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to sugar. Mr. R. C. Bradley showed a nice series of Hypsolophus marginellus, bred 

 from larvffi sent him by Mr. Eustace Bankes. Mr. C. J. Waiiiwriglit sliowed Zygrena 

 meliloii from tlie New Forest ; also Zi/gcena filipendulcB from Stroud, several speci- 

 mens of which showed more or less yellow. — Colbean J. Wainwright, Hon. Sec. 



Lancashire AND Cheshire Entomological Society.— The monthly meeting 

 was held on Monday, November lOlh, 1890, in the Free Library, the President 

 (Mr. J. S. Capper, F.L.S.) in the Chair. 



Mr. E. C. Stott was elected a Member. 



The President made some remarks on Miss Ormerod's new "Manual of Injurious 

 Insects," a copy of which she presented to the Society's library, and said the size 

 had been greatly increased since the last edition ; there was also a poi-trait of Miss 

 Ormerod, and he recommended all interested in economic entomology to procure a 

 copy. Mr. J. Cosmo Melvill, M.A., F.Z.S., read a paper on Eypocephalus armatus 

 (Desm.), one of the rarest and most extraordinary Coleoptera, giving an account of 

 its structure and probable afBnities, and exhibited one of the few specimens. During 

 the conversazione the President exhibited some varieties of Abraxas grossulariata ; 

 Mr. Newstead, Acherontia Atropos, large nests of wasps, and a Coccid, Orthezia 

 occidentalis, sent to him for figuring by Mr. J. W. Douglas ; Mr. Gardner, Gcedart's 

 " Metamorphosis et Historia Naturalis Insectorum," A.D, 1662 ; Eev. H. H. 

 Higgins, Apatura Pavoni ; and by Mr. C. S. Gregson, 100 varieties of Abraxas 

 grossulariata, bred by him this year.— F. N. Pierce, Hon. Sec, 143, Smithdown 

 Lane, Liverpool. 



The South London Entomological and Natural History Society: 

 October 23rd, 1890.— W. H. Tugwell, Esq., Vice-President, in the Chair. 



Messrs. P. J. Crane, of Chingford, and George Wallace, of Forest Hill, were 

 elected Members. 



Mr. Bouttell exhibited two series of Euffonia quercinaria, Hufn.,one bred from 

 larvffi fed on elm, and the other on sallow. Mr. E. Joy, bred examples and pupae of 

 Plusiafe.ifucce, L. Mr. Tugwell, a box of Lepidoptera collected by Mr. Lachlan 

 Gibb in Canada. Mr. R. Adkin, specimens of Tortrix piceana, L.,from Surrey and 

 Hampshire, and expressed an opinion that the species was more widely distributed 

 than was generally supposed. Mr. Hawes, examples of Argynnis Euphronyne, L., 

 showing considerable variation in the black markings. Mr. P. Bright, two varieties 

 of Arctia Caia, L., also a series of Triphcena orbona, Hufn. {subsequa, Hb.), from 

 Forres. Mr. Bright stated he had written for further particulars of the specimen 

 of Vanesxa exhibited by him on the 25th ult., and which was stated to have been 

 taken at Polegate ; he understood that Mr. Weir, referring to this specimen, had 

 expressed an opinion that it was an example of Vanessa Milberti. Mr. Cockerell 

 exhibited a cocoon of Zygmna JiUpendulce,'L.,{ron\ near Leigh, Essex, not uniformly 

 yellow, remarking that sometimes the cocoons of this species were half yellow and 

 half white or whitish. He also showed Myzius sexcincta, Fabr., from Long Island, 

 and said that this species was found by Dr. Riley in the stomachs of sparrows 

 (Passer domesticus) in thirty instances, thus showing that its wasp-like attributes 

 did not protect it from that bird. 



