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''Varieties of Lepidoptera," and the current number of his "Exotic 

 Butterflies " were on the table : in both cases the plates were beautifully 

 executed. The chairman read a paper entitled ' ' A Fortnight in the 

 Fens," in which he gave the results of a recent collecting expedition to 

 Wicken, in company with the Rev. T. W. Daltry, M.A., of Madeley 

 Vicarage. 



Lancashire and Cheshire Entomological Society. — Monthly 

 meeting Sept. 30th, Mr. S. J. Capper, president, in the chair. A paper 

 was read by Mr. Ellis on "Darwinism: its relation to Entomology." 

 The president, in his remarks on the paper, stated he had just received 

 from the author, Mr. H. Goss, F.L.S., F.G.S., a work which he held in 

 his hand, entitled " The Insect Fauna of the Recent and Tertiary 

 Periods." Mr. Goss invited the attention of geologists to the importance 

 of an acquaintance with the insect fauna of former times ; the study of 

 their remains, he considered, was of the greatest value in assisting at the 

 arrival of just conclusions as to the geological condition of the earth in 

 past ages. The president drew attention to the second part, just 

 published, of Mr. Mosley's Illustrations of Lepidoptera Varieties, and 

 congratulated the members that out of 17 figured, six of the originals were 

 in the possession of members of the society. Several exhibits were made, 

 amongst which were — by Mr. Ellis, two live specimens of genus Blatta ; 

 Mr. West, three lively pupse of A. atropos, found a few miles from 

 Liverpool. 



Leeds Naturalists' Club and Scientific Association. — 307th 

 meeting, Sept. 17th, Mr. Samuel Jefierson, F.C.S., v. p., in the chair. — 

 Paper read by Mr. Thomas Hick, B.A., B. Sc., on " The Sexual Repro- 

 duction of Fungi." Donations of a specimen of Acherontia atropos, taken 

 near Wetherby for the local collection, and of two-and-a-half volumes of 

 the Entomologists' Monthly Magazine for the library, presented by Mr. 

 J, S. Wesley, were acknowledged by a hearty vote of thanks. 



308th Meeting, Sept. 24th, Mr. B. Holgate, F.G.S., v. p., in the 

 chair. — Donations to the library, including a paper on " Mosses," by Mr. 

 Wm. West, were acknowledged by vote of thanks. Mr. Walter Raine 

 showed the eggs of the Egyptian vulture, peregrine falcon, ospray, hobby, 

 merlin, red-footed falcon, kite, and buzzard ; Mr. Washington Teasdale, 

 a new histological microscope, by Parkes of Birmingham, also specimens 

 of microscopic ruling on glass, chiefly geometric and compound vibration 

 curves ; Mr. Saynor, Volvox glohator, mounted in glycerine three years 

 ago, now in good condition and colour. 



309th Meeting, Oct. 1st, Mr. Hy. Pocklington, F.R.M.S , president, 

 in the chair. — A paper was read, written by Mr. Jno. Emmet, on " Some 

 remains of a Roman Villa at Dalton Parlours, near CoUingham, discovered 

 in 1854," and illustrated by specimens of the various objects found, and 

 numerous drawings. 



