Aplecta 

 adveua, Acronycta ligxistri, Mamestra anceps, Angerona prxinaria, Xylo- 

 phasia hepatica ; Diantluecia conspersa, including ochreous form, bred 

 from Welsh larv^ ; Agrotis ashu-orthii, a fine series, bred this year from 

 hybernated larvae. — Mr. C. Oldham, specimen of Prionia coriarius from 

 Chelford (Cheshire), July 27th, 1904. — Mr. G. Kearey, ova, pupae, and 

 perfect insect of Orgijia antiqua, and illustrations pointing out the 

 difference of the situation selected by the sexes for pupation. — Messrs. 

 A. Binns and W. Buckley also exhibited Lepidoptera. — Robert J. 



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