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slides, made mainly from his own photographs. — Mr. Step, a photo- 

 graph by Mr. West (Ashtead), of the " furniture mite " Glyciphagus 

 cursor. 



January 22nd, 1914:.— Annual Meeting.— Mv. A. E. Tonge, F.E.S., 

 President, in the chair. — The Balance Sheet and Eeport of the 

 Council were received and adopted, and the Officers and Council for 

 the coming year were declared elected. — The President read his 

 Annual Address, and after giving an account of the present status 

 of the Society, dealt at considerable length with some phases of 

 his special study of the ova of Lepidoptera, particularly wild-laid 

 ova. — The usual votes of thanks were accorded, and the new Presi- 

 dent, Mr. B. H. Smith, took the chair. — Mr. Newman exhibited a 

 small specimen of Leucania pallens, taken at sugar at Newark, with 

 three well-developed antennae, of which one was much thicker than 

 usual, and towards the tip was bifid. — Hy. J. Turner, Hon. 

 Rep. Secretary. 



Lancashire and Cheshire Entomological Society. — Annual 

 Meeting of the Society held at the Eoyal Institution, Colquit Street, 

 Liverpool, December 15th, 1913, the President, Mr. F. N. Pierce, in 

 the chair. — Mr. John M. Wilding, 52 a, Orrell Lane, Liverpool, was 

 elected a member of the Society. — The following members were 

 elected Officers and Council for next year, viz. : — President, E. Wild- 

 ing; Vice-Presidents, F. N. Pierce, F.E.S., E. Newstead, F.E.S., 

 M.Sc, J. E. le B. Tomlin, M.A., F.E.S., H. E. Sweeting, M.A. ; Hon. 

 Treasurer, J. Cotton ; Librarian, F. N. Pierce ; Hon. Secretary, 

 Wm. Mansbridge, F.E.S. ; Council, L. West, H. S. Leigh, F.E.S., 

 A. E. Gibbs, F.L.S., F.E.S. ; A. W. Boyd, M.A., F.E.S., C. E. Stott, 

 P. F. Tinne, M.A., S. P. Doudney, Wm. Webster, E. S. Bagnall, 

 F.L.S., F.E.S.— Mr. F. N. Pierce delivered the Presidential Address, 

 taking for his subject " The Hairs and Scales of Lepidoptera." The 

 President described in detail his original observations upon this 

 branch of insect morphology, and illustrated the same by many 

 drawings and microscopic preparations. In the course of his remarks 

 he described a difference he had found between certain scales in 

 Tephrosia crepuscularia and hiundularia for exhibition, and stated 

 that this was the only difference of a structural character he had been 

 able to discover in these two species. — Mr. E. Wilding brought a 

 specimen of Eiibolia hipunctaria for exhibition, and stated that it 

 was taken by himself so long ago as July, 1880, but he had never 

 before recorded it. Captured at West Kirby, this is the second 

 record of this unlikely moth for our two counties. — Dr. J. Cotton 

 showed a number of colour photographs of Lepidoptera by the Paget 

 process, and pointed out the advantages of these plates over the 

 older processes. — Wm. Mansbridge, Hon. Sec. 



The Manchester Entomological Society. — Meetings held in 

 the Manchester Museum. — October 1st, 1913. — -The following exhibits 

 were made : — Mr. E. Tait, Junr. : a long series of Abraxas grossu- 

 lariata varieties bred during 1913, including var. varleyata ; a fine 

 series of the melanic variety of Boarmia re2)andata from Penmaen- 

 mawr, bred in 1913 ; a series of Geometra papilionaria bred from 



