22 THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 



Mr. Robert Tait, Jr., brought a long series of Agrotis agatliina bred 

 from Welsh larvae, and noted that the red form occurred much more 

 frequently among wild imagines than among moths bred at Man- 

 chester from larviB taken on the same ground earlier in the year. 

 From the Isle of Wight, fine species of the following : — Agrotis 

 lunigera, A. cinerea, Acidalia humiliata, Setina irroreUa. From 

 Pendine, South Wales : — Boarmia repandata var. conversaria, Calli- 

 morpha domimda. From Lakeside: — Numeria p)ulveraria, Tephrosia 

 consonaria, and a very long series of S biimditlaria, varying from 

 almost white to the extreme form of var. delamerensis. Mr. Tait 

 stated that he had bred a partial second brood of the following 

 species, viz. : — B. repandata var. conversaria, Aplecta herbida, and 

 A. humiliata, a living example of which he exhibited at the meeting. 

 — Mr. Mounfield, of Warrington, showed a fine series of LitJwsia 

 sericea, and Leucania pallens, a red variety from Warrington ; Ma- 

 caria liturata var. nigrofulvata, a short series from Delamere Forest. 

 • — Mr. Kobinson, of Warrington, also exhibited L. sericea, as well as 

 Hijdrcecia petasitis, H. lucens, H. nictitans, H. 2)aludis, Hadena 

 glauca, Orthosia suspecta, Agrotis nigricans, and Acronycta leporina 

 var. melanocephala, all from Warrington and neighbourhood ; while 

 from Delamere Forest he showed Aplecta nehulosa var. rohsoni and 

 LitJwsia mesomella. — Mr. T. Baxter, of St. i^nne's, sent a long series 

 of Abraxas grossulariata and varieties, from St. Anne's, and short 

 series of Folia chi vars., including olivacea and melanic forms from 

 Yorkshire ; also strongly marked typical specimens of this variable 

 moth from Barmouth. — Dr. Edwards had series of Abraxas sylvata 

 and Noctua glareosa, from Carnarvon ; Eupithecia j^iilchellata from 

 the Lake District; Dasychira fascelina, from Formby ; Gelcena 

 haworthii and Luperina cespitis, from Delamere Forest. — Mr. Prince 

 sent several boxes of local insects, including a very long series of 

 Nyssia zonaria. — Mr. H. R. Sweeting exhibited Aplecta nebulosa and 

 var. robsoni, and Boarmia repandata, from Delamere ; Cucullia asteris, 

 from Essex ; Moma orion, bred from New Forest pupae which had 

 laid over two winters. — Mr. W. J. Lucas, of Kingston-on-Thames, 

 sent a number of excellent photographs of Lepidoptera. — Dr. Bell 

 had several varieties of Bombyx quercus from Wallasey, including the 

 olive variety ; Dr. Bell stated that the larvae from which the olive 

 forms were bred were black with very dark brown hairs ; this had 

 also been noted by other collectoi's, and was supported by a further 

 exhibit, by the same member, of young larvae from olive parents, and 

 from typical parents in which this difference was well seen. — Mr. 

 Mallinson brought a specimen of Deilephila galii, bred from one of 

 the two larvte found at Wallasey, September, 1907. — Mr. W. Mans- 

 bridge exhibited a series of Aplecta nebidosa var. robsoni, very dark 

 grey forms, and var. pallida, bred 1908; Folia chi var. olivacea, from 

 near Leeds ; and stated that this form had increased from about five 

 per cent, noted in 1890-1, to about twenty per cent, noted this year. 

 A series of black Boarmia repandata, from Knowsley, Lancashire, and 

 a male Porthesia similis, from Simonswood, without the black spots 

 on the hind margin of the fore wings ; a short series of Feronea per- 

 viutana, from Wallasey. — H. R. Sweeting & Wm. Mansbridge, 

 Hon. Sees. 



