96 THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 



at the tweuty-five meetings of over thirty. A list of the elected 

 •Officers and Council: — President, Hugh Main, B.Sc, F.E.S. ; Vice- 

 Presidents, A. Sich, F.E.S. , and E. Step, F.L.S.; Treasurer, T. W. 

 Hall, F.E.S. ; Librarian, A. W. Dodds ; Curator, W. West (Green- 

 wich) ; Hon. Secretaries, Stanley Edwards, F.L.S., F.E.S., and Hy. 

 J. Turner, F.E.S. ; Council, R. Adkin, F.E.S., F. Noad Clark, F. B. 

 Carr, A. Harrison, F.L.S., F.Z.S., F.C.S., W. J. Kaye, F.E.S., H. A. 

 Sauze, and W. West (Streatham). — Ordinary Meeting: Mr. Hugh 

 Main, B.Sc, President, in the chair. — Dr. Chapman exhibited a living 

 specimen of Doritis apollimis, bred from a pupa sent from Syria. — Mr. 

 Step, a further portion of the " Tugwell " herbarium. — Mr. Main 

 reported having seen Hybeniia nipicapraria, Plwjalia pedaria, Cheima- 

 tobia brumata, H. marginalia, and P. monodactylus in Epping Forest in 

 some numbers on Jan. 22nd. — Mr. Turner read a few notes on the 

 Entomology of Assiniboia, Canada, received from Mr. A. J. Croker. — 

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



Lancashire and Cheshire Entomological Society. — The first 

 ordinary meeting of the session was held in the Royal Institution, 

 Liverpool, on Monday, January 16th, 1905. — Mr. Wm. Webster, 

 M.R.S.A.I., in the chair. — The Rev. Chas. E. G. Kendall, B.A., 

 Ripon Street, Preston, and Mr. Albert Wade, F.E.S., Frenchwood 

 Street, Preston, were elected members of the Society. — Donations to 

 the Library were reported by the Secretary from Messrs. H. St. J. K. 

 Donisthorpe, P.Z.S. ; J. R. Charnley, F.Z.S., and H. B. Score, 

 F.R.G.S. — The chairman announced that the Council had decided 

 to hold a microscopical and lantern meeting in March, when it was 

 hoped that as many members as possible would contribute to make 

 the innovation a success. — This completing the business, a paper 

 was communicated by Mr. E. J. B. Sopp, P. R. Met. Soc, on the 

 " Orthoptera of Lancashire and Cheshire." — A paper was then read 

 by Mr. H. B. Score, F.R.G.S., F.R.Hist.S., on "Ants and their 

 Ways," which was copiously illustrated by lantern slides. In opening, 

 the lecturer treated interestingly and fully of the general external 

 anatomy of the ant, afterwards discoursing on the uses of the various 

 organs described, and shown on the screen. He then reviewed the 

 habits of some of the better-known insects, and enlarged on the 

 life-histories of such well-known species as the "Driver Ants" 

 (Anomma arceus) of West Africa, the "Grain Storing Ants" {Atta 

 barhara), of Palestine, &c., the "Parasol Ants" [(J£codoma cepha- 

 lotes), " Agricultural Ants " [Atta vmlefaciens), and others. Passing 

 to a consideration of Formica rufa, F. fusca, F. sanguinea, Myrntica 

 riiginodis, and other British species, he recapitulated what is known 

 regarding the habits and life-history of the various species, and 

 mentioned that he had for many mouths had under observation, in 

 a Lubbock formicarium, a nest of our common black house ant, 

 Lasius niger. — On the motion of Dr. Cotton, seconded by Mr. Oulton 

 Harrison, a hearty vote of thanks was accorded the lecturer. — 

 Amongst exhibits shown were a beautiful series of slides of larvae by 

 Mr. J. J. Richardson : Acronycta ieporina, Anarta viyrtilli, Liparis 

 salicis, Fidonia atomaria, Ccenonympha davus, &c., by Dr. Cotton, and 

 Periplaneta americana and Leucophcea surinomensis, from the Liverpool 

 Docks, by Mr. Sopp. — E. J. B. Sopp and W. B. Harrison, Hon. Sees. 



