70 THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 



a rare beetle, Lyctus brunneus, bred from Sherwood Forest. — A. W. 

 Boyd, M.A., Hon. Sec. 



Lancashire and Cheshire Entomological Society. — Meeting 

 held at the Eoyal Institution, Liverpool, November 18th, 1912. — 

 Dr. P. F. Tinne, Vice-President, in the chair. — Mr. F. C. Burne 

 and Miss Dorith Ida Burne, of New Brighton, were elected mem- 

 bers of the Society. — Mr. Wm. Mansbridge read a paper en- 

 titled " Moorland Collecting," which dealt with the Lepidoptera 

 to be found on the high moorlands of Lancashire and Yorkshire ; a 

 discussion ensued, in which many of the members took part. — 

 Exhibits were as follows : — Mr. W. A. Tyerman, a beautiful series of 

 Epnnda nigra bred from Devonshire ova.— Mr. F. N. Pierce, a short 

 series of Melileuca ocellaris from the Thames valley. — Dr. P. F. 

 Tinne, a small collection of Sphingidae from British Guiana. — Mr. 

 "Wm. Mansbridge, Thera variata from Bournemouth, with notes. 



The Annual Meeting of the Society was held at the Boyal Insti- 

 tution, Colquitt Street, Liverpool, on Monday, December 16th, 1912. — 

 Dr. P. F. Tinne, Vice-President, in the chair. — Mr. Charles Percy Sim- 

 mer, Liverpool, was elected a member of the Society. — The following 

 members were elected Officers and Council of the Society for 1913 : — 

 President: F. N. Pierce, F.E.S. ; Vice-Presidents: E. Wilding, 

 Wm. Webster, Hugh Main, B.Sc, F.E.S. ; Treasurer: J. Cotton; 

 Librarian : F. N. Pierce ; Hon. Secretary : Wm. Mansbridge, F.E.S. ; 

 Council: C. B. Williams, B. T. Cassall, F.E.S., 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, F. S. Tinne, M.A.— The Vice-Presidential address by 

 Mr. Claude Morley, F.E.S., entitled " Ichneumons," was read, and a 

 vote of thanks to the author was unanimously carried. — The follow- 

 ing exhibits were made, viz. : — Mr. F. N. Pierce, Diantkcecia luteago, 



D. barrettii, and D. argillacea. — Mr. Simmer, a small collection of 

 Macro- and Micro-Lepidoptera, including Polyommatus phlceas var. 

 schmidtii, a specimen from Anglesey, and a specimen of Amphipyra 

 pyramided from Carnarvon. — Wm. Mansbridge, Hon. Sec. 



RECENT LITERATURE. 



The Beginner's Guide to the Microscope. By Chas. E. Heath, 

 F.R.M.S. Percival Marshall & Co. Pp. 1-119. 



As a guide to the construction of the microscope this is certainly 

 quite a useful production, dealing with this section of the subject far 

 more fully than does the average beginner's book. The principle of 

 the microscope is explained at some length and useful hints are 

 given as to the care and manipulation of the instrument. Unfor- 

 tunately the section dealing with the preparation and mounting of 

 objects, though forming quite a helpful general guide and containing 

 much that is essential, seems altogether too short in proportion, 

 occupying, as it does, a bare thirty pages of the text. 



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