374 THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 



Lycaenids, Latiorina orbitidus, Vacciniiana optilete, and Albula 

 pheretes, from the Alps. 



September lUh. — Mr. W. J. Kaye, F.E.S., President, in the chair. 

 — Mr. Turner exhibited a photograph of a very dark specimen of 

 Lithosia de2)lana (helveola), sent him by Mr. Cockayne, and asked 

 if such melanic specimens had been recorded. — ^Mr. Grosvenor, an 

 extensive series of Pieris napi taken and bred in 1911, selected to 

 show every phase of variation obtained, including a gynandromorph, 

 a male with female markings, specimens of yellow general coloration, 

 &c. — Mr. West (Greenwich), Teratocoris antennatus and Nabis 

 lineatus, two uncommon species of Hemiptera from near Gravesend. 

 — Mr. Gibbs, long and varied series of Satyrus semele var. aristceus, 

 Pararge megara var. tigelius and Epinephele jurtina var. hispulla 

 from Corsica. — Mr. Kaye, young larvae of Rumicia p)hlaas, Plusia 

 bractea, and a very rare Sphingid, Xylophanes isaon, taken by him in 

 South Brazil. — ^Mr. Curwen, a large number of aberrations of British 

 Lepidoptera. — Dr. Chapman, empty and full galls of Andricus ostmis, 

 the peppercorn gall. — Mr. Barrett, living larvae of Syntomis pliegea 

 from Sicily. 



September 28th. — Mr. W. J. Kaye, F.E.S., President, in the chair. 

 — Mr. Kaye exhibited a long series .of Ephyra pendularia, including 

 some very beautifully marked examples of ab. szt&roscato.— Capt. 

 Cardew, a beautiful series of Hadena contigua, bred from ova laid by 

 a New Forest female ; forty-nine imagines were obtained from sixty- 

 two fertile ova. — Mr. Moore read a short note on a visit to the Forest 

 of Arques recently made, and exhibited a number of butterflies he 

 obtained. He referred to the abundance of Pieris napi and the 

 scarcity of P. rapm in the forest about August 12th last. — Mr. Moore 

 exhibited a specimen of Agrius convolvuli taken in Deptford, the only 

 one noted by him this season. — Mr. Main, a bred example of Aplecta 

 prasina (herbida) remarkable for the delicacy of its colouring. Some 

 of the larvae, he remarked, were still small, others had pupated, 

 and this moth had emerged. — Mr. Buxton, a long series of 

 Hadena protea from near Tonbridge, taken at sugar, and of An- 

 throcera hip)pocrepidis (?) ; one specimen of the latter had the 

 antennae short, but very thick and contorted. — Hy. J. Turneb, Hon. 

 Beport. Sec. 



Lancashire and Cheshire Entomological Society. — The 

 opening meeting of the session was held at the Eoyal Institution, 

 Colquit Street, Liverpool, on Monday, October 16th, 1911. — Dr. P. F. 

 Tinne, Vice-President, in the chair. — This being the meeting of 

 the Society fixed for exhibits, these were the feature of the evening. — 

 Mr. B. H. Crabtree brought a fine bred series of B. repandata 

 from Cornwall and Delamere ; a very fine and varied series of E. 

 aiitumnaria from Southend ova ; A. ashicortliii and lucernea from 

 Penmaenmawr ; H. siiasa from South Manchester larvae ; A. nebidosa 

 and var. robsoni from Delamere larvse ; A. selene and C. davits from 

 Haverthwaite Mosses ; E. epip)}iron, A. plantaginis, and var. hospita 

 from the Westmorland mountains. — Mr. K. Tait, junr., exhibited a 

 long series of A. grossulariata from a garden in Huddersfield, showing 



