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and Papilio machaon from Wrexham Broad, Norfolk. By Mr. J. T. 

 Fountain, Scotosia vetulata from Salford Priors. 



August 17th. — Mr. R. G. Bradley in the chair. Exhibits : — By 

 Mr. Wain Wright (for Mr. C. A. E. Rodgers), a specimen of Smerinthus 

 tili(B, from Malvern, which entirely lacked the reddish tinges of the 

 wings, and was entirely green, rich and dark in colour. By Mr. R. 

 C. Bradley, Formica exsecta from Bournemouth, the known British 

 locality, one male taken on May 10th ; also a specimen of Ponera 

 contracta from his garden at Sutton, a rare ant which he said was not 

 hitherto known in the Midlands. By Mr. R. G. B. Chase, Vanessa 

 c-album and Triplmna ianthijia, both from Edgbaston. By M. A. H. 

 Martineau, a piece of a gate-post with nests of Anthophora f areata and 

 Pemphredon lugubris, and explained the manner of making them, &c. — 

 CoLBRAN J. Wainwright, Hou. Sec. 



Lancashire and Cheshire Entomological Society. — An Exhibition 

 Meeting was held on Monday, Sept. 14th, under the presidency of 

 Mr. S. J. Capper, F.L.S., and was decidedly successful, the number and 

 variety of the exhibits being in excess of any previous meeting. Some 

 of the more notable exhibits were as follows : — By the President, a 

 draw^er containing 300 varieties of Arctia lubricipeda, including vars. 

 ehoraci and radiata and many fine aberrations ; and a similar drawer 

 of A. menthastri, including a long series with brown upper wings. By 

 Mr. B. H. Crabtree, a very long series of Ccenonympha davus var. 

 rotJdiebiiy from Witherslack ; three very light Argynnis euphrosyne, and 

 two dark A. selene ; and a drawer of Sesiidae, including rows of Sesia 

 sphegiformis, S. musciformis, 8. ichneumoniformis, S. chrysidiformis, and 

 S. scoUiformis, By Mr. Harold Milne, long series of Erebia blayidina 

 and Cloantha solidaginis, an extreme form of Lyccena cBgon var. Corsica, 

 a magnificent C. davus having the ocelli very large and elongated 

 (similar to a variety of E. hyperanthus recently figured), a fine Euthe- 

 rtionia rnssula with immaculate hind wings, a melanic Macaria liturata, 

 and a very large Abraxas grossulariata deeply suffused with yellow. 

 By Mr. Joseph Collins, a collection of moss insects, including fine 

 series of Carsia imbutata, Hydrcecia petasitis, and a melanic race of 

 Cymatophora duplaris. By Mr. T. G. Mason, series of Hydrcecia 

 nictitans var. paludis, Orgyia fascelina, and a black var. of C. duplaris. 

 By Mr. R. Tait, imagines and living larvae of Agrotis ashworthii, a 

 splendid var. of Asphalia ridens having the base and apex broadly light 

 and the central fascia very dark, and a Noctua which is probably a 

 variety of Agrotis agathina. By Mr. Prince, series of Bombyx trifolii, 

 and two Leucoma salicis which have the outer margins of the fore 

 wings suffused with smoky black. By Mr. H. Bickerton-Jones, series 

 of Leucania Uttoralis and Orgyia fascelina, including two asymmetrical 

 females, both having black blotches on the costa of the left upper 

 wing; and a box of Geometers, including Psodos trepidaria, Hyria 

 auroraria, Asthenia blomeri, Lobopliora viretata, and P. lapidata. By 

 Mr. F. N. Pierce, vars. of Polyommatus phlceas, and a curious malfor- 

 mation of Strenia clathrata. By Dr. J. Harold Bailey, a collection 

 of Coleoptera from the banks of the Ribble, including Bledius sub- 

 terraneus and B. pallipes, and TelepJiorus paludosus, which is new to 

 Lancashire. — H. Bickerton-Jones, Hon. Sec. ; 180, Lodge Lane. 



