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but little under one hundred, but on January 20th of the present 

 year that record was broken, as one hundred and three then sat 

 down to supper. Among those present were Adkin, Andrews, Arrow, 

 Atmore, Black, Bateson, Bethune-Baker, Bouskill, Burr, Bagnell, 

 Bacot, Bethel, Blair, Butler, Buxton, G. C. and H. G. Champion, 

 Chapman, Collin, Cameron, Campion, Cockayne, Crawley, Dixey, 

 Donisthorpe, Druce, Durrant, Stanley and F. W. Edwards, Elliott, 

 Frohawk, Frisby, Fryer, Gahan, Gibbs, Hall, Harmer, Hodge, Image, 

 0. E. and J. 0. Janson, Jackson, Jenkinson, Jennings, Jones, Joy, 

 Jordan, Joseph, Lloyd, Lucas, Main, Meade- Waldo, Mitford, Morley, 

 Morice, Nurse, Nicholson, Porritt, Poulton, Prout, W. Rothschild, 

 Eowland-Brown, Eiley, W. E. Sharp, Sich, Skinner, Smith, Step, 

 Tomlin, Tonge, Turner, Wainwright, Walker, C. O. Waterhouse, and 

 Wheeler. 



A Dragonfly at Sea. — The dragonfly taken at sea mentioned 

 on p. 39 has been kindly identified for me by Mr. W. J. Lucas. It 

 is a fully coloured male of Sympetrum scoticum. It was taken 

 between Eevel and Helsingfors, the former name being previously 

 misprinted as " Kevel." — John B. Hicks ; Stoneleigh, Elmfield Eoad, 

 Bromley, Kent, Jan. 8th, 1914. 



Errata.-— Page 27, line 13 from bottom, delete " croricmis." 

 Page 36, line 10, for " samocBusis" read "samoaensis." Page 37, line 19, 

 for " no posterior" read "two posterior " ; line 21, for " Thorp " read 

 " Theobald." 



SOCIETIES. 



Lancashire and Cheshire Entomological Society. — November 

 nth, 1913.— The President in the chair.— Mr. W. Bowater, 

 B.D.S., F.E.S., Brandon Lodge, Eussell Eoad, Moseley, Birming- 

 ham, and Arnold W. Hughes, 33, Lacy Eoad, Everton, Liverpool, 

 were elected members of the Society. — Dr. P. F. Tinne read a 

 pajDer entitled " Insects concerned in the Pollination of Plants," 

 in which he dealt very thoroughly with the part played by 

 insects in this important process. Dr. Tinne gave many interesting 

 examples, chiefly drawn from the Hymenoptera and Lepidoptera, as 

 to the methods of the various species ; he described the structure of 

 the floral organs of plants which facilitated the operations of the 

 insect principally concerned in the pollination ; and also indicated 

 how unwelcome or inefficient visitors were repelled and imprisoned 

 or otherwise prevented from interfering with the process. — The fol- 

 lowing exhibits were made : — By Mr. W. A. Tyerman — A fine bred 

 series of Notodonta droviedarius var. perfusca, Dianthacia nana, 

 D. cucuhali, and Phihalapteryx vittata, from the Southport district ; 

 also Sphinx convolvuli, Nemeophila pilantaginis, and Gallimorpha 

 dominula. A specimen of ChcBVocamim nerii, captured by a farmer 

 near Ainsdale on September 14th, 1913 ; it was in a very dilapidated 

 condition, but easily recognisable, and it forms a very interesting 

 addition to our county list. — Mr. W. Mansbridge showed a short 

 series of Thera variata and pale forms of T. obeliscata for com- 

 parison. — Wm. Mansbridge, Ho7i. Sec. 



