THE SUBSTITUTE. 
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lately discovered by M. Dardouin, 
of Marseilles: it has the wings 
reduced to very short stumps, as 
in Hyhernia; the thorax is nnicli 
oonlrauted,and the pterigodes and 
collar are only rudimentary ; the 
palpi are much shorter than in the 
male, and the legs, almost smooth, 
have the claws hardly perceptible ; 
the abdomen alone is well deve- 
loped. (Vol. I., pp. 168, 169.) 
QTo be continued. 3 
Northern Entomologicae 
Society. 
October 4th, 1856. B. Cooke, 
Esq., President, in the Chair. 
Election of Members. 
Eeverend H. H. Higgins and 
J. H. Langcake, Esq., were 
elected Members. 
Honorary Memlei's. 
F. Bond, J. B. Hodgkinson, E. 
Brown, and J. Tinker, Esqrs., 
were elected Honorary Members. 
Exhibitions. 
Mr. Buxton exhibited a fine 
box of Toi trices and Tinete ; 
amonast them was a fine series 
of JEnectra Pilleriana ; and 
also a box containing long series 
of Agrotis Saucia, Agrotis Luni- 
gera. and Hadena Lvttilenta. 
The President exhibited a new 
“Fly,” taken by J. Cooper in 
Perthshire, and read a description 
of it under the name jEstrus bi- 
angnlatvs, Cooke. 
Mr. N. Cooke e.xhibited a box 
in which was his new Noctua, 
Grammophorn diptheroides, Cooke ; 
also an extensive series of linea 
Merdella, Zel., Tinea nigrifoldella. 
Greg., and a specimen of Phycita 
semirufa, Haw., — this had been re- 
turned from London as a new spe- 
cies. 
Mr. Cooke exhibited, on behalf 
of Mr. Burchall, specimens of 
Hosilhea immutaria, &c., taken in 
Ireland. 
Mr. Greening exhibited a splen- 
did series of Eupithecia succentu- 
riaria, varying from the typical 
form of that species through the 
whole of the names snbfulvata, 
cognata, oxydata, &c., which dif- 
ferent authors hare given to this 
hitherto little-understood species ; 
some bred Lamprosetia Verhuell- 
ella and the juipa cases, and a 
quantity of Ichneumons bred 
during the summer ; also a fine 
series of Eupithecia denotata and 
conslriclata taken in Wales. 
Mr. Gorlick exhibited Chryso- 
clista Schrankella, taken near 
Manchester, and a new species of 
Elachista allied to Kilmunella. 
Mr. Hague exhibited a box, in 
which there were Eupithecia suc- 
centuriaria and ^varieties, Eupi- 
thecia denolaria, Dosithea ebumata 
and Acidalia degeneraria, all taken 
near Conway. 
Mr. Gregson exhibited the fol- 
lowing insects, taken by M r. Lang- 
cake near Conway: — Emmelesia 
bifasciaria, Eupithecia expallidata 
and Eupithecia succenturiaria, var. 
cognata. 
The President then exhibited 
Peronea potentillana, Cooke, n.s., 
which feeds upon strawberry, and 
is allied to coniparana, but distinct. 
He handed a box round, in which 
were Peronea Shepherdana and 
Crambus Ericellus, taken this sea- 
son. 
Mr. Gregson exhibited bred 
Tinea nigrifoldella (brought for 
