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Birmingham Entomological Society : April 1st, 1889.— Mr. W. Q-. Blatch, 

 President, in the Chair. 



Mr. Greorge H. Kenrick, Edgbaston, was elected a Member. 



Dr. P. B. Mason exhibited five JSupithecia extensaria and one preserved larva. 

 One was the specimen taken some years ago by Mr. Prest, and upon which its intro- 

 duction into the British lists was based. The remaining specimens and the larva 

 were some of those taken by Messrs. Atmore and Barrett in Norfolk last year. 



Mr. C. J. Wainwright read a paper " On the Eupithecics of the Midlands." At 

 its close Dr. Mason made remarks on the group. The Bev. Charles F. Thornewill 

 exhibited his drawer containing the group, and made remarks upon them. Bemarks 

 were made and specimens exhibited also by Messrs. B. C. Bradley, J. E. Perry, and 

 H. Stone. 



April lUh, 1889.— The President in the Chair. 



Mr. Neville Chamberlain, Highbury, Moor Grreen, and Mr. D. Barron, Bright- 

 well, Edgbaston, were elected Members. 



Mr. E. C. Tye recorded the capture of Endromis versicolora at Wyre Forest 

 last year, and read notes upon it. 



Mr. B. C. Bradley exhibited a fine series of Brephos parthenias, taken at Trench 

 Woods in March this year. 



Mr. C. J. Wainwright exhibited Deilephila galii, taken in Handsworth last 

 summer ; and several other species. 



Mr. H. Stone exhibited a number of the food-plants of Lepidopterous larvse. 



Mr. W. Gr. Blatch made some interesting remarks on an extraordinary find near 

 Knowle. On a mossy bank facing the North, about 2x3 yards, he has taken, during 

 a few short visits in March and April, one hundred and forty-five species of 

 Coleoptera, including Amara nitida (Sturm.), Homalota atomaria, and many other 

 very rare species. The bank is by no means exhausted yet. The remarks were 

 illustrated by the specimens. 



May 6th, 1889.— The President in the Chair. 



Mr. A. H. Martineau, Solihull, was elected a Member. 



Mr. Blatch exhibited Hylobius abietis from Sutton Park. 



Bev. Charles Thornewill mentioned the capture of Fidonia atomaria on May 4th. 



A paper was then read by Mr. Thornewill "On the genus Dianthoecia ;" dealing 

 mainly with the life-history of D. conspersa, capsincola, carpophaga, and cucubali. 

 The paper was illustrated by a fine series of specimens.— Colbean J. Wainwright, 

 Hon. Sec. 



The South London Entomological and Natural History Society, 

 April 25th, 1889.— T. B. Billups, Esq., F.E.S., President, in the Chair. 



Mr. W. Cant, of Begent's Park, and B. Fortune, of Harrogate, were elected 

 Members. 



