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aria, Leucania pHtrescens, Boarmia abietaria, Ellojna prosa'piaria, 

 from Pendine, South Wales ; Arctia villica and Numeria pulveraria, 

 from Abbotswood ; Tceniocampa munda and Pachnobia leucograpka, 

 from Lakeside, Windermere ; Tephrosia luridata and Cymatophora 

 fluctuosa, from Wyre Forest ; Ajmtura iris, bred from Hunts larvae, 

 and Phig alia ped aria, varying from pale to black, from Mansfield, 

 Notts. — Mr. B. H. Crabtree brought Tceniocampa munda and T. 

 gotJiica, a series of each (bred), from Windermere ; a series of 

 Charaas graminis, taken at light at Seascale ; Oporabia filigram- 

 viaria, a varied series from Kinderscout, Derbyshire ; Piston hirtaria, 

 from Aviemore larvae which had been in pupa for two years ; vars. 

 of Abraxas grossulariata from Huddersfield larvae. — Mr. C. F. John- 

 son exhibited the following: — Asteroscopus nubcculosa and Nyssia 

 lapponaria, from two-year-old pupae from Rannoch ; Pachnobia 

 leiLCographa, P. rubricosa, and TcBniocampa munda (bred), from 

 Windermere ; a long and varied series of Oporabia filigrammaria, 

 from North Derbyshire ; Boarmia repandata, from North Wales, 

 North Staffordshire, and Knowsley, Lancashire, showing very varied 

 forms ; a specimen of Abraxas grossulariata var. nigrosparsata (bred), 

 from Huddersfield. — The Rev. A. Miles Moss read a paper on the 

 " Sphingidae of Peru," and exhibited a magnificent collection of this 

 group which he had made during the course of a three years' resi- 

 dence in Lima. The paper was further illustrated by a large number 

 of beautiful water-colour drawings of the larvae and food-plants of 

 most of the species exhibited.— H. E. Sweeting & Wm. Mansbeidge, 

 Hon. Sees. 



The Manchester Entomological Society. — November 21st, 

 1910. — The first meeting of the 1910-11 session was held in the 

 Manchester Museum, Owens College, on October 5th, Mr. C. F. 

 Johnson, the President, in the chair. — The following exhibits were 

 made of insects taken and bred in 1910 :— Mr. E. Tait, Jun., F.E.S. : 

 Series of the following insects : — Bred Arctia villica from Sussex ova, 

 including one blotched variety ; bred Taniocampa leucographa and 

 munda from Lakeside ; Phigalia pedaria from pale forms to var. 

 monacharia, taken at Mansfield, Notts ; Tephrosia luridata, taken in 

 May in Wjre Forest. Long bred series of Coremia ferrngata and C. 

 unidentaria from Witherslack ; Lithosia complana, Agrotis ripce, 

 Leucania littoralis, bred Epione apiciaria, Boarmia abietaria, Ellopia 

 prosapiaria, and Leucania putrescens, all from South Wales. Bred 

 Numeria pulveraria from Sussex ; two specimens of Palimpsestis fluc- 

 tuosa from Wyre Forest ; four bred Apatura iris (female) from 

 Hunts ; bred Melitcea aurinia from Berkshire larvte. — Mr. W. P. 

 Stocks, F.E.C.S. : Short series of Dianthcecia capsincola, D. cucu- 

 bali, and Eupithecia venosata, bred from campion flowers from 

 Llanrwst ; four Tephrosia biundularia from Bideford, belonging to 

 the March-April brood, three of these being small and ochreous, the 

 fourth being larger and paler and much more like the May-June 

 brood ; Amphidasys strataria and Cossus ligniperda from Bideford. 

 Series of Lyccena astrarche with var. allous from Silverdale ; of L. 

 minima and Ccenonympha typhon from Witherslack. An example of 

 Nemoria viridata, of a bright fulvous yellow colour, taken at Wither- 



