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bastou ; also of Lipnris salicis at Etlgbaston. — Mr. E. C. Bradley 

 exhibited a small collection of insects made on the Lickey Hills on 

 June 25th, including Hecatera serena, Tinea semifnlvella, Dioctria atri- 

 capella, &c. — Mr. J. T. Fountain, a number of Leucoma salicia taken at 

 Bournville, Lifford, &c., some having been found in Bournville station; 

 he found them quite common in that district, obtaining many larvse 

 and pupae from poplars, — Mr, G, H. Kenrick, two collections of Lepi- 

 doptera, one made near Bolt Head, Devon, during the first week in 

 July, and the other from Tongue, in Sutherlandshire, during the 

 middle of August. Amongst the former lot were Sesia philanthiformis, 

 which was very common on the cliffs, Heliothis peltigera, Ar/rotis luni- 

 ffera, A. lucernea, A. corticea, Bryuphila fjlandifera, Hecatera serena, 

 Anticlea ruhidata, &c. ; amongst the latter were Epunda lutulenta = 

 ? var, lunehurgensU, Agrotis cursoria (dark brownish forms), A. tritici, 

 Noctua festiva var. conftua, Polia chi (with dark hind wings), Xanthia 

 ceraf/o (lemon-coloured), Stilbia anomaJa, Larentia casiata (well marked), 

 L. flavicincta, Cidaria immanata {&ne forms, one with black bar), Carsia 

 imbutata, Larentia olivata, &c. The larvae of Dernas coryli, he said, 

 swarmed everywhere at Tongue. — Mr. G. W. Wynn, the following 

 Lepidoptera, all bred from Iarv£e found in Wyre Forest last September : 

 Demas coryli, Drepana falcataria, Fyyara curtula, Orgyia pudibunda, 

 Amphidasys bctularia var. douhledaijaria, Hadena contiyua, Cerura bifida, 

 and Ephyra pendularia : also a few Diptera from Derbyshire — Asilus 

 crabroniformis, Tacliiiui yrossa, Clirysochlamya cuprea, &c. — Mr. A. D. 

 Timms, cocoons of Attacus atlas sent to the University Museum. — Mr. 

 Colbran J. Wainwright, a few Diptera from Hay Woods, Warwick- 

 shire, taken July 28th : Didea alneti, Clirysochlamys caprea, Eumerus 

 ornatus, Chilosia cestracea ; the last three had not previously been 

 taken anywhere near Birmingham, — Mr. G. T. Bethune-Baker, a long 

 series of Lycmia avion from many places, including a series taken by 

 himself in Cornwall this year ; some old Cotswold ones and various 

 European specimens, including var. obscura from the High Alps, He 

 pointed out a most decided difference in the colour between the Cornish 

 and Gloucestershire specimens, the former showing a brighter, paler, 

 more metallic blue ; also he called attention to a gynandromorphous 

 specimen amongst the Cornish ones. — Mr. W. Harrison, the following 

 Lepidoptera : — Leucophasia sinapis and Nemeobius lucina from Withers- 

 lack, where they were common ; Cccnonympha darns from Westmore- 

 land, which he pointed out were darker than Scotch forms he had, 

 and not so red as Welsh ones ; Snierinthns ocellatus from Harborne, 

 where the larvas were common in 1900, but none were seen in 1901 ; 

 Melanargia galatea, which was very abundant in the Cotswolds, Glou- 

 cestershire, wherever he went this year ; Hesperia comma, common 

 on one hill only in the Cotswolds ; Vanessa c-album from Trench 

 Woods and the Cotswolds, at both of which places it was common this 

 year ; and Acidalia ornata from Rodborough Hill, Glos. 



October 21s^ — The President in the chair. — Mr. R. Bradley ex- 

 hibited Anthrax paniscas, males and females, taken last August at 

 Criccieth, North Wales, in dull weather. — Mr. G. W. Wynne, a collec- 

 tion of Lepidoptera made at Wyre Forest, at sugar, on two evenings 

 only, June 23rd and 24th last. He was unusually successful, the 

 moths being in great numbers at every patch of sugar. They in- 



