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BothrijoDiyniiex iiieridionalis, which was also tenanted by the Isopod 

 Plati/arthriis schobli and numbers of a Coccid which Prof. R. Newstead 

 has so far been unable to determine. A nest of Mcssor barbanis shel- 

 tered the Thysanuran Lepi.vna iras)iia)uti and the two woodlice (Isopoda) 

 P. srhiihli and Liicasiiis tardus, both of them in abundance. All these 

 nests at Lambese were found under large loose stones. At El Kantara 

 a colony of Messor barbarus, under a rock, harboured at least fifteen 

 Lepisiiia iras)iionni. 



I am indebted to Mr. Robert Gurney for a good deal of the material 

 and for determining the Isopods. The Rev. F. D. Morice identified 

 the ants, Prof. F. V. Theobald described the Aphids, Prof. G. H. 

 Carpenter named the Thysanura, and Prof. Nils Holmgren the Termite. 

 Prof. R. Newstead was good enough to take charge of the Coccid. — 

 P. A. Buxton (F.E.S.), Fairhill, Tonbridge. 



(CURRENT NOTES AND SHORT NOTICES. 



Pressure on our space often curtails our column of " Current Notes " 

 and defers many interesting items until they are hardly " current." 

 This is occasionally somewhat unfortunate. 



The only son of Mr. Donisthorpe has been given a Commission ; 

 he is attached to the Intelligence Corps and left for the front in 

 December. 



The two sons of Mr. C. J. Gahan, Keeper of the British Museum 

 (Natural History), are serving at the front. 



Dr. Chapman's nephew and Mr. T. W. Halls's two sons passed 

 through the terrible bayonet charges with the London Scottish quite 

 unscathed, although the younger of the latter has since been wounded 

 by a shell, but we are pleased to hear only slightly. 



A son of Dr. Longstaif, F.E.S., is serving in the artillery in France. 



A nephew of Mr. R. S. Mitford, C.B., F.E.IS., was granted the 

 D.S.O. and the French Cross of the Legion of Honour for distinguished 

 service in the Field. 



Captain P. A. Cardew, till recently a regular attendant at the 

 meetings of the South London Entomological Society, has been for 

 some time on the lines of communication in France. 



The Staff of the Entomological Department at S. Kensington is 

 well to the fore in this mighty struggle. Out of the 23 members of 

 the staff uo less than 12 are actively engaged in the war. Mr. E. E. 

 Austm is a Captain in the Artists, 28th Co. of London, Mr. N. D. 

 Riley is a Lieutenant in the Army Service Corps, and Mr. K. G. Blair 

 is in the 4th Battalion of the Seaforth Highlanders. This is 3 out of 

 the 10 Assistant Keepers. From the 12 Attendants no less than 9 

 are away, viz .—Messrs. H. G. Herring and H. Stringer in the Surrey 

 Yeomanry, Messrs. C. Hill, J. Gabriel, H. F. Mugford, C. A. Cockley 

 and M. W. Stanley in the Civil Service Corps, and Messrs. W. E. 

 Phillips and F. Barnett, in the Army Service Corps. Mr. D. H. 

 Gotch, of the Imperial Bureau of Entoiiiology, is also in the Artists 

 Corps. In addition we understand that Sir G. F. Hampson is a 

 special constable and that Messrs. J. H. Durrant, G. Meade-Waldc, 

 F. W. Edwards, and F. Laing are connected with ambulance corps. 



Mr. R. S. Bagnall has two brothers serving, Mr. C. L. Bagnall is a 

 Captain in the Durham Light Infantry Territorials and is attached to 



