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Portugal laurel, notable for their large size and brilliant coloration, 

 approaching the American form j^seudargiohts. 



October 10th.— Mr. A. B. Tonge, P.B.S., President, in the chair.— 

 Mr. Lucas exhibited specimens and detailed drawings of the species 

 of British earwigs to illustrate his paper, with living examples of the 

 very local Lahidura riparia from Christchurch. — Mr. Tonge, a very 

 dark-marked example of Acidalia ornata from Reigate. — Mr. Sheldon, 

 a long series of Colias hecla from North Lapland, with examples of 

 other European Colias species for comparison. — Mr. Adkin, specimens 

 of Nola alhulalis bred from larvae that had hybernated in confine- 

 ment. — Mr. Newman, a long series of Agriades coridon, including 

 several ab. seviisyngrajjha, from Royston, and showing in the females 

 much variation in the ground colour of both upper and under 

 surfaces; and third generation specimens of Ennomos quercinaria, 

 all with the apex of the fore wings dark — twenty-five per cent, of the 

 second generation had been melanic, of a dark chocolate colour. — 

 Mr. Lucas read a paper on " Earwigs that Breed in Britain," and 

 illustrated his notes with a large number of lantern-slides. — Hy. J. 

 TuENER {Hon. Bep. Sec). 



Lancashire and Cheshire Entomological Society. — Meeting 

 held at the Eoyal Institution, Colquitt Street, Liverpool, October 21st, 

 1912. — Mr. Wm. Webster, Vice-President, in the chair. — This being 

 the opening meeting of the session was devoted to exhibits of the 

 past season's work. — Mr. E. N. Pierce showed a box of Lepidoptera 

 from Silverdale, Lancashire, which included Nevieobius lucina, 

 Argynnis euphrosyne, and Euclidia mi ; from Tansor, Huntingdon- 

 shire, Schcenobms mucronelhis, S. forficellus, Acentroinis niveus, 

 Hydrocampa nympheata, H. stagnata, and Paraponyx stratiotata ; 

 also Scopula ferriigalis from Oxfordshire. — Mr. L. West exhibited his 

 recently pubhshed work ' The Natural Trout Fly and its Imitations,' 

 containing a fine series of coloured illustrations of the flies used by 

 the angler for trout, together with a set of the artificial flies inserted 

 on special pages. — Mr. B. H. Crabtree, two drawers containing his 

 very fine series of variations of Abraxas grossulariata, including vars. 

 nigra, nigro-sparsata, nigro-ccendea, flavo -fas data, hazeleighensis, 

 liitea, varleyata, and other striking forms. — Mr. R. Tait, Jun., a 

 long bred series of Agrotis asluvorthii, with vars. substriata and 

 virgata; very fine set of A. agathina, including var. rosea and a 

 melanic form of Boarmia repandata from North Wales ; Leucophasia 

 sinapis, Colias echisa, Ligdia adustata, Bapta temerata, and Melanippe 

 galiata, from South Devon ; Tephrosia luridata, from Wyre Forest ; 

 and Nyssia zonaria, from Conway. — Mr. W. A: Tyerman, the follow- 

 ing species from Ainsdale, viz. : — Procris statices, Neuria reticulata, 

 Dianthacia nana, Pliisia festucce, Phibalapteryx lignata, and Eupi- 

 thecia satyrata var. caUunaria. — Mr. W. Mansbridge, Micro-Lepido- 

 ptera collected in Lancashire and Cheshire during the past season, 

 viz., a long bred series of Tortrix costana and melanic and inter- 

 mediate variations ; a long bred series of Phycis fusca ; series of 

 Micropteryx ^mimaculella, ColeopJwra fuscedinella, and C. luti- 

 2)ennella, Oniix betulcB, Lithocolletis quercifolieUa, and L. cramerella, 

 from Delamere; Pancalia lemvenhoekella and Pyrausta purpuralis, 



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