86 THE entomologist's record. 



The following have been elected Officers of the South London 

 Entomological Society for 1898 :— President, Mr. J. W. Tutt, 

 F.E.S. ; Vice-Presidents, Mr. R. Adkin, F.E.S., and Mr. H. Tunaley, 

 F.E.S. ; Treasurer, Mr. T. W. Hall, F.E.S. ; Corresponding Sec, Mr. 

 S. Edwards, F.Z.S., F.L.S. ; Rep. Sec, Mr. H. J. Turner, F.E.S. ; 

 Librarian, Mr. H. A. Sauze ; Curator, Mr. W. West. 



The City of London Entomological Society has elected the following 

 officers for the current year : — President, Mr. J. W. Tutt, F.E.S. ; Vice- 

 Presidents, Messrs. J. A. Clark, F.E.S., F. J. Hanbury, F.L.S., F.E.S., 

 and L. B. Prout, F.E.S.; Treasurer, Mr. C. Nicholson, F.E.S.; 

 Secretaries, Mr. H. A. Sauze and Mr. L. J. Tremayne ; Librarians, 

 Mr. L. B. Prout, F.E.S., and Mr. D. C. Bate ; Curators, Mr. E. M. 

 Dadd and Mr. W. I. Cox. 



Our readers will be pleased to hear that Mr. Arkle {Entoiii.) has 

 settled the Teplnmia difficulty. This will save a great deal of trouble 

 in the future. 



The capture of Hyclrilla paUistris by the Carlisle lepidopterists, in 

 their own neighbourhood, is rather surprising. Mr. Routledge ex- 

 hibited a couple of female specimens at the meeting of the Ent. Soc. 

 of London, on February 16th. The range, as given by Staudinger 

 for this species, is a wide one : Germany, Switzerland, England, 

 Sweden, Lapland, Finland, and the Ural. 



The Huddersfield Naturalists' Society celebrates its jubilee this 

 year. We understand that this will be marked by an exhibition, or 

 something of the kind, later in the year. The society has taken a 

 very wise step in making Mr. Porritt, F.E.S., President for the year. 

 He was president nearly 30 years ago. 



Our readers will be pleased to hear that Sir Archibald Buchan 

 Hepburn, Bart., has returned well-pleased with his trip to Central Asia. 

 He met Dr. Radde, who is in charge of the collection, at Tiflis, and 

 says that, as a collection in all branches for Caucasia and Transcaspia, 

 it is an admirable example of what a museum should be. There is 

 much of interest in both the Lepidoptera and Coleoptera, but much 

 remains to be done, especially in the Micro-lepidoptera, a department 

 which the Grand Duke Nicholas takes under his especial charge. 



The specimens of the genus Erchia, exhibited by Mr. H. J. Elwes, 

 F.R.S., in illustration of his remarks at the meeting of the Entomo- 

 logical Society of London, in February last, will, by arrangement 

 with Sir William Flower, Director of the British Museum (Natural 

 History, South Kensington), be on view at that institution for a few 

 weeks. The series contains, almost without exception, representatives 

 of all the known species and more prominent varieties, and should be 

 seen by all students of this difficult and interesting genus. 



Monsieur A. Suchetet, of Anteville, par Breaute (Seine-Inferieure), 

 wishes us to make known among our readers that he is anxious to 

 receive magazine references and data as to hybridity, not only in 

 Lepidoptera, but in all orders of insects. 



OLEOPTERA. 



Anthicus scoticus. Rye, and other Coleoptera in Cumberland. — 

 The records for Anthicus scoticus have hitherto been exclusively Scotch, 

 I was, therefore, pleased to find a specimen among some insects taken 



