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Mansbridge exhibited the larval mines of Ornix mu/licella and 0. 

 avellaiic'Ua. 



Mr. Pierce exhibited about 150 species of Micro-lepidoptera captured 

 by the Eev. C. R. N. Burrows in his garden at Mucliing, Essex. These 

 included : — P/ithencroa nujomna, Etipoeeilia diibitaiia, K. atricapitana, 

 Chrofiis alcella, Coiicln/lis diliicidana, Ciiejthas-ia nnbilana, C. pascnana, 

 C. chri/sant/iecoia, ('. Jti/hriilaiia, C geiiitalcDia, SpJialeroptera icterica)ia, 

 lietinia biinlioiut, Tinea ferruf/uiella, Poecilia albiceps, Ornix aiKjUcella, 

 0. torquillella, (>. fiiiitimella and many species of Lithocolletis and 

 Nepticula. 



Autumn Lepxdoptrra. — Mr. W. A. Tyerraan exhibited a number 

 of autnmnal species of Lepidoptera from the Wye Valley including 

 Polippmia c-albuiii, Catocala niipta, Noctiia rnfina, Afjrinpis apriUna and 

 Xylina onvithopiis. 



Hybernating butterflies. — Dr. John Cotton shewed hibernating 

 specimens of Atjlais tirticae and Goyie/iten/x r/ia)nni. 



Local Coleoptera. — Mr. R. Wilding had a fine exhibit of local 

 Coleoptera among them the following, viz. : — Amyotonia fulva, A. 

 ciliaria, .Ef/ialia rttfa, Haeiiionia a/ipemlicitlata, NeiiiosoDia elont/atitni, 

 A /don aatralagi and A. amKjuineuni. 



December ISt/i. — New Members. — Messrs. Thomas Whittaker, 

 Haldon, Barker's Lane, Asbton-on-Mersey, and G. Alan Griffen, 27, 

 The Summit, Liscard, Cheshire, were elected members of the Society. 



Presidential Address. — Dr. Cotton read the Presidential Address; 

 he took for his subject " The Collecting Grounds round Liverpool." 

 The address dealt in a descriptive manner with the various head- 

 quarters for Lepidoptt^ra within easy reach of the city, the good things 

 to be found in each, and was interspersed with many humorous anec- 

 dotes of experiences and adventures met with when in quest of rare 

 local insects. 



January 16tJi, 1917. — Paper. — Mr. Wm. Mansbridge read a paper 

 entitled "Recent Experiments in Breeding Aplecta nebulom." This 

 was supplementary to previously described results, and interesting 

 because of the confirmation of an experiment in 1914, when var. 

 robHoni was bred from moths of the typical form of markings. Atten- 

 tion was also directed to a recurring variation of leaden-grey ground- 

 colour, for which the name plumbosa was proposed. The progeny of 

 the various experiments were exhibited and an animated discussion 

 ensued. 



® BIT U AR Y. 



James Edward Rothwell Allen, M.A. 



His friends will be pained to hear of the sudden death of " Allen 

 of Enniskillen," by which name he was perhaps best known to ento- 

 mologists. He was found dead in bed on December 12th last, the cause 

 of death being heart failure following upon an acute attack of 

 influenza. 



Mr. Allen was born January 21st, 1866, at Padiham, Lancashire, 

 his father being Unitarian Minister there. At the age of 12 he went 

 to Manchester Grammar School, whence, having gained a gold medal 

 and a scholarship, he proceeded to Pembroke College, Oxford. Taking 



