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— Mr. R. M. Pearce: Lasiocampa quercus, reared from ova to imagines 

 on ivy in thirteen months, with ova, pupae, and larvae; bred Lijmantria 

 dispar with larvae and pupae ; fourteen species of butterflies from 

 Anglesea. — Mr. A. E. Wright : from Witherslack a number of species, 

 including Cyaniris argiolus, Lampropteryx sufftmiata, Triphosa 

 duhitata, Eupithecia abbreviata, Eustroma silaceata, Tephrosia 

 2mnctularia, Asthena candidata, Gnophos obscurata (bred) ; from St. 

 Anne's-on-Sea : a specimen of Percnoptilota ftiiviata, series of 

 Leucania littoralis, L. pallens (red form), and Miana literosa, &c. ; 

 from Burnley : Oporabia filigrammaria and Gelana haivorthii. — Mr. 

 R. Tait, Junr. ; long series of Agrotis agathina bred from Delamere 

 and N. Wales larvae; Noctua castanea var. neglecta bred from Delamere 

 larvae ; Boarmia repandata bred from Durham larvae. — Mr. V. Coryton : 

 Chesias spartiata, Dilobia cceruleocephala and Oporabia dilutata from 

 Delamere ; a dark var. of Plitsia gamma from North Cheshire. — Mr. 

 J. H. Watson : a new sub-species of Antherea frithi from the 

 Andaman Islands, named insularis by him ; he also showed three 

 new Philosaviia hybrids : Philosamia hybr. andrei = P. cynthia 

 canningi, male, x P. cynthia advena, female ; Philosamia hybr. 

 lastoursi = P. cynthia advena, male, x P. cynthia canningi, female ; 

 Philosamia hybr. oberthilri = P. pryeri, male, x P. cynthia advena, 

 female ; together with their parents. 



December Srd, 1913. — Mr. B. H. Crabtree exhibited and gave notes 

 on Abraxas grossnlariata var. varleyata. A varleyata female paired 

 with a type male produced fifty-six types; from' these he bred a second 

 brood in September, October, and November, including a good 

 number of var. varleyata, both male and female. Some of these were 

 splendid forms, show^ing some little variation inter se. — Mr. Buckley 

 read some further notes on Acidalia contiguaria. It appears that a 

 dark female paired with a light male is sterile in the second genera- 

 tion. — Mr. W. Mansbridge showed series of Thera variata and 

 T. obeliscata. — Mr. W. B. Lees, an example of Heliothis peltigera, 

 taken in Piatt Fields Park, Manchester, on June 1st, 1913, and a red 

 Leucania pallens, from Northenden. — Mr. R. Tait, Jr., autumn Lepi- 

 doptera from Monkswood. — Mr. A. W. Boyd, a short series of Tcenio- 

 campa gracilis and a pair of Geometra papilionaria, from Rostherne, 

 Cheshire ; also a few Aspillates strigillaria and Aplecta nebulosa 

 (both type and var. rohsoni), and an example of Acronycta menyan- 

 thidis, from Delamere. — Mr. J. H. Watson, a series of Sagana zapa- 

 tosa, a Saturnid from Colombia, S. America, with cocoon and pupa ; 

 also the following forms of Parnassius delius : — ab. herrichi, leonardi, 

 subsp. styriaca, from the Styrian Alps in Austria, and its ab. confluens 

 (Hoff.). 



January 7th, 1914. — Mr. J. H. Watson gave the Annual Presi- 

 dential Address — " The History of our Entomological Science." He 

 described the lives and works of many of the earliest zoologists and 

 entomologists, and in many cases exhibited their original books. He 

 surveyed entomological science from its origin to the present day. — 

 Mr. J. B. R. Allen exhibited series of Dianthoscia ccesia, D. cucubali, 

 and D. capsophila, from Donegal larvae, and also Abrostola tripartita 

 with var. urticce, from Lancashire and Cheshire. 



