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Delamere larvae ; Agrotis lucernea, bred from Pennaaenmawr ; Cw- 

 cullia chamomillcB, bred from Devonshire larvae, and Aplecta nehidosa 

 var. rohsoni bred from Delamere larvae, 1913. — Mr. W. P. Stocks : a 

 large number of species, including Lyccena argus (= cegon), Drepana 

 falcataria, Anarta myrtilli, and Aspilates strigillaria from Delamere ; 

 LohopJiora viretata, Ligdia adustata, DiapJiora mendica, Asthena 

 candidata, Leucania litliargyria, Tephrosia histortata, Euclidia mi, 

 Mamestra dentina, Eupithecia sobrinata, Numeria pulveraria, &c., 

 from Silverdale ; Semiothisa liturata, Acronycta menyanthidis, &c., 

 from Witherslack. — Mr. W. Buckley : a series of Agrotis ashworthii 

 from N. Wales, including one that resembled A. lucernea superficially, 

 and an asymmetrical example ; a series of Dianthoecia conspersa 

 from N. Wales. These had been two years in pupa and included 

 two dark forms. — Mr. L. Nathan : Lasiocampa quercus from Ainsdale 

 larvae ; Phragmatohia fuliginosa bred from the Isle of Man, &c. — Mr. 

 V. Coryton : A large number of species taken and bred in Cheshire 

 in 1913, including Acronycta leporina, Tethea siihtusa, Eupithecia 

 fraxinata, E. absinthiata, Chesias spartiata, &c., and a number of 

 Micro-Lepidoptera. — Mr. J. H. Watson: a new Philosamia hybrid — 

 P. pryeri, male, x P. cynthia advena, female, this being the reverse 

 cross to the one named pryadvena in the Trans. Manch. Ent. Soc. 

 1912. Also Parnassius apiollo apollo ex Gothland Is. and P. apollo 

 scandinavica for comparison ; also P. apollo alpheraki f. magnifica 

 of Xsienschopolski. — Mr. J. E. Cope showed the following Coleo- 

 ptera : Boll weevil from the Mississippi delta, 1913 ; Anobitim 

 domesticiim from Ashton-under-Lyne, Lanes, July, 1913 ; Atomaria 

 atricapilla from Ashton Moss, August, 1913 ; PsammoecMis sp. — a 

 foreign species caught on bananas ; Prionus sp. from Toronto, 

 Canada, August, 1912. 



November 6th, 1913. — The following exhibits were made : — Mr. 

 W. Mansbridge : a series of Nyssia zonaria, showing variation, from 

 Crosby, Lancashire ; bred series of Ematurga atomaria, showing 

 black forms, both male and female, Mamestra glauca and Coremia 

 ferrugata from Burnley ; Goe,nonympha typhon and Lyccena astrarche 

 (approaching var. artaxerxes) from Witherslack ; Parasemia planta- 

 ginis from the South of England ; Boarmia repandata from Delamere, 

 the Liverpool district and Portsmouth. — Mr. B. H. Crabtree : a 

 series from Hertfordshire of Lyccena corydon, female, var. semi- 

 syngrapha, some females having very light under sides, and others 

 having the pair of wings on one side smaller than those on the other 

 side ; a short series of under side varieties of Lyccena bellargus from 

 Folkestone ; very light yellow forms of Ematurga atomaria from 

 Wansford ; two under side varieties of Lyccena astrarche var. arta- 

 xerxes, with very few markings, from Aberdeen ; a short series of 

 very yellow forms of Spilosoma menthastri from Aberdeen, showing 

 radiated markings ; three varieties of Melitcza aurinia from Oban and 

 County Clare. — Mr. C. E. Johnson : a long series of Gos-nonympha 

 typhon, Lyccena astrarche, and Acidalia fumata from Witherslack; a 

 long and varied series of Aporophyla australis, Agrotis obelisca and 

 Anchocelis lunosa, and specimens of Leucania vitellina and Triphcena 

 subsequa, all taken at Freshwater from September 7th to 16th, 1913. 



