SOCIETIES. Ill 



A PAPER. — Mr. Newman read a short paper, "The Rearing of 

 Macrotlujlacia ritbi. ' ' 



March 22nd. — A Tephrosia two years in pupa, etc. — Mr. A. 

 Buckstone exhibited series of the March and July broods of Tephrosia 

 bistortata, bred from an Oxshott female taken in April, 1914, including 

 a female which had remained in pupa two winters from June, 1914, to 

 February, 1916. He also showed T. crepnscularia taken in various 

 Surrey localities during May for comparison. A discussion ensued. 



Exotic Lepidoptera. — Mr. Edwards, a box of Exotic Lepidoptera. 



British PsychidtE and Lithocolletis. — Mr. Turner, a photograph 

 of the larval cases of the 15 more easily obtainable species of the British 

 Psychidae, taken by the Rev. C. R. N. Burrows, who was desirous to 

 obtain fresh specimens for structural examination. Mr. Turner also 

 showed imagines of several of the commoner species of the genus 

 Lithocolletis, and made some remarks on their life-history. 



Lancashire \nd Cheshire Entomological Society. 



February Idth, 1917. — Backyard Insects. — A discussion and exhi- 

 bition of "Backyard Insects," to which most of the members con- 

 tributed, ■ was the feature of this meeting. The exhibits, mainly 

 common species of Lepidoptera, were of such considerable interest, 

 from the point of view of distribution, that it was decided to devote 

 another evening to the same subject next session. 



Exhibit of Diptera. — Mr. West contributed the following Hymen- 

 optera and Diptera from St. Helens : — Chrysis ignata, C. rudii, Thereva 

 nobilitata, the silvertail fly, Leptis scolopacea, L. lineola, Sarcophaya 

 carnaria, and several species of Dolichopodidae. 



March 19th. — The rare Tineid B. glabratella. — Mr. F. N. Pierce 

 exhibited Blastotere ylabratella, ZelL, an Argyresthiid moth belonging 

 to the illuminatella group, captured near Repton, Derbyshire, by Mr. 

 C. H. Hayward. The species was introduced to the British list by 

 Lord Walsingham, in 1906, from specimens taken in Norfolk, and it 

 has since been taken near Kings Lynn by Mr. Atmore ; the Derbyshire 

 record therefore seems to indicate that it is spreading in Britain. 



Psychidae. — Mr. Pierce also exhibited a series of drawings of the 

 male genitalia of the Palaearctic Psychidae, executed by the Rev. C. R. 

 N. Burrows from recent preparations made by himself ; the exhibit 

 further included most of the British species with their cases. 



Melanism in S. ambigualis. — Mr. W. Mansbridge showed a series 

 of Scoparia ambiyiialis and its melanic variations, from the West Riding 

 and East Lancashire. 



April l&th. — New Members. — The following were elected members 

 of the Society : — Mrs. M. Hughes, L;L.A., Wallasey, Cheshire ; Miss 

 Rose Egerton, Seacombe, Cheshire ; and the Rev. F. M. B. Carr, 

 Alvanley Vicarage, near Helsby, Cheshire. 



Paper. — Mr. Wm. Mansbridge read a paper describing the work 

 and methods of the Lancashire and Cheshire Fauna Committee. In 

 spite of the present handicap of circumstances due to the war, an 

 immense amount of work has been done, especially in the less studied 

 orders. The committee has been fortunate in enlisting the assistance 



