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According to custom the first meeting of the session was devoted to 
_ exhibits of the last season’s work ; this year, as all the younger mem- 
bers were away on military service, there was not such an extensive 
display as usual; still some interesting insects were brought forward. 
Mr. F'. N. Pierce exhibited specimens of the true Hupoecilia luridana, 
Gregson, captured this year by the Rev. John W. Metcalfe, in Glouces- 
tershire, which recent investigation had proved to be a good species and 
entirely distinct from the manniana of Fischer von Roeslerstamm. Mr. 
Pierce also exhibited a long series of Hpiblema solandriana from the 
collections of Messrs. W. Mansbridge, H. C. Hayward of Derby, and 
John Gardner, along with the wing-parts of a number of test speci- 
mens sent to him for the purpose of proving by the gendtalia that the 
form sinuana, Hub., was a distinct species. A discussion ensued regard- 
ing the latter part of the exhibit, in the course of which Mr. W. Mans- 
bridge stated as his opinion that much further evidence was needed 
before it could be conclusively proved that sinwana, Hub., was not a 
variation of solandriana. Mr. Brown showed preparations of the gall- 
fly, Cyntps kollari, bred from the oak marble gall, and contributed notes. 
Mr. S. .P. Douduey, a nice collection of Lepidoptera from various 
localities, including, from Aberdovey, two xanthic aberrations of Kpine- 
phele jurtina (janira), series of Aryynnis aglaia, A. cydippe (adippe), 
Bithys (Thecla) querciis, a specimen of Xanthorhoé (Melanippe) unangu- 
lata, etc. Fron Witherslack and Grange :—Brenthis euphrosyne, Celas- 
trina argiolus, Nisoniades tages, Hamearis lucina, and a series of Bapta 
taminata, taken in Hggerslack Wood, Grange, being the first Lanca- 
shire record for many years. Mr. J. W. Griffin brought the results of 
his work from the Wallasey district during the summer; the exhibit 
comprised some 70 species, many of them in bred series, the most 
interesting being as follows :—A specimen of Agrius convolvuli, Cerwra 
furcula, Notodonta dictaea, Dasychira fascelina, Macrothylacia rubi, a 
fine bred series, Acronicta leporina, and a series of Pharetra (A.) mega- 
cephala, containing some fine dark examples; he reported that the 
larva of this last moth has been very common in some of the Lancashire 
towns thissummer; Agrotis ripae, three specimens, this has never before 
been reported from Wallasey; a single specimen of Cleoceris viminalis, 
also a new record for Wallasey, Plusia festucae, Mesotype virgata, and 
Nyssia zonaria, both the last had been commoner on the Cheshire sand- 
hills than for many years past. Mr. W. A. Tyerman also had nice 
series of M. virgata and N. zonaria, a very pretty yariety of Rumicia 
phlaeas from Woolton, near Liverpool, which had the red marginal 
band of the hindwings broken up into narrow red streaks; a male 
Bryoplhila perla with strong rosy ground colour, from Cronton, and a 
fine banded form of Carsia paludata, from Simonswood. Mr. W. 
Mansbridge exhibited bred series of Malenydris (Larentia) salicata, 
Ochyria (Corentia) unidentaria, both red and black-banded forms, and 
Numeria pulveraria, second brood, from Witherslack; a varied series of 
Thera obeliscata from Silverdale; also a number of species of Lepi- 
doptera from Delamere Forest, which included a nice intermediate 
variety of Amphidasis betularia and a fine lot of Evetria (Retinia) 
buoliana, from the young pine plantations in the forest, where they 
appeared to be doing a great amount of damage to’the young trees. 
