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brevirostris and Neoctamus cyanurus from Barmouth ; and Machimus atri- 

 capitlus, from Brendon, Devonshire. Mr. R. C. Bradley, Chrysoclysta 

 bimaculella, C. linncBlla, Stigmonota nitidana, and 8. regiana, all from 

 Sutton. A paper upon " Secondary Sexual Characters in Insects " was 

 communicated by Mr. J. W. Tutt, and read by the Secretary, Mr. C. J. 

 Wainvvrigbt. 



January Idth, 1893.— Mr.W. G. Blatch, President, in the chair. A 

 lecture was delivered by Col, Chas. Swinhoe, upon "Protective Resem- 

 blance and Mimicry in Insects." In the course of the lecture, which was 

 illustrated hy photographic lantern-slides, some of which were beautifully 

 coloured, he gave a number of cases and facts of mimicry which were quite 

 new and very interesting. — Colbran J. Wainwright, Hon. Sec. 



York and District Field Naturalists' Soc[ety. — November 9th, 

 1892.— Mr. G. C. Dennis, President, in the chair. Mr. R. Dutton 

 exhibited ten bred specimens of Acronycta alni from Marlow; Dianthcecia 

 conspersa, Chesias obliquaria, Eupithecia togata, and Cleora licheiiea, from 

 Kenley. Mr. W. Hewett, Plusia festucce. (bred), Folia chi and Larentia 

 ccBsiata, from Bolton in Lancashire; large examples of Lycmia icarus, from 

 Galvvay ; and Trichiura cratcngi (bred), from larvae obtained at York. 



December \Ath. — Mr. W. R. Robinson in the chair. Mr. J. Hawkins 

 exhibited a specimen of Colias edusa, taken within a mile of the cathedral, 

 York. Mr. R. Dutton, Epiinda lutidenta. Castle Moreton ; Noctua 

 sobrina, Aberdeen ; specimens of Dasycampa rubigiiiea, Buckerell; Lithosia 

 sericea, Manchester; Psodos coracina, Rannoch ; and a specimen of Calli- 

 viorp)ha liera, taken in South Devon, 1892. Mr. W. Hewett, Colias edusa, 

 four specimens of the var. helice, taken at Erith, Kent, 1877 ; Selenia 

 ZMWaria (bred), from Forres and Essex; i?/??? era jt>6?mflria, York and Kent; 

 Selenia illustraria (bred), summer brood, Worthing; dark forms of Odont- 

 optera bidentata, from Forres ; Eupithecia helveticata, Perthshire ; Halia 

 brunneata, Larentia ruficinctata, Acronycta myriccB, Cymatophora duplaris, 

 Aplecta tincta, Anarta cordigera, and Phibalapteryos lapidata, from Rannoch; 

 Dianthcecia capsop}Lila{hxedL),^\r^ Michael, Isle of Man; Acronycta strigosa, 

 Cambridgeshire, and Xanlhia silago, from Acomb churchyard, York (of 

 Horsforth). Mr.W. Mansbridge, F.E.S., then gave a highly interesting and 

 instructive lecture on the early development of Lepidoptera, and illustrated 

 the lecture by numerous diagrams, most of which had been prepared from 

 dissections made by himself. Mr. Mansbridge dealt with the structure of 

 the egg, and traced the various stages in the development of lepidopterous 

 larvae, and exhibited several very striking varieties of Abraxas grossulariata 

 bred from larvae collected in the neighbourhood of Horsforth ; also some 

 fine examples of PoUa chi and var. olivacea, selected from a great number 

 of specimens taken by him during the last two seasons, in the neighbour- 

 hood of Horsforth, Yorkshire. — William Hewett, Hon. Sec. 



Notttingham Amateur Entomological SociETr. — The first Annual 

 Meeting was held on the first Monday in October, 1892. Weekly meet- 

 ings will continue to be held every Monday night, at 8 o'clock, in the 

 Society's Room, Morley House, Mansfield Road, Nottingham. The object 

 of the Society is to work up the entomology of the county of Nottingham, 

 and to place on record facts relating thereto. — W. Ferris, Hon. Sec. 



