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American Micro-Lepidoptera," by E. Meyrick, B.A., F.E.S. "New 

 Species of Hawaiian Hymenoptera, with Notes on some previously 

 described," by E. C. L. Perkins, D.Sc, M.A., F.E.S. " Notes on 

 Hawaiian Hemiptera, with Descriptions of New Species," by R. C. L. 

 Perkins, D.Sc, M.A., F.E.S. "Experiments in the Formation of 

 Colonies by Lasim fuliginosus, females," by Horace Donisthorpe, 

 F.Z.S, and W. C. Crawley, F.E.S. 



Lancashire and Cheshire Entomological Society. — The 

 Annual Meeting was held at the Royal Institution, Colquitt Street, 

 Liverpool, on December 18th, 1911. — Mr. Wm. Webster in the chair. 

 — As Mr. W. J. Lucas, the retiring Vice-President, was unable to be 

 present to read his address " On the Present State of our Knowledge 

 of the Pre-imaginal Stages of the British Dragonfiies," this was done 

 by the Secretary. — Mr. Lucas dealt lucidly and in detail with the 

 various methods of oviposition obtaining in the Odonata, drawing 

 particular attention to the habit Ischimra elegans possesses of de- 

 scending beneath the surface of the water for this purpose, and to 

 the two types of dragonfly eggs — the elongate, cylindrical type such 

 as is met with in ^scJma, and the more or less oval or pear-shaped 

 type found in Sympetrum and Libellula. The development of the 

 nymphs, their form, habits, and food, the duration of the nymphal 

 existence, and otlier features of dragonfly binomics were then dealt 

 with in an equally interesting and exhaustive manner ; the fact being 

 emphasized that, although of recent years a considerable amount of 

 work had been done, and our knowledge of the life-history of these 

 beautiful creatures had been greatly increased, there yet remained a 

 vast amount to be done in the future. The latter part of the address 

 consisted of a review of the progress of our knowledge of the earlier 

 stages of dragonfly existence, commencing with Thomas Mouffett's 

 ' Insectorum Theatrum,' and bringing the subject down to the 

 present day. The address and the excellent lantern slides with 

 which it was illustrated were greatly appreciated by all who were 

 present. — Mr. C. B. Williams exhibited a box of Lepidoptera collected 

 during the past season in various localities, and including the fol- 

 lowing : — TcBiiiocampa munda, Xylina socia, X. ornitJwpus, Xylocampa 

 areo/a, and Oporina croceago, from the Conway Valley; Argynnis selenc, 

 Carterocephakis palcemon, and Nemeobius lucina, from Northampton- 

 shire ; Boarmia roboraria, Gnophria rubricollis, Nemeophila russula, 

 Macroglossa fuciformis, Lycana cegon, and Argynnis euphrosyne from 

 the New Forest. — Oscar Whittaker and Wm. Mansbridge, Hon. 

 Sees. 



Obituary. — With great regret we have to announce that Mr. 

 Samuel James Capper, of Huyton, Liverpool, passed away on 

 January 22nd last. A biographical notice will appear in the 

 ' Entomologist ' for March. 



