Qij (March, 



Bfitisli Lepidoptera in conjunction with the late Rev. E. Horton ; many notes from 

 his pen are to be found in the earlier Vols, of this Magazine. Latterly he had not 

 done so much, but his interest in the subject remained as keen as ever. We believe 

 his collection is fot sale. 



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BiKMiNGHAM ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY: January Ihth, 1894. — Mr. R. C. 

 Beadley in the Chair. 



Mr. Q-. T. Bethune-Baker showed Agrotis ravida from Wicken, and three 

 specimens of Tapinostola extrema, Hb. {concolor, Gn.), taken near Wicken by 

 Mr. Albert Houghton ; Mr. Baker also showed a collection of Lepidoptera received 

 from Alexandria ; ho said that the species showed a mingling of Mediterranean with 

 indo-Persic forms, there were no true Ethiopian forms amongst them ; twenty-two of 

 the species are new to science, and it is perhaps the largest collection of Lepidoptera 

 yet received from Egypt. Mr. Bradley showed specimens of Andrena fulva and 

 cineraria, which Jiad been dug out of nests at Sutton by railway men on Dec. 28th, 

 a date when they should have been pupse ; \\e had communicated with Mr. Saunders, 

 who said that the only similar case of which he knew was that Mr. Enock had dug 

 up an Andrena with a parasitic Nomada once in December. 



Annual Meeting, February oth, 1894. — Mr. R. C. Bradley in the Chair. 



Mr. W. Bowate, Portland Road, Edgbaston, was elected a Member. 



Reports of the Treasurer and Council of the past year were presented, the 

 former showing a small balance in hand. The OffiiJers and Council for 1894 —5 were 

 elected as follows : — President, Mr. Or. H. Kcnrick ; Vice-President, Mr. Or. T. 

 Bethune-Baker ; Treasurer, Mr. R. C. Bradley ; Librarian, Mr. A. H. Martineau ; 

 Secretary, Mr. Colbran J. Wainwright, 147, Hall Road, Handsworth ; and remaining 

 Members of Council, Messrs. P. W. Abbott and W. Harrison. Mr. P. W. Abbott 

 showed a short series of Acidalia humiliata from the Isle of Wight, one of which 

 was taken by himself in 1891, the remainder were sent to him by Mr. A. J. Hodges ; 

 he also showed Caradrina superstes from Guernsey, and said that a single specimen 

 of that species had been taken at Sandown, Isle of Wight, last autumn by Mr. 

 Prout ; also Hadena dentina from Sutton and the Isle of Wight — the former a 

 particularly dark specimen, the latter a chalk cliff form, very pale, and quite unlike 

 the dark one in appearance ; also a specimen of Loiophora viretata from Sutton, 

 very small and pale, without the median bands, and other interesting insects. Mr. 

 A. H. Martineau showed Myrmica rufa and M. sanguinea, workers only ; of the 

 latter species he had found a single nest at Wyre Forest last year. Mr. R. C. 

 Bradley showed Qonia lateralis from Trench Woods. Mr. W. Harrison showed 

 Lyccena Argiolus and Halias prasinana from Frankling, near Harborne, &c. — 

 Colbran J. Wainwright, Hon. Secretary. 



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