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Notes from Lancashire and Merionethshire. — Spending a few 

 days at Grange-over-Sands last Whit-week, I took three specimens of 

 Nemeobius lucina, and a friend secured a fourth. I also took a good series 

 of Leucophasia sinapis, as well as several Lyccena argiolus, Anarta 

 myrtilll, and Saturnia pavonia (carpini) in the neighbourhood ; the two 

 last, of course, on the mosses. I spent a few days at Towyn, in Merioneth- 

 shire, early in July, and found at Dolgoch, a beautiful gorge in the neigh- 

 bourhood, Epinephele hyperanthes in abundance. — W. Howard Goultv. ; 

 Eomily, Cheshire, November 7, 1890. 



Captures from Gas-lamps. — September 5th, 1890. I took Phiba- 

 lapteryx vittata (lignata), Coremia designate/, (propugnata), Cidaria testata, 

 G. immanata, Melanippe fiuctuata, Halia vauaria (ivavaria), Eugonia 

 alniaria (tiliaria), Paraponyx stratiotalis (abundant), Noctua glareosa 

 (hitherto unrecorded for Chester), Luperina testacea, L. cespitis, Neuronia 

 popularis, Anchocelis lunosa, Cosmia trapezina, Noctua xanthographa , 

 Hydracia micacea, Porthesia similis (auriflua), and one Hepialus humuli. 

 This is the first specimen of H. humuli I ever took at or from a gas-lamp. 

 It is a small female, apparently fresh from the chrysalis, and is a couple of 

 months out of date. — J. Arkle ; Chester. 



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Entomological Society of London. — Nov. 6th, 1890. The Rt. Hon. 

 Lord Walsingham, M.A., F.R.S., President, in the chair. Mr. Francis 

 H. Barclay, of Knott's Green, Leyton, Essex ; Miss M. Kimber, of Cope 

 Hall, Enborne, Berkshire ; and Mr. John E. Robson, of Hartlepool, were 

 elected Fellows; and Major-General Carden, Mr. J. E. Eastwood, and 

 Mr. A. E. Hall were admitted into the Society. Lord Walsingham an- 

 nounced the death of Mr. Atkinson, of the Indian Museum, Calcutta. 

 Mr. A. H. Jones exhibited a number of Lepidoptera collected in June 

 last near Digne, Basses Alpes, including Papilio alexanor ; Parnassius 

 apollo, larger and paler than the Swiss form ; Anthocharis tagis var. 

 bellezina ; Leucophasia duponcheli ; Thecla spini ; Thecla ilicis var. cerri ; 

 Lycana argiades var. corretas ; L. argus var. argyronomon ; L. bellargus 

 var. ceronus ; Melitma deione ; and Argynnis euphrosyne. Mr. W. E. 

 Nicholson also exhibited a collection of Lepidoptera, formed near Digne, 

 last June, which included very large specimens of P apilio machaon ; P. 

 podalirius ; Thais rumina var. medesicaste, larger and redder than the Medi- 

 terranean specimens ; Apatura ilia var. clytie ; Argynnis adippe var. 

 cleodoxa ; A. daphne; Melanargia galatea var. leucomelas ; Vanessa egea, 

 bred from pellitory ; Satyrus semele ; and many others. Mr. C. O. Water- 

 house exhibited the upper and lower membranes of a wing of a species of 

 Attacus, which had been separated without removing the scales, and 

 mounted on glass so as to show the internal surfaces. He explained that 

 he separated the membranes first by inserting a needle in the vein at the 

 base of the wing, and, when they were sufficiently parted to be taken hold 

 of, they were gradually drawn asunder, and floated on water until the two 

 membranes were entirely separated. He said that some years ago Dr. 

 Hagen had shown that this could be done with fresh examples of Libellulida. 

 Dr. D. Sharp exhibited a photograph he had received from Prof. Exner, 



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