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solidcujinis (North Cheshire), Acidalia aversata and Ephyra punctaria 

 (Delamere). — Mr. Bradburn showed Miselia oxyacanthcs var. capucina, 

 Agrotis saucia, and Galocampa vetusta, taken at sugar last October in 

 Cheshire, and Clostera anacJwreta, third brood, from Bournemouth. 



December 1st. — Mr. C. F. Johnson, F.E.S., in the chair. — Mr. 

 H. S. Leigh read a paper on the " Colour of Insects," and Mr. W. P. 

 Stocks a paper entitled" Some Remarks on the Weather as affecting 

 the Appearance of Lepidoptera." — Mr. R. Tait exhibited Boarmia 

 repandata, bred during 1909, including series from North Wales, 

 some of which were of the dark variety, from South Wales var. convcr- 

 saria, and from Delamere. — Mr. C. F. Johnson showed butterflies taken 

 at Digne and in Switzerland in July. — A. W. Boyd, B.A., Hon. Sec. 



Lancashire and Cheshire Entomological Society. — Meeting 

 held at the Royal Institution, Liverpool, November 15th, 1909. Mr. 

 C. E. Stott, Vice-President, occupied the chair. — Mr. H. S. Leigh, of 

 Manchester, delivered a lecture entitled "Leaf Insects." Mr. Leigh 

 described the life-history and development of the insect Phyllium 

 crurifoUum, Serv., from the Seychelle Islands, which he had bred in 

 captivity for the last three years. An exhibit of the living animals 

 emphasised the truly remarkable reseml)lance they bear, both in 

 shape and colour, to the foliage among which they live. A discussion 

 ensued in which most of the members present took part. — Mr. F. N. 

 Pierce exhibited the "stick" insect Bacillus rossi, alive. — Mr. W. A. 

 Tyerman exhibited Lasiocampa trifolii ; a fine series bred from larvae 

 found on the sandhills. — Mr. W. Mansbridge showed the Micro- 

 Lepidoptera taken on the occasion of the Society's Field Meeting at 

 Silverdale, N. Lanes, June 26th, 1909 ; these included : — Argyrotoxa 

 comvayana, Spilonota incarnatana (larvae), EpJiippiphora pjlugiana, 

 Betinia plnivorana, Dicroramplia plumhana, Lampronia prcelatella, 

 and Hyponomeiita irrorellus (pupa^). 



The Annual Meeting of this Society was held at the Royal 

 Institution, Colquitt Street, Liverpool, on Monday, December 20th, 

 1909, Dr. H. H. Corbett, of Doncaster, Vice-President, in the chair. — 

 The following gentlemen were elected officers and Council of the 

 Society for the ensuing year, viz. : — President, S. J. Capper, F.E.S. ; 

 Vice-Presidents, E. R. Bankes, M.A., F.E.S., Robert Newstead, M.Sc, 

 F.E.S., W. J. Lucas, B.A., F.E.S., C. E. Stott, Claude Morley, F.E.S., 

 P. F. Tinne, M.A., M.B. ; Hon. Treasurer, J. Cotton, M.R.C.S. ; Hon. 

 Secretaries, H. R. Sweeting, M.A., Wm. Mansbridge, F.E.S. ; Hon. 

 Librarian, F. N. Pierce, F.E.S. ; Council, E. G. Bayford, F.E.S., 

 W. D. Harrison, W. A. Tyerman, E. J. B. Sopp, F.R.Met.S., 

 Wm. Webster, M.R.S.A.I., Geo. Arnold, F.E.S., Wm. Malhnson, 

 W. T. Mellows, L. H. Lister, G. M. Taylor, M.A., J. H. Leyland.— 

 An Address was delivered by Dr. H. H. Corbett, the retiring Vice- 

 President, who took for his subject "The Evolution of the Natural 

 Order Insecta." The lecturer, by means of lantern-slides and 

 diagrams, described how possibly the great family of insects had 

 arisen. Beginning with the simplest animal organisms, and pro- 

 ceeding to others more and more complex, Dr. Corbett constructed 

 a tree showing the probable genealogy of moths, butterflies, and 

 beetles. The Address was greatly appreciated by those present, and, 



