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examples of Vanessa cardui, L., V. atalanta, L., V. jJolychloros, L., &c., 

 being the largest he had bred and the smallest captured, the difference 

 being very considerable. Mr. Barrett exhibited a gynandrous specimen of 

 Argynnis paphia, L., taken in the New Forest, the left fore wing and about 

 one-third ol the left hind wing male, the remainder female; also, amongst 

 others, the two broods of Vanessa levana, L., and V. c-album, L., lent by 

 Mr. Merrifield, of Brighton, showing the seasonal dimorphism produced 

 from the same batch of ova by means of artificial warmth and cold. 

 Mr. South exhibited a specimen of Orthotcenia antiquana, Hb., taken on 

 28th June, 1893, on a shop window in St. John's Wood ; also long series 

 of PyratLsta purpuralis, L., and P. ostrinalis, Hb., which he considered 

 to be phytophagous forms of one species, many that he showed being inter- 

 mediate and referable to either ; a long discussion followed. Mr. B. W. 

 Adkin, Lencania vitellina, Hb., and L. extranea, from the Scilly Isles. Mr. 

 Auld, a specimen of Vanessa atalanta, L., having an orange band on one 

 hind wing, and red on the other. Mr. Briggs, a bright blue female Lyctena 

 bellargus, Rott. Mr. Dennis exhibited examples of a partial third brood of 

 Pararge megcera, L. Mr. Turner showed three specimens of the Scotch 

 form of Arctia menthastri, Esp. Mr. Adye, a specimen of DeUephila 

 livornica, Esp., captured at Christchurch, 25th May, 1893. Mr. McArthur, 

 a second brood of Boarmia repandata, L., from the South of Ireland. Mr. 

 Jenner Weir exhibited specimens of the Tsetse Fly [Glossina morsitans), 

 received from Dr. Percy Kendall, in the Transvaal; also a specimen of a 

 Depressaria, taken by him more than thirty years ago near Lewes, probably 

 D. aurantiella, Tutt, which differed from D. badiella, Hb., in possessing 

 bright orange coloured palpi, these in the latter species being dark brown. 

 Mr. Robert Adkin exhibited a series of Cymatophora or, Hb., bred from 

 larvsB found feeding between united leaves of aspen in Sutherlandshire, 

 together with representatives of the South English, Shetland, and Rannoch 

 forms for comparison, calling attention to the variation existing between 

 them. Mr. T. R. Billups exhibited a number of species of rare Diptera, 

 taken at Oxshott and Dulwich, including, amongst others, Helomyza 

 pallida, Fb., Sciomyza duhia, Mg., &c. Mr. C. Oldham exhibited Xanthia 

 circellaris, Hufn., X. gilvago, Esp., AncJwcelis lunosa, Haw., A. litura, &c., 

 from Essex, Cambridgeshire, and Norfolk. — H. Williams, Hon. Sec. 



Lancashire and Cheshire Entomological Society. — October 9th. — 

 Mr. S. J. Capper, F.L.S., F.E.S., President, in the chair. The Rev. R. 

 Freeman, 6, Station Road, Prescott, was elected a member of the Society. 

 Dr. J. W. Ellis read an interesting letter from a correspondent in Grahams- 

 town, South Africa, giving descriptions of the habits of some species of 

 Coleoptera from that district, and an exciting account of a fight between 

 two large specimens of Circellium bacchus. Dr. Ellis showed a large 

 number of species illustrative of the letter he had received. Mr. Crabtree, 

 Hydrel'ia unca from Ulverston ; and Arctia lubricipeda, var. radiata. 

 Mr. Scott, on behalf of Mr. H. S. Clark, of Douglas, a number of Lepidoptera 

 from the Isle of Man. Mr. Gregson, fine series of Abraxas grossulariata, 

 and banded forms of Vanessa urticce, bred by him this year. The President, 

 a grand series of Boarmia roboraria, including a pair of black forms from 

 Coventry. Mr. Jones, a variable series of Bombyx tri/olii. Mr. Sharp, 

 examples of melanic Coleoptera, which he stated had been unusually 

 plentiful this year, and that this fact went against the theory of damp 



