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Northern Entomological Society. 



little nest before the Meeting without inserting her head into the cells, but it evidently 

 was quite impossible for the insect to do so, as stated by Mr. Smith. — E, S, 



NoETHERN Entomological Society. 

 September 26, 1858. — B. Cooke, Esq., in the chair. 



JS lection of Memhers, 



Thomas John Moor, Esq., of the Derby Museum, Liverpool ; George Turner, Esq., 

 of the Royal Institution, Liverpool ; John Johnson, Esq., of the Police Station, Old 

 Swan, near Liverpool; and James Fitzgerald Brockholes, Esq., Cleveland Street, 

 Birkhenhead, were elected Members. 



Exhibitions. 



Mr. Brockholes exhibited a Spaelotes augur perfectly black, &c. 



Mr. Almond exhibited very fine specimens of Tabanus bovinus, Tachina grossa, 

 Volucella bombylans and Ptomophagus fumatus, recently captured near Loch 

 Rannoch. 



Mr. Cooper exhibited fine specimens of Agrotis saucia and Xanthia cilrago, cap- 

 tured near Warrington, at sugar. 



Mr. Kendrick exhibited a box, of all orders, in which were a number of very inte- 

 resting species, especially amongst the Stegoptera and Horaoptera. 



Mr Birchall exhibited a most interesting box, the most noticeable of its contents 

 was Noctua ditrapezium, fine as bred, taken at sugar, in Galway, in June. 



The Secretary exhibited Eupithecia consignata, E.debiliata and E. pusillata, from 

 H. Doubleday, Esq., and a new Tinea, bred in skins, from Honduras, given to him 

 by Mr. Brockholes, who bred it, observing that no doubt this will soon propagate its 

 species here to the annoyance of all " gude housewives ; " it is allied to Nigrifoldella, 

 but much smaller: he then exhibited a series of a new Tinea allied to Merdella, part 

 of them bred by Mr. Greening, part captured by Mr. Cooper, and the remainder bred 

 by himself, collected together for comparison with Merdella, from which it differs in 

 its much darker colour, and the disposition of its markings and its dark head and 

 under wings ; it is a fine species: he then exhibited a box in which were specimens of 

 Piiibalapleryx angustata, Haiv. (gemmata), kindly sent by Mr. Harding, of Bristol, 

 and specimens of the same species taken by himself in the Crosby Swamps; also 

 Coleophora affirmatella, Greg.^ C. albidella, H-Sc/i., bred in plenty from cases on sal- 

 lows, observing that many cabinets had this species as anatipennella, from which it 

 differed in the form of its case and food, the latter making a fuller case on the under 

 side, as illustrated in the box, and feeding upon sloe and thorn : he then called atten- 

 tion to a fine series of Gelechia fumatella, Doug.^ which he had again met with after 

 several years' vain search ; it was raked out on dry banks on the sand-hills, where 

 Ononis arvensis add Galium verum grew amongst wild thyme, but seemed atached to 

 the liquorice. — C. S. G, 



