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Eucosmia undnlata, Astliena tesfaceata, Venusia cambrica, and Bomo- 

 locha fontis from South Cheshire. An example of Gahera exanthe- 

 mata ab. approximata bred from a Delamere larva ; a series of Bryo- 

 phila glandifera from North Devon, ranging from pale yellow to dark 

 green. — Mr. A. E. Salmon : Living larvee and cocoons of Philosamia 

 ricini qa\(\. cynthia; larvae of Cricula andrei (just hatched); ova of 

 the hybrid between Caligula japonica male and simla female, laid on 

 September 1st, and the two parents. — Mr. J. H. Watson : Living ova 

 of the leaf-insect, Pulchrypliyllum cnirifoUum, from the Seychelles 

 Islands, showing that even these imitate the seeds of a plant. A 

 living example of the silk-moth, Argema mimosa, from South Africa, 

 and the cocoon it had just emerged from ; two live Philosamia ricini 

 and larvae in various stages, from Bengal ; also a new moth belonging 

 to an aberrant group of the Saturnidaa {Hemihuca sp.), allied to 

 H. ncwmmgeni (H. Edwards) — the specimens bred from pupje col- 

 lected in the neighbourhood of the Truckee Pass, on the Californian- 

 Nevada divide of the Rocky Mountains ; other species of the Hemi- 

 leucinae, including H. maia var. nevadensis, electra, and Pseudohazis 

 marcata, &c. — Mr. J. E. Cope : The following Coleoptera : — Cicindela 

 campestris from Delamere ; Carabus nemoralis, catenulatus, granulatiLS, 

 violaceus (July), Pterostichus vulgaris (April), and Dytiscus marginalis 

 (August), from Ashton Moss ; Byrrhus pilula, Corymbites census, and 

 Elater balteatus, with larvae and wood-borings, from Delamere ; 

 Cetonia aurata from Bournemouth ; dissected mouth-parts of C. 

 nemoralis and catenulatus, and of P. vulgaris. 



November 2nd, 1910.— Mr. R. Tait, Jun., F.E.S., opened a discus- 

 sion on the Lithosiinae or " Footman " moths, illustrating his remarks 

 with series of insects from his collection. The following exhibits 

 were made : — Mr. ^. H. Watson, living cocoons of the Saturnidae : 

 S. var. meridionalis from Syria, S. spini from Lower Austria, S. cepha- 

 larice var. haversoni from Armenia, S. jyyyetorum from China, (S. pa- 

 vonia from Yorkshire. — Mr. Wm. Mansbridge, F.E.S., series of Dian- 

 thcecia carpophaga, light forms from Eastbourne ; Boarmia repandata 

 from North Cornwall and Delamere, B. gemmaria from North Kent 

 (black) and North Devon (light), Mesoleuca albicillata from Silver- 

 dale ova, Aplecta nebulosa with vars. thompsoni and robsoni. — -Mr. H. 

 Garnett exhibited under the microscope two species of Hymenoptera 

 from Withington, Manchester, taken on October 2nd, 1910, one being 

 Anagrus incarnatus female, " the Golden Fairy-Fly," and the other a 

 species of Cosmocoma. — Mr. A. E. Wright showed a living Dasypolia 

 templi female from Burnley. — Mr. A. W. Boyd, F.E.S., a box of 

 Micro-Lepidoptera mainly from Cheshire localities. — Mr. C. F. John- 

 son, F.E.S., exhibited series of Tephrosia p)unctularia and Thecla 

 rubi from Cannock Chase, Nola confusalis and Chloroclystis debiliata 

 from Burnt Wood, Drymonia chaonia and Cerura furcula bred from 

 larvae from the Lake District ; a long and varied series of Oporabia 

 filigrammaria from North Derbyshire, Asteroscopus nubeculosa and 

 Nyssia lapponaria from two-year-old pupse, Tceniocampa leucographa 

 and munda bred from the Lake District, Eucosmia certata from 

 Market Drayton, and an example of Abraxas grossulariata var. nigro- 

 ccerulea from Huddersfield. — A. W. Boyd, Hon. Sec. 



