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Erehia afer var. dalmata. Can anyone give me locality and date for 

 this insect ?— (Mrs.) M. Nicholl, The Cottage, Merthyr Mawr, 

 Bridgend. [We have an idea that advertisements from Dalmatian ento- 

 mologists (and, therefore, their addresses) appear occasionally in the 

 Insekten- Borsc, and Societas Kntouinloi/ica, Rilhls Gross-schmettcrlmf/e 

 PaliiarJdlscht'n, etc. (Heyne, Leipzig) has many localities, and probably 

 contains information on this point. — Ed.] 



URRENT NOTES. 



The Leicester Society (under the able presidency of Mr. F. Rowley,, 

 and the enthusiastic secretary, Mr. F. Bouskell) is doing excellent 

 entomological work. Like all societies, however, that do not wish to 

 fall into a mildewy condition, this Society combines the social with the 

 scientific. The result must be very gratifying to the officers, and 

 certainly repays them for the extra trouble. Professor Beare, and 

 Messrs. Donisthorpe and Tutt, were the London members present 

 at the latest social function on January 13th, and to say that these 

 gentlemen have taken away an excellent impression of the generous 

 hospitality of their Midland friends, is to put the matter very mildly. 

 At the speech-making after the dinner, Mr. Dixon bore remarkable 

 testimony to the excellence of the secretary. He said : " Mr. Bouskell 

 does not ask one to do so and so, but writes, ' You are down for so and 

 so,' and thus you have to do it." Here's a secretary after our own 

 heart. The entomological mom was excellent. At the ordinary 

 meeting on the following evening, Mr. Donisthorpe read a paper on 

 " Ants' nest beetles," and Mr. Tutt another paper on " The scientific 

 aspects of Entomology." 



On the evening of January 18th, in the "Entomological Salon" 

 of the Holborn Restaurant, Mr. Verrall gave his annual supper iu 

 connection with the meeting of the Entomological Club. Many- 

 eminent entomologists were present. Among others, we noticed Mr. 

 Trimen, F.R.S., Professor Meldola, F.R.S., Professor Poulton, F.R.S., 

 Mr. Distant, F.Z.S., Dr. P. B. Mason, F.L.S., Mr. Sam. Stevens, 

 F.L.S. (carrying his years with more ease than many of us half his 

 age). Colonel Swinhoe, F.E.S., Mr. J. J. Walker, R.N., F.L.S., 

 Dr. T. A. Chapman, F.E.S., Mr. Herbert Goss, F.L.S., Mr. Stanley 

 Edwards, F.R.S., F.Z.S., F.L.S. , and very many others. We regret 

 much that Mr. R. Adkin, a prominent member of the Entomological 

 Club, was absent through indisposition. Mr. Jacoby again played 

 some excellent selections on the violin. Only two toasts were pro- 

 posed, one, by Mr. Verrall — " The Entomological Club," the other,. 

 by Mr. Trimen — " Our Chairman, Mr. Verrall." We liked one 

 remark in Mr. Trimen's speech, " I have only been to two of these 

 Buppers, I hope to attend many in the future," and so say all of us. 

 "When will there be a social side to the Entomological Society of 

 London ? 



A short sketch of Entomological Serial Literature in Britain.*'' 



By SAMUEL J. CAPPER, F.L.S., F.E.S. 



On the 21st of February next, the Lancashire and Cheshire 

 Entomological Society will have attained its majority, an event 



* The Annual Address to the Lancashire and Cheshire Entomological Society. 



