74 THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 



M.Sc, F.E.S.; W. J. Lucas, B.A., F.E.S., Kingston-on-Thames 

 C. E. Stott. Treasurer: J. Cotton, M.E.C.S., F.E.S. Secretaries: 

 H. E. Sweeting, M.A. ; Wm. Mansbridge. Librarian : F. N. Pierce, 

 F.E.S. Council: J. Collins, Oxford; E. Wilding; 0. Whitaker; 

 Wm. Bell, M.E.C.S., J.P. ; E. G. Bayford, F.E.S., Barnsley; P. F. 

 Tinne, M.A., M.B. ; W. D. Harrison ; W. A. Tyerman ; E. J. B. 

 Sopp, F.E.Met.S., Wolverhampton ; Wm. Webster, M.E.S.A.I. ; Geo. 

 Arnold, F.E.S. ; Wm. Mallinson. Mr. Oscar Whittaker read a paper 

 entitled " A Preliminary Catalogue of the Hemiptera-Homoptera of 

 Lancashire and Cheshire," and additions to " A Preliminary Cata- 

 logue of the Hemiptera-Heteroptera of Lancashire and Cheshire." 

 — Mr. George Arnold, F.E.S., read a paper entitled " Additions to 

 the List of Hymenoptera of Lancashire and Cheshire," and exhibited 

 the various species enumerated. Mr. Oscar Whittaker enumerated 

 specimens of Stenoceplialus agilis and Gorixa affinis, recently added 

 to the local list of Heteroptera. — Mr. F. N. Pierce exhibited a short 

 series of Abraxas grossularlata, and remarked on the small range of 

 variation shown by these specimens during the season of 1908. — 

 Mr. C. B. Williams exhibited a number of species of Lepidoptera 

 from Cambridge, including Hlmera peimaria, one brownish female 

 and one male irrorated with fuscous. Asteroscopus sphinx ; a nice 

 series. Cidaria viiata. Xijlina ornithopus, and from Denbighshire, 

 North Wales. Folia chi, a nice series of the typical form. Cloantha 

 solidaginis, a nice series, closely agreeing with the West Eiding form 

 in darkness of coloration. Mr. Williams also announced that a 

 specimen of Acherontia atropos had been captured in Birkenhead on 

 the 7th November last. — Mr. E. J. B. Sopp sent for exhibition a 

 specimen of the cricket Gryllus bimaculatus, which was found at the 

 Liverpool Docks in a fruit cargo from Spain. 



January IQth, 1909. — Meeting held at the Eoyal Institution, 

 Colquit Street, Liverpool, Mr. C. E. Stott, Vice-President, in the 

 chair. — Mr. W. Mansbridge, F.E.S., contributed a paper entitled 

 " Micro-Lepidoptera in Lancashire in 1907-8." The author gave 

 short notes on the habits, occurrence, and variation in the case of 

 insects freshly recorded by himself during the period mentioned, 

 and exhibited most of the species thus dealt with. Padisca ncevana 

 and P. geminaiia were bred last season from holly and bilberry respec- 

 tively ; the genitalia of these were exhibited under the microscope 

 by Mr. F. N. Pierce, but no difference between them could be 

 observed, excepting the loss of certain fugitive hair-tufts by P. gem- 

 inana. The list given by Mr. Mansbridge included three species new 

 to the published lists. — Mr. F. N. Pierce showed a series of the 

 Carnende group of the Agrotidae, including a small test collection 

 sent him by the Eev. C. E. N. Burrows, which had passed through 

 the hands of several experts, along with their comments. Mr. Pierce 

 stated that he had now been able to differentiate with perfect clear- 

 ness and consistency, by means of the genitalia, four of the species 

 in this group, namely, cursoria, nigricans, obeUsca, and triticti and 

 aquilina. Ho also showed the genitalia of two specimens, and the 

 wing portions of one of them, which he believed would ultimately 

 prove either an unrecognized species or the true aquilina. Mr. 

 Pierce illustrated his remarks by preparations shown under the 



