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a position to purchase books for a library and carry out necessary work. Entomolo- 

 gists wishing to join are requested to communicate with the Hon. Sec, Mr. Colbran 

 J. Wainwright, Hall JRoad, Handsworth, near Birmingham. 



February 4th, 1889. — The President, Mr. W. G. Blatch, in the Chair. 



Rev. E. E. Eodgers and Messrs. J. B. Stone, J. H. Stone, H. Stone, and 

 J. Wainwright were elected Members. 



Mr. R. C. Bradley exhibited Tortrices taken in the district. Mr. Gr. W. Wynn, 

 dark forms of Miselia oxyacanthce, Xylophasia monoglypha and Agrotis exclama- 

 tionis. Mr. E. C. Tye, varieties of Abraxas grossulariata and Arctia Caia. 

 Mr. C. J. Wainwright, Oporina croceago, Boarmia abietaria, &c. The President 

 then delivered an inaugural address on the " Prospects and proposed work of the 

 Society," in which, among other things, he advocated the preparation and publication 

 of carefully compiled lists of the local insect Fauna. 



February 18th, 1889.— The President in the Chair. 



Messrs. G. W. Tait, P. B. Mason, W. G. Blatch, Junr., and the Eev. Chas. F. 

 Thornewill were elected Members. 



Mr. E. C. Bradley exhibited specimens of the genera Oporabia and Larentia. 

 Mr. C. J. Wainwright read a paper ■' On the Cuspidatce of the Midlands," showing 

 that the group was well represented. 



March 4th, 1889.— The President in the Chair. 



Messrs. F. Knight, F. A. Eolan, and Hodgkinson were elected Members. 



Mr. E. C. Bradley exhibited larvae of Corethra plumicornis. Mr. Blatch read 

 the first of a series of papers, entitled " Contributions to the Entomology of the 

 Midland Counties." The paper dealt with the Coleoptera, and showed a very large 

 number of species to have been found. The paper was illustrated by Mr. Blatch's 

 collection of Midland Coleoptera. 



March 18th, 1889.— The President in the Chair. 



Mr. J. F. Perry was elected a Member. 



The evening was devoted to the Rhopalocera of the district ; Messrs. E. C. 

 Bradley, C. J. Wainwright, and the Eev. Chas. F. Thornewill, exhibiting specimens 

 and reading notes upon them. Mr. Thornewill showed fine series of Thecla W-album, 

 T. pruni, Caterocephalus Palcemon (Faniscus), Mesperia Actceon, H. comma, &c. — 

 C J. Wainwright, Hon. Sec. 



TnE South London Entomological and Natural History Society, 

 March 28th, 1889.— T. E. Billups, Esq., F.E.S., President, in the Chair. 



Messrs. J. E. Cutts, of Watford, W. T. Sturt, of Kingston, and W. G. Macmurdo, 

 of Wansted, were elected Members. 



Mr. Hawes exhibited a variety of Epinephele Janira, L., with additional spots 

 on the primaries, and two varieties of Zygcena filipendulm, L., captured in July, 



