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INSECTS. 



Phibalapteryx lapidata in Yorkshire. — In a sale at 

 Stevens' Sale Rooms some time ago, the following was included 

 from the collection of the Honourable R. Bethell : ' Lapidata 

 I, Upper Teesdale, Yorks., Honourable R. Bethell.' I think 

 this is worth being put on record, as the species is not included 

 in the Yorkshire list, and it is recorded for a part of the 

 county which is practically unworked, and which, from its 

 interesting Alpine flora, should be worth closer investiga- 

 tion. — T. AsHTON LoFTHOUSE, Middlesbrough. 



Mochlonyx velutinus Ruthe in Yorkshire. — Whilst 

 searching for Anopheline larvae at Austwick Moss, on October 

 23rd last, larvae agreeing with the description of Mochlonyx 

 larvae were found in two or three pools, several were brought 

 home and a ^ and ^ emerged on January 3rd. They belong 

 to the above species, and are an interesting addition to the 

 Yorkshire list. Mr. Edwards suggests that they are rarely 

 taken as flies, but more frequently as larvae, owing to their 

 flight being short in duration and early in the year. — Chris. 

 A. Cheetham. 



Lancashire and Cheshire Entomology. — ^At a recent 

 meeting of the Lancashire and Cheshire Entomological 

 Society Mr. S. P. Doudney shewed Macaria notata, Eupithecia 

 plumbeolata , Lobophora halterata and Melanippe hastata from 

 Burnt Wood; Argynnis cydippe from Arnside, and from 

 Holker, Plebeius aegon, Coenonympha tiphon and Carsia 

 paludata. The Rev. F. M. B. Carr had a specimen of 

 Hesperia malvae from Delamere, this being a new record for 

 Lancashire and Cheshire, also a specimen of Argynnis cydippe, 

 a species which had not been recorded for Cheshire for many 

 years, although common in N. Lanes. Other interesting 

 species in Mr. Carr's exhibit were Xanthia gilvago, Chester ; 

 some very dark Oporabia dilutata, Alvanley; and fine varied 

 series of Noctna glareosa and Himera pennaria from Delamere 

 Forest. Mr. S. Gordon Smith shewed long and varied series 

 of Melanargia galatea from Market Risborough ; two fine 

 aberrations of Cymatophora flavicornis, a fine varied series of 

 Nyssia hispidaria, including quite black forms, and a series of 

 Noctiia castanea var. neglecta from Delamere. By using 

 electric light at Chester, Mr. Smith added Halia bntnneata (2) 

 to the Lancashire and Cheshire list, by the same method he 

 had also taken a fine black variety of Acronycta alni, he also 

 showed a fine aberration of Odonestis potatoria, a female 

 having normal male colouring. Mr. W. Mansbridge exhibited 

 from Crosby sandhills two examples of Coenonympha pam- 

 philus which were without the usual black spot on the fore- 

 wings ; also four specimens of Sarrothripus revayana from 

 North Lancashire. — Wm. Mansbridge, Hon. Sec. 



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