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Nutfcall, F.R.M.S. ; C. E. Stott; H. R. Sweeting, M.A. ; R. Tait, 

 Jmir. ; A. Tipping; W. A. Tyeroian, aad W. Webster, M.R. S.A.I. 

 Tlie following were appointed Recorders : — Messrs. J. R. le B. Tomlin, 

 M.A. (Coleoptera); Edwd. Saunders, F.R.S., F.L.S., F.E.S. (Hymeno- 

 ptera) ; F. N. Pierce (Lepidoptera) ; C. R. Bilhips, M.R.C.S., and 

 E. E. Lowe. F.L.S. (Diptera) ; W. J. Lucas, B.A., F.E.S. (Neuro- 

 ptera) ; E. J. B. Sopp (Orthoptera), and Oscar Whittaker (Hemiptera). 

 Mr. R. Tait, Junr., delivered an exhaustive address on " The Season 

 1904 lepidopterologically considered" ; after which the undermentioned 

 exhibits were shown : — Boarmia repandata (Penmaenmawr), Aplecta 

 advena, Nyssia lapponaria (Rannoch), &c,, by Mr. Tait; Deilephila 

 eiiphorbicB, by Mr. J. Roxburgh ; Amara rufocincta (Crosby), by Mr. R. 

 Wilding; MeUvcus paradoxus, Melandvya caraboides (Winlaton), Steiia- 

 stola ferrea (Gibside), Chrysumela orichalcia var. hobsoni (S. Hylton), 

 &c., by Mr. R. S. Bagnall; Licrona cccrulea, L. (Grange), by Mr. 0. 

 Whittaker; a live specimen of Acridium ai/ypticum (Italy), by Mr. 

 C. B, Williams ; Labidura rlparia (Liverpool), Nyctibora holosericea 

 (Kew), Schistocerca peret/rina (Birkenhead), and Bruchus pisiamd B. rufi- 

 maniis (Liverpool), by Mr. Sopp. — E. J. B. Sopp and J. R. le B. 

 Tomlin, Hon. Secretaries. 



Birmingham Entomological Society. — October 17th, 1904. — Mr. 

 S. T. Bethune-Baker, President, in the chair. — Mr. J. T. Fountain 

 showed CalUmorpha dominula, L., from Devonshire larvae, and men- 

 tioned his difl&culties in breeding them. He found that whatever 

 treatment he adopted, more than half were cripples. He also showed 

 Lasiocampa quercus, L., bred from larvae taken in Sutton Park in March 

 and April. They included light and dark forms, the latter apparently 

 var. calliina, Dalm. Amongst the dark ones were two which were very 

 diaphanous, though the wings were perfect and the cilise unbroken, 

 the outer third of each wing looked as if rubbed, owing to deficient 

 scaling. — Mr. H. W. Ellis exhibited a collection of the Rhyncophora 

 and allies ; he gave a general account of the group, and then mentioned 

 the local species, which included many that were rare, and numbered 

 about 308 out of the 540 occurring in Britain. — Mr. R. C. Bradley 

 shewed Thriplocera bicolor, Meg., three specimens bred from larvae of 

 Lasiocampa quercus, L., from Sutton Park, taken in 1904 by Mr. 

 W. H. Wilkinson. 



November 21st, 1904. — Mr, G. T. Bethune-Baker, President, in the 

 chair. — Mr. A. H. Martineau exhibited for Mr. H. Stone a collective 

 cocoon made by some lepidopterous larvae. Information was lacking 

 as to its place of origin and the species which had caused it. It con- 

 sisted of one large cocoon like a great brown nut, about 6 in. x 4 in., 

 with a thick hard integument, containing a considerable number of 

 ordinary brown cocoons massed together inside. The pupae were 

 empty, but there was no obvious means of exit, and the interior was 

 closely packed with the material of the cocoons, so that it was not 

 easy to judge how the moths had emerged. — Mr. R. S. Searle showed 

 various Lepidoptera and foreign Coleoptera. — Rev. C. F. Thornewill 

 read a paper upon " The Genus Eupithecia, especially in relation to 

 Breeding them from the Larvae." He had reared a considerable 

 number of tlie species, and gave a general account of the larv«, their 



