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cvepusculavia, bred from an Epping Forest female. Mr. Bellamy, long series of 

 Anticlea badiata, taken on lamps at Winchmore Hill, one of the specimens being dark, 

 and having a very well defined white band on the fore-wings. Mr. Bayne, Taniocampa 

 stabilis and T. gothica, some of the former being asymetrically marked. Mr. Milton, 

 Selenia illustraria, lodis lactearia Halias prasinana, Ennychia octomaculalis and 

 Myelophila cribella ; in Coleoptera, Agabiis didymus, Lioptevus agilis, Bolitobius 

 atricapillus, Cteniopus sulplmreiis , Tenebris molitor, and T. obscunis ; in Hymenoptera, 

 Cymbex lutea, Abia nigricornis, and A. sericea ; and in Plectoptera, Ephemera danica. 

 With reference to the latter order of insects he stated that they were usually 

 said to live only a few hours but he had kept some of them alive for more than a day. 

 Mr. Simes exhibited Eulophus damicornis, Kirby, a Hymenopterous parasite, bred 

 from Demas eoryli. Mr. Smith stated that he had visited Lyndhurst at Whitsuntide, 

 but owing to the backward season, there were very few insects about. Messrs. Prout 

 and Bayne had worked in Epping Forest, and had found Lepidoptera very scarce. 

 Mr. Milton had taken several larvae of Halias qiiercana in the same locality. Mr. 

 Battley stated that Lycana argiolus had been fully out at Southend during the past 

 fortnight. — G. A. Lewcock and A. M. Battley, Hon. Sees. 



LANCASHIRE AND CHESHIRE ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 



May nth. — The President, S. J. Capper, F.L.S., F.E.S., in the chair. 



Reports were read by the Secretaries of the district Records Committee, which 

 showed that the lists of the various orders were progressing ; but the Secretaries 

 hoped, in order to make them as complete as possible, that they would obtain the 

 assistance and co-operation of all entomologists who had done work in either of the 

 two counties. 



A paper "On the habits of some species of the Hymenoptera Aculeata," by Robert 

 Newstead, F.E.S., was read, the author exhibiting several cases of Hymenoptera and 

 two species of Bombus, in situ, stuck on thorns, said to be done by the Butcher bird. 

 The President exhibited Cicada anglica from the New Forest. Mr. Stott, varieties of 

 several species of Noctua. Mr. Day exhibited and explained a new setting-board 

 (Day & Newstead's patent), which, by the use of glass slips, it is claimed the wings 

 of Lepidoptera can be set accurately and without disturbing the scales. 



The next Meeting of the Society will be on Monday, September 14th. — F. N. 

 Pierce, Hon. Sec., 143 Smithdown Lane, Liverpool. 



GUERNSEY SOCIETY OF NATURAL HISTORY. 



The April Meeting of this Society was held in Guille-AUes Library, under the 

 Presidency of Mr. J. Whitehead; there was a large attendance. Mr. J. Linwood 

 Pitts made a communication on the alleged effect of volition in crabs, in respect to 

 the healing of a severed joint when a claw is accidently torn off. Mr. Derrick read 

 a paper on "The Clays and other superficial deficits of Guernsey." After describing 

 the .various clays he discussed their origin, dismissing the idea of their deposit by a 

 river as not meeting the known facts. He was of opinion they were of strictly local 

 origin, washed out of the decaying rocks by rain and deposited in shallow hollows 



