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Brockton Tomlin, F.E.S., a valuable collection of British Coleoptera, 

 containing, amongst other scarce species, series of recent captures of 

 the very rare Hydrnvatus clypeatus, a water-beetle that had not been 

 taken for many years ; the rare " skipjacks," Elater niiniatUH, E. li/thro- 

 pterus, and E. sanrjuinolentuH ; Antlunria nitidvla, Agrilua higuttatus, 

 and Ciyptocephalns sexpunctatns, from the New Forest ; Phosphmnus 

 Imnipterus, from Southampton ; and the beautiful iongicorn, Saperda 

 scalaris, from Sherwood. — Dr. Gr. W. Chaster, recent captures in the 

 Southport district, which included many unique additions to the 

 Lancashire county list. Of the many species in his exhibit, perhaps 

 the following attracted most attention : — Medon ohsoletus, Thinohius 

 brevipennis, Pseudopsis sulcata, Auisotoma farva, and .-I. ciliaris. The 

 extremely local Ammcecius brevis, Mgudia rufa, Telephorus darwinianus, 

 Gymnetron collinus and G. linaria, and Ceuthnrrhi/nchus euphorbia;. — Mr. 

 J. T. Wardley, a case of Cussus ligniperda, bred from Formby larvse ; 

 and Mr. Oulton Harrison (Wavertree), on behalf of Eev. T. Eddrup, 

 a box of Evimetica cervinata, from Bremhill, Wilts, kindly sent for 

 distribution. — Mr. R. Tait, fine varieties of Boarmia repandnta, some 

 rosy forms of Agrotis agatJiina, a beautiful series of A. ripa from 

 Cumberland, and bred varieties of Acidalia contiguaria, including two 

 unique aberrations. — Mr. J. Roland Charnley, a fine male C'hryso- 

 phanus dispar. — Mr. J. Collins, long bred series of Eupithecia debiliata, 

 from Stafford ; Crambiis warrimjtonelhis ; C. hamellus, from Lancashire 

 Mosses, Lithosia sericea, and Excsretia allisella. — Mr. H. B. Prince, 

 a remarkably fine series of Erehia cassiope, and other species. — Mr. B. 

 Crabtree, a long series of Ccenonymplia typhon [davus) var. rothliebi, 

 arranged to show the extreme range of variation on the under side. 

 Mr. W. Raeper, Scotch captures during the present season, including 

 many interesting moths. — Mr. J. Jervis Richardson, exotic Lepido- 

 ptera, including Intomeris io, reared this season ; also a series of 

 beautifully produced photographs of British lepidopterous larvae. 

 Mr. E. J. B. Sopp, a collection of palfearctic and exotic Forficulidae, 

 which included representatives of our giant Christchurch earwig, 

 Labidw-a riparia ; Anisolabis mauritanica, from Tunis ; Spongiphora 

 Croceipennis Iherminieri, from Santo Espirito (Brazil) ; Chelidura 

 bolivari, from Castile; Apterygida jnponica, from Japan, and Forficula 

 pubescens, a Southern-European earwig recently taken at Colchester by 

 Mr. Harwood. 



The usual monthly meeting was held in the Royal Institution, 

 Liverpool, on November 10th, Dr. J. Cotton (St. Helens) in the chair. — 

 Messrs. Oscar Whittaker (Bolton), J. R. Charnley, F.E.S. (Preston), 

 A. G. Wallington (Warrington), John Lea, and J. J. Richardson 

 (Liverpool) were duly elected members of the Society. — The arrange- 

 ments made for the forthcoming meetmg to be held in Warrington 

 having been approved, a highly interesting paper on " Some Famous 

 Collecting Grounds " was communicated by Mr. Oulton Harrison 

 (Wavertree), whose instructive descriptive account of various entomo- 

 logical " centres" in Switzerland and Britain was rendered still more 

 attractive by nearly two hundred lantern views. Many of the typical 

 lepidopterous and other denizens of the Meiringen district, Lucerne, 

 Eosenlaui, &c., were enumerated, and descriptions given of favourite 

 haunts of some of our insular insects and birds in the New, Epping, 



