Northern Entomological Society. 5527 



Northern Entomological Society. 

 January 10, 1857. — B. Cooke, Esq., President, in the chair. 

 Election of Members. 



Mr. Thos. Hague, of Stalybridge, and Edwin Birchall, Esq., of Dublin, were duly 

 elected Members of the Society. Jno. Curtis, Esq., of Barnsbury Park, London, was 

 unanimously elected an Honorary Member of the Society, with the same privileges of 

 voting, &c, as any other Member. 



Exhibitions, fyc. 



Mr. N. Cooke exhibited a box of insects sent by E. Birchall, in which was a fine 

 specimen of Apamea fibrosa, Engr., var. ? leucostigma, Hub., taken near Killarney, 

 Ireland, and a species of the genus Homeeosoma, unknown to the Meeting, taken iu 

 Dublin. 



Mr. Warington sent a box in which were a series of extraordinarily fine specimens 

 of Eupithecia succenturearia and Gelechia Hermanella, also a series of Gelechia fra- 

 ternella, all taken at Tranmere. 



Mr. Greening exhibited Noctua ditrapezium, which he had received from Mr. 

 Bond, and Eupithecia pimpinellaria, from Mr. Edwin Shepherd. Both these insects 

 had been kindly presented to him by the above gentlemen. 



Mr. Carter exhibited a most interesting box of foreign Coleoptera, all the speci- 

 mens in which had nevertheless been bred or captured in England, and asked the 

 question, " Are these British ?" The reply was, any insect which naturalizes itself 

 and regularly reproduces its species, let it first come from where it may, is and must 

 be considered British; unless it does this, however many specimens may be taken or 

 bred, they must only be placed in foreign collections. The following specimens are 

 the most interesting insects in the box : — 



Ptychodes trilineatus. A native of North America. One taken at Manchester. 



Plectodera vittator. Campeachy. Three taken at Manchester, one at Barnsley. 



Taeniotes scalaris. Brazil. One taken at Manchester. 



Acanthocinus nodosus. North America. One taken at Manchester. 



Callidium ? Unknown. One taken at Manchester. 



Acrocinus longimanus. Brazil. One taken at Liverpool. 



Clytus terminans. North America. Liverpool, and at Oldham ; many taken. 



Elaphidion spinicorne. West Indies. Two taken at Manchester. 



Monohammus dentator. This insect is supposed to have naturalized itself near 

 Manchester, so many having been taken ; but until the larva is found in growing 

 timber it must remain doubtful. It has also been captured at Warrington and at 

 Birkenhead. 



The whole of these beautiful Longicorns were from Mr. Carter's magnificent col- 

 lection of foreign Coleoptera. 



The Secretary exhibited specimens of Anthrocera Autumnarse, Gregson, taken by 

 Mr. Almond, near Park Gate, Cheshire, last August; and read a description of this 

 distinct six-spot Burnet. He also exhibited a box of Coleoptera, a variety of A. 

 Caja remarkable for the broad dark band across the upper wings, and specimens of 

 Coleophora solitariella recently received from Mr. Shield. He then submitted a 



