66 THE entomologist's RECORD. 



Lancashire \nd Cheshire Entomological Society. 



Octobei lAth, 1916. — As usual on the opening meeting of the session 

 the evening was devoted to exhibits relating to the season's work. It 

 was at once apparent that the war had affected oar members, but if 

 the quantity of material was less Lhe quality was well maintained ; 

 most members reported a bad and uneven season with the consequent 

 result that many of our favourite species had been scarce and also late 

 in their appearance. 



MiCRO-LEPiDOPTERA. — Mr. F. N. Pearce had a large number of micro- 

 lepidoptera chiefly from Delamere E'orest ; included in his exhibit was 

 a short series of Nari/cia inoiiilifera [Soleiiobia melanella) from Essex. 



Aberrations of P. pruinata. — Miss D. I. Burne had a specimen of 

 PKei((l»terpna pruinata of a uniform clear ochreous yellow colour, its 

 fine condition suggested that it was a natural yellow variation. 



Wye Valley captures. — Mr. S. P. Doudney showed the following, 

 all from the Wye Valley : — Apatnra iria, Argynnla ai/laia, A. cijdippe 

 iadippe), A. papJda, BrenthiH aelene, Polyijonia c-albiuii, Stryiiion w-albitni, 

 Epiiiepkele jartina {janira), axanthic aberration, K. liyperantus, Pararye 

 aegcria, Angerona prunaria, Zonosouia anniilata, Asthena bloineri, 

 Abraxas sylvata, Eiipisteria obliterata, Minoa marinata, Kucosmia 

 undidata and many other commoner species. 



Capture of A. convolvuli. — Mr. J. W. Griffin, a specimen of Ayriim 

 convolvuU taken on a fence post at Leasowe, Cheshire. 



Local captures. — Mr.W. Mansbridge brought, fromN. Staffordshire: 

 Eiiryuiene dolobraria, Zonomma pendidaria var. decoraria {aiibroseata), 

 Asthena sylvata, Macaria notata, Eiipitliecia satyrata and var. callunaria, 

 E. plumbeolata and a varied series of Bomolocha fontis ; from Delam'ere 

 Forest : Aplecta nebulosa var. robsoni, Macaria liturata, var. niyro-fulvata 

 and Eupithecia indigata ; from Witherslack : Macaria alternata. 



Lycaenid Aberrations. — Mr. H. B. Prince exhibited some fine 

 varieties of Agriades thetis [bellargiis) from Folkestone, including lead- 

 coloured males and ab. striata, also many interesting species from other 

 localities, among which were two examples of Aglais iirticae with thfe 

 orange-red colour replaced by dusky ochreous, also very blue female 

 Polyommatus i car us. 



November 20th. — New Member. — Dr. George Granville Buckley, 

 M.D., F.S.A., Holly Bank, Manchester Eoad, Burj^ was elected a 

 member of the Society. 



Paper. — Mr. F. N. Pierce read a paper entitled " Notes on the 

 Genus Ornix,'" in which he reviewed the synonymy of the genus and 

 mentioned having recently examined the types of the various species, 

 with the cordial assistance of Mr. J. Hartley Durrant, at the British 

 Museum. Mr. Pierce then took the several species in detail and after 

 alluding to the difficulty of identifying captured, specimens by the wing- 

 markings, told how a little practice enabled one to correctly name any 

 of the genus by an examination of the genitalia, and described how this 

 could be done with certainty without damaging the insect for cabinet 

 purposes. The author exhibited all the British species of Orni.v in 

 illustration of his paper including the species, which as the result of 

 his investigation he had introduced to the British List, viz.: — Ornix 

 finithtiella, already known to occur on the Continent. An animated 

 discussion followed and in the course of some remarks Mr. W. 



