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Godman also joined in the discussion. — Professor E. B. Poulton read 

 a paper on " Mimicry illustrated by the Sanger-Sheplierd three-colour 

 process," supplementary to his paper read at the meeting of the 

 Society on March 5th. — H. Goss and H. Eowland-Brown, Hon. Sees. 



South London Entomological and Natural History Society. — 

 March 13th, 1902.— Mr. F. Noad Clark, President, iii the chair.— Mr. 

 A. L. Rayward, of Wallington ; Mr. B. Stonell, of Clapham ; and Mr. 

 S. P. Harry, of Clapham, were elected members. — Dr. Chapman 

 exhibited a number of species which he was placing in the Society's col- 

 lections, inclnding Enpithecia consignata, Hyboma strigosa, and Jochecera 

 alni, the first of which species was now only to be obtained in one very 

 restricted private locality. — Mr. Kemp, living larvas and perfect insects 

 of the Coleoptera Endomychus coccineus, Ptilinus pecthiicornis, and Pyro- 

 ehroa serraticornis, the two former from Epping Forest, on hornbeam, 

 and the latter from New Eltham, under moss. — Messrs. Harrison and 

 Main, specimens of the dark var. niyrofulvata of Macaria liturata, from 

 Delamere Forest.— Mr. F. M, B. Carr, a considerable number of 

 specimens from the New Forest, including, Odonata : Ischnura ptnnilio, 

 female vars. of Pyrrhosonia nymphula, Agrion mercuriale, and Gnmphus 

 vulgatissimus ; Lepidoptera : a large number of species, among which 

 were Aventia flexuh, Lithosia helveola, bred Gnophria quadra, Nola 

 strigula, Triphcena subsequa, Heliothis dipsaceus, Cleora glabraria, bred 

 C. liehenaria, Selidoseina plumaria, and Hyria auroraria ; eggs of the 

 night-jar; a hornet taken from a hollow tree, Easter. — Mr. Nottle, 

 examples of Agrotis tritici and A. agathina, from Keston. — Mr. Barnett, 

 a living specimen of Nyssia hispidaria, female, from Chingford. — Mr. 

 F. Noad Clark, two species of tick new to the British list. They were 

 forwarded to him by Mr. Hewitt, of York, who found them upon 

 guillemots on the Yorkshire cliffs. They had been identified, after 

 considerable trouble, as Ixodes fimbriatus and I. borealis, both rare and 

 little known species. He also exhibited the common Ixodes reduvius 

 for comparison, together with photographs of I. fimbriatus. — Dr. 

 Chapman, a living bred specimen of Endromis versicolor and some 

 pupse, in the larva-cases, of Thyridopteryx ephemeriformis. — Mr. 

 Edwards, very fine examples of Ornithoptera lydeus and 0. socrates, 

 from the Malays, with Parnassius imperator, from Thibet. — Mr. Turner, 

 a long bred series of Macroglossa steUatarum, from larvae obtained at 

 Bromley, Kent ; and contributed notes on breeding and habits of the 

 larvae. — Mr. Lucas, a very large number of lantern-slides to illustrate 

 his remarks on "Entomological localities." They were chiefiy of 

 well-known spots in the New Forest. — Mr. West, of Streatham, also 

 showed a few slides taken from several localities near London. — 

 Hy. J. Turner, Hon. Rep. Sec. 



Lancashire and Cheshire Entomological Society. — A well-attended 

 meeting was held in the Memorial Hall, Manchester, on March 10th, 

 Mr. Robt. Newstead, A.L.S., F.E.S., in the chair.— Mr. E. Whitley, 

 of " Clovelly," Sefton Park, Liverpool, and Oxford University, was 

 elected a member. It was resolved that the next meeting be held in 

 Liverpool, on April 14th, and that Messrs. F. C. Thompson, F. Birch, 

 and E. J. B. Sopp be appointed a sub-committee to examine and 



