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"Inchiquin," Lynwood Avenue, Epsom, was elected a member of the 

 Society. — Mr. Wm. Mansbridge reported favourable progress of the 

 Joint Committee of Scientific Societies in Liverpool towards arranging 

 an Associated Soiree, and the general closer co-operation of the 

 •scientific societies in the district. — Mr. Mansbridge then read his 

 report as Eecorder of Lepidoptera for the years 1920 and 1921. He 

 mentioned that, besides many interesting records, five species had 

 been added to the Lancashire and Cheshire list in 1920 and five in 

 1921. These included one species new to Britain, viz. Blastobasis 

 lignea, Wlsm., and its variety adustella, Wlsm. Most of the additions 

 had been made by the members who study Micro-lepidoptera, and 

 this was considered to be a very encouraging feature of the Society's 

 work. — Mr. H. B. Prince exhibited a box of insects which he had 

 bred from a number of larvae caught in paper traps at Hightown ; 

 they included A. triangidum, A. ditrapezium, P.fuliginosa, L. litliar- 

 gyrea, T. gothica, T. baja and A. comes. This is the first record of 

 ditrapezium in Lancashire. — Charles P. Eibimer, Hon. Sec. 



Carlisle Natural History Society. — November 11th, 1921. — 

 Mr. G. B. Eoutledge showed a specimen of the ground beetle 

 Pterostichus vulgaris from which a long intestinal worm was pro- 

 truding. — Eev. H. D. Ford, a pale example of Brenthis selene, a 

 curiously bleached Goenonympha typhon, a dwarf Zephyrus quercus, 

 Erebia epiphron with white pupillation, Agrotis exclamationis with 

 enlarged markings and Selenia bilunaria with the left hind wing 

 missing. — Mr. P. H. Day, a dwarf $ Pararge megaera from 

 Cummersdale, Porthesia similis from Drigg and not taken in Cumber- 

 land for a very long time, Epinephele tithonus from South Cumber- 

 land, where it had been very common last July ; in the north of the 

 county it was unknown. Some discussion took place on the early 

 appearance of butterflies in 1921, most of the species having been 

 two to three weeks before their usual time ; thus Gailophrys rubi had 

 been " out " at the end of April, Euchloe cardamines and Pararge 

 megaera early in May, Goenonympha typhon on June 4th and 

 Argynnis aglaia on June 18th. — Mr. Murray, Hemiptera taken locally, 

 including Strongylocoris luridus, the first to be taken in Cumberland 

 and extremely rare in Britain, Bothynotus pilosus and Ploiariola 

 cidiciformis. 



December 1st. — Dr. Day showed a long variable series of 

 Satyrus semele from the Cumberland coast where it had been 

 commoner than usual in 1921, also vars. of Chrysophanus phlaeas 

 from the second brood which were remarkably dull in colour. 



January 5th, 1922. — The extreme abundance of Pyrameisatalanta 

 in 1921 was discussed, the general view being that it had never been 

 observed in such large numbers in the district before. P. cardui had 

 been fairly well represented. Among a number of P. atalanta 

 exhibited was one with the left primary aborted, the colours pale, the 

 scarlet band broken, but entire on the right side.— Mr. Murray, the 

 large Dipteron Tabanus sudeticus, and it was remarked that the allied 

 T. bovinus had not been taken in Cumberland. 



February 2nd,— Mr. Day showed about 70 specimens of 

 Bombus and Psithyrus taken in Cumberland last season, and said that 



