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THE ENTOMOLOGIST’S WEEKLY INTELLIGENCER. 
YORK ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 
The September meeting of this Society 
was held on Monday, the 7th inst., at 
Mr. Hind’s, 25, Gillygate. 
Mr. Robinson was elected a mem- 
ber. 
Mr. R. Anderson, after detailing the 
success which he had had in a recent 
entomological excursion in Essex, ex- 
hibited some of the insects which he had 
obtained either by capture or exchange. 
Amongst them were the following: — 
C. Edusa, T. Be hike, S. Fucifonnis, 
E.Versicolora, B. Not ha and E. Angu- 
laria. 
Mr. B. J. Moore exhibited specimens 
of P. Avion. 
Mr. Robinson exhibited a specimen of 
C. Hyale which he had captured near 
York. He took it about the latter end of 
May, and from that circumstance it was 
naturally inferred that it had hybernated. 
Mention is made of the time of its cap- 
ture, because, in the ‘ Manual,’ p. 17, it 
is not stated to appear during the spring 
mouths, but in VIII (August), and is not 
named as an hybernating insect. He 
also exhibited P. trepida , which he 
bad captured off a stall in the Market 
Place, it being no doubt attracted by 
the light. 
Air. Prest exhibited some fine speci- 
mens of V. Alalanta. 
Mr. Hind exhibited Trochilium My- 
opaformc. 
Mr. Helstrop exhibited a very singular 
variety of A. Caja, also T. Dcrasa and 
T. Fimbria , &c. 
Mr. Young exhibited an interesting 
specimen of E. Tiliaria. 
Through the kindness of Mr. Birchall, 
of Dublin, several of the members were 
indebted for specimens of A. Minns, as 
he most kindly forwarded a number of 
that insect to Mr. Hind to be distributed 
amongst the members ; and the latter 
gentleman did not fail to carry out his 
wishes to the greatest satisfaction of the 
Society, whose members were unani- 
mous in giving a vote of thanks to the 
donor. 
After an interesting discussion upon 
various topics of interest to the Society, 
the meeting adjourned until the first Mon- 
day in October. — Robert Anderson, 
Secretary, Coney Street, York. 
Chelsea Entomological Society. — 
Mr. Herbert F. Gibbs has removed to 
27, Upper Manor Street, Chelsea, S.W., 
where the meetings of the Chelsea 
Entomological Society will be held 
in future, and where all communica- 
tions respecting the same society are 
to be sent. 
The Manchester Entomological 
Society (the preliminary meeting of 
which is noticed in I n tell. No. 36, p. 79) 
still continues to hold its meetings every 
alternate Wednesday evening, and is, I 
am happy to say, progressing favourably. 
The last meeting night (September 23) 
was rendered peculiarly interesting by 
the exhibition of Mr. T. Hague’s hybrid 
specimens of S. Populi and ocellatus, as 
also a very fine specimen of the same by 
Air. John Smith, of Salford. — Charles 
Campbell, Secretary, 37, Stoneheiver 
Street; September 29. 
PUPA-DIGGING. 
A correspondent writes, “ In the ‘ Ala- 
nual,' when you come to the Geometrce, 
will you kindly give all the information 
you can relative to the pupa of each 
species? Among the Noctuina the pupm 
of many species were not even noticed ; 
