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Water-beetle flying tn the sun. — Mr. Buckstone, specimens of 

 the water-beetle Helophorm aquaticus, taken flying in the sunshine in 

 abundance a few feet from the ground. 



March 10th. — New Members. — Mr. J. Bates, Hornsey, and 

 Major T. M. Cottam, Twickenham, were elected members. 



A Special Exhibition of the genus Zygaena. — Mr. Hy. J. Turner, 

 many species representing the different sections of the genus, in the 

 Palaearctic Region from the British Isles to Japan and from Siberia to 

 the Himalayas. 



Mr. 6. Talbot, showing the variation in Z. ephialtes, Z. 

 fraxini, Z. carniolica and Z. transalpina ; and extreme confluent 

 black and yellow forms of Z. trifolii and Z. filipendidae (British) with 

 a specimen of the last with five wings. 



Mr. A. W. Mera, British species, including a supposed six-spotted 

 form of Z. trifolii. 



Mr. B. W. Adkin, British species, including Z. filipendidae with 

 the sixth spot more or less evanescent. 



Mr. Leeds, numerous aberrations of the British species. 



Mr. Tonge, British species, including Z. filipendidae with very 

 inconspicuously marked sixth spot with very broad hind margin of 

 hindwing in an Eastbourne example. 



Mr. Jarrett, Z. hippocrepidis from N. Wales and a yellow Z. 

 filipendulae. 



Mr. T. H. Grosvenor, British species in long series and read notes 

 on the variations and the rearing. 



Mr. A. A. W. Buckstone, very long series of British species 

 showing racial characters and some hybrids. 



Mr. Barnett, series of British species. 



Aberrations of British Butterflies.- — Mr. B. S. Williams, an 

 asymmetrical Vanessa io, a Polyommatus icarus aberration in which the 

 parvipnncta, discreta and icarinns were united, and a brown suffused 

 underside cf the male of the latter species. 



Seasonal Notes. — Notes on the season were communicated. 



Lancashire and Cheshire Entomological Society. 



January Ylth, 1921. — New Member. — Mr. Frederick Wm. Holder, 

 20, Hawesside St., Southport, was elected a member of the Society. 



The Genus Taeniocampa. — A discussion on " The Genus Taenio- 

 cariipa " was opened by the Rev. P. M. B. Carr, who exhibited his 

 collection of this genus in illustration of his remarks ; he also shewed 

 photographs of the ova of the different species by Mr. A. E. Tonge, 

 Reigate. The following members took part in the discussion and 

 exhibited their series of the Taeniocampidae. Mr. S. Gordon Smith, 

 varieties of T. gothica. Mr. W. A. Tyerman, T. opima from Wallasey, 

 selected from a large number of his own breeding. At Eccleston 

 Mere, where nearly all the sallows grow in the water, Dr. J. Cotton 

 had noticed that the moths which fell into the water when r,he bushes 

 were shaken had no difficulty in swimming to the bank. The 

 President described several of the best known localities for collecting 

 the Taeniocampidae, such as York, Hereford, Lakeside, etc., and 

 remarked on the tendency of T. miniosa towards cannibalism when the 

 larvae were kept too crowded in the breeding cage. Mr. Tait also 



