1890.] 



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the bird was an old one and in good condition. Mr. Fenn mentioned the case of a 

 Robin having both mandibles broken off by a trap, but the bird lived and used to 

 come every year. Mr. Weir remarked that this was very extraordinary as the bird 

 would have to fight its way each year. — H. W. Barker, Hon. Sec. 



Errata in report — p. 179 line 14 from top, for fylva read fulva. 



p. 179 ,, 15 ,, ,, kaynickii read krynickii. 



LANCASHIRE AND CHESHIRE ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 



The monthly meeting of this Society was held on Monday, September 8th, in the 

 Free Library, the president (Mr. S. J. Capper, F.E.S.) occupying the chair. Mr. 

 Edward Porritt, of Huyton, was elected an ordinary member of the Society. Mr. 

 P. Schill, Manchester, was proposed for membership. Mr. W. E. Sharp proposed 

 " That it is desirable to decide upon a district to be called the Liverpool and Chester 

 district ; and adopt an official register of additions to the recorded fauna in the classes 

 Insecta and Arachnida in such district." After some discussion it was decided — " That 

 the district to be adopted for recording the insect fauna shall include the whole of 

 Lancashire and Cheshire, and that an official register of additions be kept and pub- 

 lished in the Annual Report of the Society." Rev. H. H. Higgins drew attention to 

 the occurrence of Anthrax Hottentota this year at Crosby. Mr. S. L. Mosley, F.E.S. 

 of Huddersfield, read a paper on " British Bees," which was of an elementary 

 character, intended to induce young collectors to take up the study of Hymcnoptera. 

 The exhibits of which there was a good show, included a most curious variety of 

 Argynnis cuphrosyne, from Coventry, and dark varieties of Chora glabraria, from the 

 New Forest, by the President ; Cases of economic entomology, prepared for the 

 Edinburgh Royal Botanic Gardens, by Mr. S. L. Mosley; Eupetliecia extensaria, from 

 Norfolk, by Mr. C. G. Barrett, F.E.S. ; Bees and wasps collected rouud Chester, and 

 local Coccidce, by Mr. Robert Newstead, F.E.S. ; Dark greenish variety of Bombyx 

 quercus, by Mr. C. H. Walker ; a fine series of Bombyx trifolii, and other recent captures 

 by Mr. G. Harker. — F. N. Pierce, Hon. Sec. 



TIDING AT EASTER-TIDE. 



BY CHARLES H. H. WALKER. 



(continued from page 125). 



The beautiful white shells ( variable though in colour J of Purpura 

 lapillus— 11 Jacks," as the children call them, vie with patella in point 

 of numbers, for they are absolutely everywhere. Of the predaceous 

 habits of the Buccinidce we shall need to refer later ; it will therefore 

 be almost unnecessary to remark that P. lapillus forms no exception 

 to the family failing. The animal is said to have furnished the regal 

 dye used by the ancieuts ; pressure upon the operculum causes its 

 exudation. The ova may be found in almost every crevice, and 



