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THE BRITISH NATURALIST. 



! February 



NORTH LONDON NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY. 



This enterprising Society (which was founded in February, 1892, to meet certain 

 local requirements) held its first annual exhibition on January 7 at the Lecture Hal^ 

 North-East London Institute. Although but a young society, it possesses a roll of 

 upwards of forty members, some twenty-three meetings have taken place, and several 

 excursions made to localities interesting to naturalists, A list of local fauna and flora 

 is also in progress, besides a collection of Lepidoptera. There was a good attendance 

 of visitors at the Exhibition and much interest was evinced in the various exhibits. 

 Mr F. J. Hanbury's fine botanical specimens showed to. great advantage ; as also 

 Mr. J. A Clark's cases of birds and collection of eggs Mr. J. Wheeler, showed 

 fossils and shells, also a mounted Chameleon, captured in Clapton, August 1892 ; and 

 some British Coleoptera. Mr. G. A. Lewcock, and Mr. M. Culpin, also exhibited 

 the laUer order. British Lepidoptera was well represented by some twenty members, 

 the most noticeable being the well-filled drawers of Messrs. Battley, Prout, Nicholson- 

 and Hoiges. Mr. Rose's exhibit included many beautiful Papilionidae collected by 

 him in British Columbia during last summer. jMr. R. M. Watson, contributed 

 living larvae, pupae, and imagines of Neuroptera. There were many other interesting 

 exhibits, and the event proved altogether a decided success, The musical arrange- 

 ments were under the able direction of Mr. L. B. Prout, who gave an admirable 

 rendering of the Overture to ''Fra Diavolo." It may be as well to mention that the 

 Hon, Secretary of the Society is Mr. L. J, Tremayne, 4 Lanark Villas, Maida Vale, W 



LANCASHIRE AND CHESHIRE ENTOMOLOGICAL 



SOCIETY. 



Monday January 9th, 1892. — The annual meeting of the Lancashire and Cheshire 

 Entomological Society was held in the classroom of the free Public Library, William 

 Brown-Street, Liverpool. Mr. S. J. Capper, F.L.S., F.E.S. (president), occupied 

 the chair, and there was a good attendance. A number of interesting exhibits were 

 laid on the table for inspection. — The first business was the election of officers for 

 the ensuing year. Mr. Capper was for the 17th time re-elected to the position of 

 president ; Mr. W. E. Sharp was appointed vice-president ; Mr. F. N. Pierce, F.E.S., 

 h morary secretary and treasurer ; and Mr. C. H. H. Walker, librarian. Mr. Walker, 

 on behalf of the members of the society, said it was his pleasing duty to ask Mr. 

 Capper to accept a handsome gold-mounted silver case containing a pair of gold 

 entomological forceps. (Applause.) The society congratulated itself upon having 

 again secured Mr. Capper as its president. During the 16 years he had presided 

 over them he had sought only the advancement of the society, and had encouraged 

 the members to take an interest in their studies. (Hear, hear.) They therefore de- 

 sired to inaugurate that session by doing something more than merely thanking Mr. 

 Capper for his past services; and they offered this slight token of regard, knowing 

 that it would occupy an honoured place amongst his valuable collection. (Applause,) 

 Mr. Capper, in acknowledging the gift, said that he thoroughly appreciated the 

 kindness of the members, and would in future, as in the past, do all he could to 

 benefit the society. (Applause.) Before proceeding to deliver his presidential 

 address, he referred to the death of Professor Westwood. The President exhibited 

 a melanic variety of Timandra am at aria, the specimen was unicolorous, composed of 

 soft olive green scales. Mr. Gregson, a collection of Autographs of Naturalists, Artists, 

 and Authors, including nearly all the entomologists of the last 50 years. Mr. Walker, 

 a drawer of varieties of North American Vanessa antiofa, probably the finest lot of 

 varieties of this species extant. Mr. Collins, Stauropus fagi from Reading. Mr. Mosley, 

 set of Educational cases of Natural History to be used as prizes at schools. Mr- 



