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up, but the imagos bred from them were in no respect different from 

 others ; he also showed a very extraordinary variety of Cymatophora 

 ridens, and an almost equally iateresting Noctua festiva, kindly sent to 

 him for figuring by Mr. G. C. Bignell, of Plymouth. The chairman, a 

 very large and curious larva, apparently coleopterous, which had been 

 found burrowing and feeding in the solid wood of a tea chest from China. 

 Mr. E. Hunter, F.C.S., of Goole, sent for distribution amongst the 

 microscopists a quantity of most interesting bat guano. Mr. W. D. 

 Roebuck, of Leeds, presented some papers from the Monthly Microsco- 

 pical Journal ; votes of thanks were passed for these presentations. 

 The chairman showed Part II. of Owen Wilson's " Larvae of British 

 Lepidopfcera, and their Food Plants." Two papers were read by Dr. J. 

 Spottiswoode Cameron : the first on ^'Influence of temperature on death 

 rate," which he illustrated with a coloured chart ; the second on "The 

 physiological action of hot dry air on the system." 



Lancashire and Cheshire Entomological Society. — Monthly 

 meeting. May 27th, Mr. S, J. Capper, the president, in the chair. — The 

 Kev. H. H. Higgins exhibited his captures of lepidoptera during his 

 voyage with the Argo, and gave an interesting account of the same. Mr. 

 Johnson read a paper on the " Life History of Leucania littoralis, with 

 the Larvae and Imago. " The usual conversazione then followed, at which ■ 

 several of the members made exhibits — Mr. West, beautifully preserved 

 larvae of Dominula, salicis, and prcecox ; Mr. J ohnson, some fine varieties 

 of Saturnia carpini. 



The Leeds Naturalists' Club and Scientific Association.— 289th 

 meeting. May 21st, Mr. John Grassham in the chair. — In addition to the 

 specimens shown by the members of the Entomological Section, Mr. F. 

 Emsley brought Euglena viridis, and Mr. W. Barwell Turner exhibited 

 several objects, including Sphcerozosoma vertebratum from Rawclifie ; 

 the germination of spores of Spirogyra ; Batrachospermum and other 

 fresh-water algae ; and a series of slides of Aphides from various plants. 



290th Meeting, May 28th, vice-president Benjamin Holgate, F.G.S., 

 in the chair, — Paper read by Mr. Benjamin Saynor, entitled "Sugges- 

 tions for Microscopists." 



291st Meeting, June 4th. — Mr. Henry Pocklington, F.R.M.S., who 

 was in the chair, was elected president in succession to Mr. F. Green- 

 wood, resigned on account of confirmed ill health. A large number of 

 specimens were shown by nine members of the Entomological Section, 

 two of the Microscopical, and exhibitions of the microphone and other 

 physical apparatus by four members of the newly-formed Section for 

 Physical Science, of which Mr. C. H. Bothamley is secretary. Nests and 

 eggs of twenty-four species of birds were shown by Mr. Walter Paine, 

 and a number of beautiful varieties of guillemots' eggs by Mr. John 

 Grassham. A number of other notes were made. 



