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many examples of which were exhibited by himself, Messrs. Main, 

 Edwards, and H. Moore. — Hy. J. Turner, Hon. Bep. Secretary. 



April 9th. — Correction, p. 159, 1. 12, for Lita melanella read Lita 

 leucomelanella. 



Lancashire and Cheshire Entomological Society. — Ajjril 

 20th, 1914. — The President in the chair. — Mr. A. W. Boyd, 

 M.A., F.E.S., gave an address entitled "The Natural History of 

 Eostherne Mere." Having described the physical characters of the 

 mere and the probable causes of its formation, the nature of the 

 surrounding land and its flora, both arboreal and herbaceous, he 

 dealt exhaustively with the birds known to frequent the mere, and 

 finally the insecta of the locality were discussed. Several very 

 interesting records have been made, viz. : Aciclalia circellata, a fine 

 female specimen in 1913, Ornix avellanella, Laverna raschkiella, this 

 species being an addition to the Lancashire and Cheshire county list, 

 and Nepticula argentipedella. Mr. Boyd exhibited the Lepidoptera 

 catalogued for the locality, and was congratulated upon having made 

 such good use of the opportunity of collecting upon the private 

 ground surrounding the mere. At the close of the address Mr. Boyd 

 was heartily thanked for his kindness in coming from Manchester to 

 give his experiences. — Mr. W. Mansbridge exhibited several xanthic 

 varieties of Fidonia atomcma bred among a large number of the 

 species from Burnley females. The xanthism was confined to the 

 hind wings, and in most of the specimens it affected only one of the 

 hind wings, in two instances, however, both the secondaries were 

 nearly white all over. — Mr. E. N. Pierce exhibited generic types of 

 the British Geomitridae, arranged according to their affinities as in- 

 dicated by the genitaUa. — Wm. Mansbridge, Hon. Sec. 



PtECENT LITEPiATURE. 



Memoirs of the Queensland Museum. Vol. i. (Nov. 27th, 1912), and 

 vol. ii. (Dec. 10th, 1913.) Brisbane. 



Among the papers of interest to entomologists in these volumes 

 are a series on " Australian Hymenoptera Chalcidoidea," by A. A. 

 Girault, Parts i., ii. and iii. are published in vol. i. (pp. 66-189), 

 Parts iv., v. and vi., and Supplement to Parts i.-iii., appear in vol. ii. 

 (pp. 101-334). A number of new genera are diagnosed, and very 

 many new species are described. The families treated are : Tricho- 

 grammatidae, Mymaridse, Elasmidge, Elophidae, Pecilampidae, and 

 Pteromalidae. 



Another paper describing some new genera and species of South 

 Queensland Proctotrypoidge (vol. ii. pp. 335-339) is by Alan P. Dodd, 

 There is also a short article entitled " Some Field Notes on Queens- 

 land Insects," by Henry Hacker (pp. 96-100). 



