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the kindness of Dr. Power and my friend Mr. Reading for the deter- 

 mination of these species. E. lieviusculus has not, I believe, been 

 taken anywhere else in Great Britain since its first discovery at Holy- 

 head, by Mr. Wollastou. 



Olophium piceum. Frequent ; in moss, &c. March, April, Sep- 

 tember. 



Philorinum humile. ■ Frequent; on Ulex. April — June. 



Omaliura Salicis. Occasional; on blossoms of cherry trees. May. 



Pseudopsis sulcatus. One specimen in garden rubbish. Septem- 

 ber. 



Monotoma longicollis. In garden rubbish, with M. picipes, but far 

 scarcer. September, October. 



Cytilus varius. Occasional ; in moss, &c., and sweeping meadows. 

 March — June. 



Simplocaria semistriata. Rare; under stones on grassy banks. 

 May — July. 



Scydmaenus scutellaris. Rare ; in moss, &c. April. 



S. hirticollis. Frequent, but local ; in moss, &c. March, April. 



Hugh A. Stowell. 

 (To be continued). 



Proceedings of Societies. 



NOETHEHN EnTOMOLOGICAI. SoCIETV. 



December 21, 1861. — The meeting took place at the residence of James Linton, 



Esq., 6, Trafford Mouut.Old TrafiFord, Manchester. C. S. Gkegson, Esq., President, 



in the chair. 



Elections. 



The President called attention to the advisability of electing his successor at the 

 present meeting-, rather than to elect him at the next meeting, when, whoever the duty 

 fell upon, he could scarcely be expected to be in a position to deliver an address at a 

 moment's notice. 



The question was discussed, put and carried without a dissentient. 



Nicholas Cooke, Esq., was elected President, and G. H. Wilkinson, Esq., was 

 re-elected Secretary. 



The Eev. Joseph Greene, Cubley Rectory, Derbyshire, was elected a Member. 



Photography applicable to Entomology. 



Mr. Greening introduced the subject of photography as applicable to entomo- 

 logical purposes, illustrating his remarks by exhibiting a photograjih of a variety of 

 Abraxas grossulariata from the President's collection, executed by Helsby & Co., 

 Church Street, Liverpool. 



