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BiEMiNonAM Entomological Society : August 18th, 1890.— Eev. C. F. 

 TnoRNEWiLL, Vice-President, in the Chair. 



Mr. Thornewill showed a nearly black (? Argynnis Aglaia, from Cannock Chase ; 

 also an Arctia Caia, of a curious brick-red colour ; also Stilhia anomala, from Can- 

 nock Chase. Mr. E. C. Tye showed a number of NoctucB bred from larvae found 

 feeding on low plants at night, at Hopwas Wood and Marston Green. Mr. R. C. 

 Bradley showed Brephos notha, bred from a ? taken at Trench Woods. He also showed 

 ChrysocUsta himaculella from Wyre Forest. Mr. H. M. Lee showed a number of 

 Lepidoptera from Sutton Coldfield. Mr. Or. H. Kenrick read a paper on " Collecting 

 in N. Wales," in which he referred to the comparatively small number of species 

 found there, considering the great variety of ground and climate. He thought it 

 might be accounted for by the great rainfall. Mr. Neville Chamberlain made a 

 number of remarks on the Macro- Lepidoptera found by himself and Mr. Kenrick, 

 while staying at Barmouth, between July 4th and 9th this year ; they had taken 

 108 species, including CucuUia ahsinthii, Acidalia contiguaria, &c. Mr. H. M. Lee 

 mentioned a habit he had noticed in larvae of Thyatira batis, of falling to the ground 

 when a noise is made. — Colbean J. Wainweight, Hon. Sec. 



Lancashire and Cheshieb Entomological Society. — The monthly meeting 

 of this Society was held on Monday, September 8th, in the Free Library, the Presi- 

 dent (Mr. S. J. Cappee, F.L.S.) occupying the Chair. Mr. Edward Porritt, of 

 Huyton, was elected an ordinary Member of the Society. Mr. P. Schill, Manchester, 

 was proposed for Memberohip. Mr. W. E. Sharp proposed, " That it is desirable to 

 decide upon a district, to be called the Liverpool and Chester district, and adopt an 

 oflicial register of additions to the recorded fauna in the classes Insecta and 

 Arachnida in such district." After some discussion it was decided, " That the 

 district to be adopted for recording the insect fauna shall include the whole of 

 Lancashire and Cheshire, and that an official register of additions be kept and pub- 

 lished in the annual report of the Society." The Eev. H. H. Higgins drew attention 

 to the occurrence of Anthrax hottentota this year at Crosby. Mr. S. L. Mosley, of 

 Huddersfield, read a paper on " British Bees," which was of an elementary character, 

 intended to induce young collectors to take up the study of this group of Hymeno- 

 ptera. The exhibits, of which there was a good show, included a most curious 

 variety of Argynnis Euphrosyne, from Coventry, and dark varieties of Cleora 

 glahraria, from the New Forest, by the President ; cases of economic entomology, 

 prepared for the Edinburgh Royal Botanic Gardens, by Mr. S. L. Mosley ; Eupi- 

 thecia extensaria, from Norfolk, by Mr. C. G. Barrett ; bees and wasps collected 

 round Chester, and local CoccidcB, by Mr. Robert Newstead ; dark greenish variety 

 of Bomlyx quercus, by Mr. C. H. Walker ; a fine series of Bombyx trifolii, and 

 other recent captures, by Mr. G. Harker. — F. N. Pieece, Son. Sec, 143, Smithdown 

 Lane, Liverpool : September 15th, 1890. 



The South London Entomological and Natural Histoey Society : 

 August 28fh, 1890.— J. T. Caerington, Esq., F.L.S., President, in the Chair. 



Mr. C. Fenn exhibited an example of Polyommatus Phlceas, L., having the left 

 lower wing small and pale, Odontia dentalis, Schiff., from amongst Echium vulgare, 



