1890.] THE YOUNG NATURALIST. 



example of a butterfly which had been sent to him for indentification and was stated 

 to have been captured in England, the species being Syricthus andromeda. Mr. Billups 

 Andrana nigro-anea and its internal parasite Sty lops taken at Dulwich 1889 and on 

 behalf of Mr. Bennett of Hastings a living series of Andrcena clarkella and its rare 

 parasite Nomada borealis taked from its nidus on the 6th of the month at Hastings. 

 A communication was read from Mr. Strong relating to an immense swarm of moths 

 at Williamstown about the end of October last. — H. W. Barrer, Hon. Sec. 



LANCASHIRE AND CHESHIRE ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 



The annual meeting of the members of the Lancashire and Cheshire Entomo- 

 logical Society took place last evening in the class-room of the Free Public Library, 

 Liverpool. The president (Mr. S. J. Capper, F.L.S.), occupied the chair- 

 Mr. Capper was re-elected president ; Mr. Willoughby Gardner was appointed 

 vice-president ; and Mr. F. N. Pierce, hon. secretary. The President, in the 

 course of his address, (the thirteenth he has delivered to the society), referred with 

 regret to the departure of Dr. J. W. Ellis, for many years hon. secretary to the 

 society, to Shelton, Stoke-on-Trent ; and reviewed the year's work and the entomo- 

 logical events of the past season. For the lepidopterist the season had been but a 

 very ordinary one. As regarded imagines, heath insects were unusally common, such 

 as L. agon, A myrtilli, S. belglaiia, S. plumaria, G. obscurata, and B. cinctaria ; whilst H. 

 dipsacea, mostly fairly common, was a great rarity. The autumn was remarkable for 

 an unusual abundance of several insects, especially H. defoliaria, H. anrantaria, C. 

 psittacata, and L. littorana. He understood several wonderful varieties of A. paphia 

 were captured, and also several black L. sibyl hi, one of the latter being bred from 

 larvae taken by Mr. Charles Gulliver. They were indebted to Messrs. Curzon and 

 Salvage for the work they had done during the past summer in collecting Lepidopter a 

 in Ireland and North Wales. Amongst the insects added to their list was Retitiia 

 posticana, Zett, which Messrs. Warren and Salvage had proved to be a new species. 

 Also the true species R. duplana had been taken, and Mr. Salvage wrote that he had 

 the pleasure of setting the only four British specimens known, which were taken at 

 Forres. The season had been remarkable for the capture of C. edusa; indeed it 

 might again be called an edusa year, as it was recorded from the Isle of Wight to 

 Aberdeenshire. Whilst, however, this insect had been remarkable for its presence 

 D. galii had been so for its absence. But little had been contributed to their special 

 literature during the past year. Their vice-president, Mr. F. N. Pierce, was still 

 pursuing his investigations respecting the genital armature of Lepidoptera as an aid to 

 classification, and their librarian, Mr. C. H. Walker was also actively engaged in a 

 structural and functional investigation into the heads of insects and the appendages 

 therewith connected, and he believed he was about to treat the subject in as complete 

 a manner as possible with illustrations from his own pencil. The president then 

 gave details of what had been observed and done in economic Entomology during the 

 past year, and said that Ephesiia kuhniella which had been recently introduced to the 

 British fauna, had now appeared in some large flour mills in Ontario, Canada. A 

 vote of thanks to the president concluded the meeting. 



F. N. PIERCE, Hon. Sec. 



