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had turned up in the New Forest, i'ararge me(jera second brood was 

 common locally, and Epinephele tithonus was plentiful. 



September 26t/i. — Decease of a Member, — The decease of Mr. 

 W. de Vismes Kane was announced. 



Sawply of the alder. — Mr. Main, for Mr. Carr, mines of 

 Phyllotowa vagans (Sawfiy) in alder leaves from Blackheath. 



Second brood of S. ligustri. — Mr. Moore, specimens of a second 

 brood of Sphinx ligustri ; August and September emergence. 



Living D. circumoinctus. — Mr. Main, living examples of Dytiscus 

 circunicinctus, a water- beetle, without secondary sexual characters. 



Galls. — Mr. Bunnett, galls of Rhodites eglanteriae and R. rosae, 

 gall-flies. 



The "fire-beetle." — Mr. West, examples of the "fire-beetle," 

 Melanophila acuminata, from Crowthorne. 



Aberration of P. megera. — Mr. B. W. Adkin, aberrations of Pararge 

 megera, with large ocelli, with small ocelli, with suffused area between 

 central lines, from Dartmoor. 



Exhibition of Lantern Slides. — The remainder of the evening was. 

 devoted to the exhibition of lantern slides. 



Mr. Main, slides showing resting positions of native species of 

 Mosquitoes and Gnats. 



Mr. Bunnett, slides of many species of fungi. 



Mr. Dennis, slides of numerous British grasses showing fructi- 

 fication. 



October 24t/i. — Death of a Member. — The decease of Lieut. J. 

 Bateson, who was killed in France, was announced. 



Aberration of C. ocularis. — Mr. Bowman, a nearly jet black 

 Cymatopliora ocularis from Chingford.. 



Aberration of G. pyrenabus (Col.). — Mr. W. J. Ashdown, Geotrupes 

 pyrenaeus from Surrey with a fine bronze-tinted aberration. 



Exhibition of B. tithonus. — Rev. G. Wheeler, Rev. A. T. Stiff, 

 Mr. Sperring, Mr. Buckstone, Mr. Leeds, Mr. Prohawk, Mr. Turner, 

 etc., series of Epinephele tithonus. 



Paper. — Mr. Wheeler read a paper. The Variation in Epinephele 

 tithonus. 



November lith. — New Member, — Mr. Clifford Craufurd of Watford 

 was elected a member. 



Lecture. — Miss G. Lister, President of the Essex Field Club, gave 

 a lecture on " The Mycetozoa," illustrating her remarks with a large 

 number of specimens and coloured drawings of the species repre- 

 sentative of the sections and chief genera of the group, with a large 

 number of lantern slides. There was an interesting discussion. 



Lancashire and Cheshire Entomological Society, 

 October, 1918. — The opening meeting of the session was devoted to 

 exhibits which were as follows : — 



Mr. F. N, Pierce, a very dark example of Tephrosia biundularia var. 

 delamerensis from Abbott's Moss, and a large number of Micro-lepidop- 

 tera. Mr. R, Wilding, Vanessa urticae, including a banded variety, 

 Argynnis aglaia, Brenthis enphrosyne, B. selene, Gonepteryx rhamni, and 



