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Bees of the (jenus Andrena, by H. L. Viereck and F. D, A. Cockerell. 

 Tespoid and Spheroid Hymenoptera collected in Guatonala hij \V. P, 

 Cockerell, by S. A. Rohwer. The same criticism does for all. It is a 

 great pity that so many of the descriptions of new species are isolated. 

 Comparisons with and references to allied species are mostly conspicuous 

 by their absence, and many of the descriptions must be useless to the 

 student except with a deal of unnecessarily caused trouble. 



The magazines for November contain the following articles of 

 general interest. 



(1) In the Scottish Xatnralint are two records of the occurrence of 

 Afiriiis conrolrtili, one taken at the lighthouse at North Unst, Shetland, 

 on August 2Sth, 1914, and the other taken at the Isle of May light. 



(2) Mr. Norman H. Joy, in the Knt. Mo. Mat/., announced the 

 discovery of a Coleopteron new to Britain, Gabrius priiiriijeiiiiis, taken in 

 sphagnum near Bradfield, of which several specimens were obtained by 

 Mr. Tomlin and himself. Mr. David Sharp described a species of Haltica, 

 H. britteni as new to science. It appears to be no rarity in Scotland, 

 where it occurs on Erica with a closely allied species fl. ericeti, with 

 which it has hitherto been mixed. Mr. K. S. Bagnall described a 

 species of Thysanoptera new to science, Knthripn tamicola. It was 

 taken on flowers of Black Bryony {l^aviioi coDiuiunis) at Yarn ton, Oxon, 

 and subsequenth' in ether localities in Berks. 



(8) In the Kntomoloiiist, Mr. H. Rowland-Brown gave an account 

 of a collecting tour of three weeks in the Dauphiny Alps. 



i^ C I E T I E S . 



The South London Entomological and Natural History Society. 

 — August IBth. — Exhibit of Exotic Saturniids and Sphingids. — Mr. 

 Edwards, the large Saturniids Avtheraea paphia, Automeris illustrin, 

 ■Citheronia )iia(/nipca, Sauria aiujulifera, S. proniethea, the Sphingids 

 Oxyainbuh/.v substrigilis and Psilijp-aniiiia niencphroii, and Eribomorjiha 

 fuhinrita. Pink variation in N. reticulata, etc. — Mr. Newman, 

 the pink form of Neuria reticulata from the coast of Co. Cork, and 

 two forms of the pupa of Selenia hnmi'ia, the chocolate coloured 

 hybernating form and the bright green second brood form. A 

 Psychid larva.,-- Mr. A. E. Gibbs, a large Psj'chid larva {(Ekcticus 

 kirbi/i) which fed on sweet lemon. Variation in European Apaturids. 

 — Mr. Curwen, fine series of Apatura iris, A. ilia with ab. chjtie, ab. 

 iliades, ab. pallescens, etc., from Samoussy near Laon. The willow 

 mite, etc. — Mr. C. B. Williams, living larvse of Satiirnia ppri from 

 Syria, and reported finding a mite, Eriophijes, in the willow galls 

 exhibited at the last meeting. Eggs of Ascalaphus. — Mr. Main, a 

 living pupa of .S'. pijri from Lugano and eggs of Ascalaphus from S. 

 France. The Psychid, Oreopsyche pyraenella. — Dr. Chapman, the 

 cases of a Psychid, Oreopsyche pyraenella, from Gavarnie, Pyrenees, 

 and gave notes on the life-history of the species. The S moults twice 

 at pupation, the $ only once. 



Auyust 27th. — Aberrations of P. icakus. — Mr. T. W. Hall, 

 aberrations of I'olyonnnatus irarus from Hertford and Folkestone, 

 including radiated underside, dwarf, brilliant blue $ , bleached J ,etc., 

 specimens. 0. pyraenella. — Dr. Chapman, the Psychid (h-enpsyche pij- 

 .laenella with examples of the larval skins moulted at pupation. Alien 



