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that the black markings were much intensified. Mr. Turner, specimens 

 of the Coccid, Pulvinaria rihesia, the white woolly scale, from his own 

 garden, and read notes on its occurrence. Mr. Enock, a living female 

 of Ranatra linearis, with its ova, which are deposited in leaves and 

 stems of water-plants, and are attached to a curious Y-shaped body ; 

 also living nymphs of Erythrumma najas and Ischnura elegans. Mr. 

 Clark, micro-photographs of the ova of several species of Lepidoptera, 

 including Cyaniris argiulus and Hadena genistcB. Mr. Lucas read the 

 report of the field meeting to Oxshott, and illustrated his remarks by 

 a large number of lantern-slides of well-known spots in the district. — 

 Hy. J. Turner, Hon. Report Sec. 



Lancasmre and CnEsmRE Entomological Society. — On June 23rd 

 the President, Mr. S. J. Capper, gave a garden party to the members 

 of this Society and other entomological friends at his residence, 

 Huyton Park. About a hundred were invited, and there was a 

 large gathering. Mr. Capper has been President of the Society since its 

 foundation twenty-three years ago, and in his address in January last 

 he invited the members to this gathering, as it would aflbrd them, 

 especially the younger members, an opportunity of inspecting his 

 collection of British Lepidoptera and his educational collection of all 

 orders of insects. His collection of British Lepidoptera, which occupies 

 considerably more than a hundred large drawers, was for the occasion 

 specially displayed on large tables, and aflbrded a magnificent sight. 

 This collection is acknowledged to be unique as regards the varieties 

 and aberrations it contains. It has been amassed during the past 

 sixty years, and was considerably enriched by the incorporation 

 therein of the collection formed by the late Alfred Owen, who made 

 variety and aberration his special study when scarcely any attention 

 was paid to this subject by others. Some four years ago, thinking 

 that there might be a possibility of the collection being dispersed 

 at some future period, Mr. Capper applied to Mr. S. L. Mosley, the 

 well-known naturalist and natural history painter, to ask if he would 

 undertake to depict those of his varieties which are of special note. 

 This Mr. Mosley kindly consented to do, and these coloured drawings, 

 to the number of about four hundred, were also exhibited, as well as 

 many curious and valuable works on Entomology from Mr. Capper's 

 library. Miss Capper, as hostess, assisted her father in entertaining 

 the guests ; splendid weather adding to the surroundings, the members 

 thoroughly enjoyed their visit. 



Birmingham Entomological Society. — June 18th, 1900. — Mr. A.H. 

 Martineau in the chair. Mr. R. C. Bradley showed a piece of wood 

 with borings, taken from a paling at Selsley, Glos., at Whitsuntide, 

 from which he was breeding beetles of a species of Clytiis which had 

 been noticed to be common in the neighbourhood of the paling. 

 Mr. A. D. Imms, two unusually small female specimens of Euchloe 

 cardamines; one from Hall Green, near Birmingham, measured only 

 IJ in. in expanse; the other, from Hay in S. Wales, measuring 1^^ in. 

 Mr. A. H. Martineau, a series of the uncommon ant, Leptothorax 

 acervorum, from Selsley, where he had found a small colony ; also a 

 black variety of Formica rufa, taken on April 22nd, 1900, in the 

 company of ordinary specimens, at Haywood. — Colbran J. Wainwright, 

 Hon Sec. 



