22 [January, 



the order llymcnoptcra. ^Ir, lUittertield noted Boinbits j'oneUus Kirb. as 

 pleutiful in Lis district, and recorded Komada alternata Kirb. and Haiictm 

 atriconiis Smith from Shipley Glen and Nomada bifida Thorns., fabriciana L., 

 and luthburiana Kirb., plentifully at Bolton Abbey and Beamsley. Mr. 

 Ma:>hani's best captures at Selb}' were Anthophora pilipes F. and Megachile 

 cetttiincularis L. 



Numerous exhibits were on view, some of which Avere exceedingly 

 interesting-. In Coleoptera Mr. E. C. Ilorrell showed Lissodevia cursor Gyll. 

 taken at AVest Garforth by Mr. J. Digby Firth, F.L.8., F.E.S. Mr. M. L. 

 Thompson, F.E.S. , showed, among other species, the following : Amaru 

 pnietermissa Sahib, {rufocinctii Dej.), Cymindis vapornrioriim L., Atheta nitidida 

 Er., A. tibialis Heer, Bolitochara lunuJata Pic, Mycetoporus riifesrens Stejjh, 

 {lucidus Er.), BytJiiiuts burrelli Denny, ^i\^ RJiinomacer attelaboides F. — all from 

 North Yorkshire (Cleveland or Swaledale), — and a specimen of an imvoi-ted 

 ]3rachid, Sptermophayus pectoralis Sharp, from Middlesbrough. He also showed 

 Phytobius {Eubrychius) velatus Beck, of which lie found the cocoons on 

 3IyriopJiy!liu)i at GYe?iih£im Marsh in South Durham. Dr. Fordliam showed, 

 among other species, Atheta britteni Joy, Quedius umbrinus Gr., Q. lonyicornis 

 Kr., Gabrius stipes Sharp, Atomaria ritficornis Marsh., Anomala aenea DeG. 

 (frischii Fab.), Hhayonycha translucida Krvn. (unico/or Curt.), Clirysomela 

 graminis L. (abundant on Tansy in Clifton Ing'S, York, where it has been 

 found witli greater or less frequency for nearly a hundred years), Corynetes 

 coeruleus DeG. (occurring in a house with Anobinvi striatum 01. [domesticwn 

 Fourc], on which it is probably parasitic), and XyJoterus domesticus L. He 

 also exhibited a blacli form of Pterostichus coerulescens 1j. (versicolor Stm.), 

 numerous colour varieties of Plateiimaris sei'icea L., and seA'eral colour forms 

 of Vliyllodecta vitelUnae L., all taken in Yorkshire this year. Dr. Fordham 

 exhibited, on behalf of Mr. E. G, Bayford, F.E.S., specimens of Aleocharn 

 bilinenta Gyll. which had been received from Mr. G. Parkin, of Waketield, who 

 had found them preying on the Cabbage Fly [CJiortophila brassicae Bouclie), 

 and whose observations on the life-history were in accord with the account 

 given in the E. M. M. 1916, p. 161. 



In Lepidoptera Dr. Corbett showed some butterflies from the Somme 

 front, including Papilio macliaon L., Pieris brassicae L. (a rT larger than the 

 usual British specimens and blacker on the costa), Colias edusa F. (a Hne 

 exaiuple of var. helice Hb.), C. hyale L. (several), Vanessa cardui L. and 

 V. urticae L. (smaller and darker than most British specimens). Captain 

 II. D. Smart, M.C., E.A.M.C., F.E.S., showed HcS o? Asteroscopus cassineallh., 

 taken recently in Escrick Park. Mr. Alfred Kay exhibited some varieties of 

 Abraxas yrossulariata L., including semiviolacea Sindniyj'ospaisata fromlludders- 

 lield. and a very fine light-coloured specimen of Arctia caja L. Mr. B. Morley 

 showed several Microlepidoptera including melanic forms of Sroparia ambiyn- 

 alis Tr. (from a locality near Skelmanthorpe, where it is evidently becoming 

 darker, as onh- a few melanic specimens were taken last year and none ])re- 

 viously), a tine series of varieties oi Paedisca suhmdriana L., two specimens of 

 Eriopsela fractifasciana Haw. (new to the county), and some yellow varieties 

 of Tortrix corylana F. Mr. W. Hewett ^showed some Lepidoptera and Ortho- 

 ptera which he had received recently from New Zealand. 



In Ilymenoptera Mr. Butterfield exhibited specimens of all the British 



