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long papers had been given ; that the lantern was in frequent use ; 

 that both the library and collections were constantly being referred 

 to ; and that altogether another successful year's work had been 

 recorded. The statement of the Treasurer showed a small balance in 

 hand, with hopeful prospects for the coming year. The President, 

 Mr. Sich, read the Annual Address, dealing, after the obituary and 

 some general remarks upon the Society and the entomological items 

 of interest during the year, with references to insects by writers of 

 antiquity. The following is a list of Officers and Council for the 

 ensuing year : — President: A. Sich, F.E.S. ; Vice-Presidents: E. Adkin, 

 F.E.S., W. J. Kaye, F.E.S. ; Treasurer : T. W. Hall, F.E.S. ; 

 Librarian : A. W. Dods ; Curator : W. West ; Hon. Secretaries : 

 Stanley Edwards, F.L.S., F.E.S. (Corres.), Hy. J. Turner, F.E.S. 

 (Report). Council: S. R. Ashby, F.E.S.; E. C. Joy; A. M. Mont- 

 gomery, F.E.S.; H. Main, B.Sc, F.E.S.; A. L. Rayward, F.E.S.; 

 R. South, F.E.S.; and A. E. Tonge, F.E.S. Ordinary Meeting.— Mx. 

 Buckston, on behalf of Mr. Baldwin, exhibited two males of Anthro- 

 cera fiUpendida in cop. with one female ; a specimen of Eiichelia 

 jacobcBce in which the red markings were very dull in tint ; and an 

 unusually dwarf example of Polyommatns icarus. — Mr. Rayward, 

 dwarf specimens of P. icarus, L. arion, Colias hyale, and Euchloe 

 cardamines, some captured and some bred, and made some remarks 

 on the occurrence of this form of variation. — Hy. J. Tubner, Hon. 

 Bep. Sec. 



Lancashire and Cheshire Entomological Society. — November 

 IQth, 1908. — Mr. W. Mansbridge, Vice-President, in the chair. — ■ 

 Messrs. Harrison and Main kindly lent their excellent series of lan- 

 tern slides, illustrating phases in the development of various inter- 

 esting species of Lepidoptera and protective resemblance to resting 

 surface, some very striking instances of this latter being shown. Mr. 

 Taylor, of Bolton, also sent his series of slides, chiefly of Lepido- 

 ptera in their natural surroundings, and some slides of Lepidoptera 

 taken by the Lumiere direct colour process. Dr. Cotton, as well, 

 showed photographs by the Lumiere process of Lepidoptera and 

 views in the gardens at Southport. — Mr. F. N. Pierce brought the 

 long series of Hydroecia nictitans, paludis, lucens, and all the known 

 specimens of H. crinanensis, being the material with which he, in col- 

 laboration with the Rev. C. R. N. Burrows, of Mucking, Essex, had 

 worked out the specific distinctness of the four species by a study of 

 the genitalia. Mr. Pierce described the differences of the genital 

 appendages, and illustrated his remarks with a series of excellent 

 photographs ; he further pointed out how, without destroying the 

 moth as a cabinet specimen, the species could be examined and 

 recognized. 



December 21st, 1908. — This was the Annual Meeting of the 

 Society, held at the Royal Institution, Colquit Street, Liverpool, Mr. 

 William Mansbridge, Vice-President, in the chair, and the following 

 gentlemen were unanimously elected as the Council of the Society 

 for the ensuing year: — President: S. J. Capper, F.E.S. Vice- 

 Presidents: H. H". Corbett, M.R.C.S., Doncaster; Wm. Mansbridge, 

 F.E.S.; E. R. Bankes, M.A., F.E.S., Corfe Castle; Robert Newstead, 



