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des nouvelles personelles du signatoire ou d'autres militaires du mome 

 corps. (Ministere de la Guerre)." — H.St.J.K.D. 



Mr. Noel S. Sennett, F.E.S., has enlisted in the Sportsman's 

 Battalion attached to the Royal Fusilieis, and leaves for camp, at 

 Hornchurch, near Bomford, on 24th. — H.St.J.K.D. 



M. Oberthiir, the well-known French entomologist, has three sons 

 serving in the French army. The eldest, M. Charles Oberthiir, had 

 taken part in all the battles on the left, and was, when I last heard 

 from his father, still well and unwounded. He had caught on the 

 battlefield of the Marne, while the Germans were in full retreat, an 

 excellent specimen of Vanessa to, which he had managed to get con- 

 veyed home for his father's collection — not the least valued specimen 

 the famous collection contains we may be sure. — G.W. 



Now that Mr. F. A. Pierce has completed his work on the British 

 Geouu'tridae, he is going on at once with a similar work on the 

 Tortrices. In this be is being ably aided by the Rev. J. W. Metcalfe 

 of Exeter, who has taken up the work enthusiastically, and had some 

 time ago made drawings of some two hundred of the microscopical 

 preparations sent him. Mr. Pierce would be only too pleased to have 

 authentically named specimens sent him. Many collectors have 

 greasy, sprung and damaged insects, which would be of the greatest 

 value for this purpose. Female examples are generally much scarcer 

 than the males, and are therefore always of use. 



The Annual Exhibition of Varieties and Notable Captures of the 

 year held hy the South London Entomological and Natural History 

 Society will this year take place on November 26th, in the Society's 

 rooms, at Hibernia Chambers, London Bridge, at 7.30 o'clock. 

 Visitors are cordially invited to take part in the meeting. It is 

 requested that all those exhibiting will hand full notes of their remarks 

 to Mr. Hy. J. Turner, the Hon. Report Secretary, before leaving the 

 meeting. Among other exhibits, Mr. Sheldon will show the butter- 

 flies which he collected this year in the Crimea and at Sarepta in 

 Soutb-East Russia ; Mr. D. H. Pearson will exhibit his captures 

 recently taken in Pontresina, Engadine and at Trafoi, Tyrol ; Mr. W, 

 C. Crawley will probably have one or more of his ant colonies at the 

 meeting ; Mr. L. W. Newman will have a large exhibit of aberrations 

 bred by himself. Several members will show photographs of items in 

 the life-history of various species. 



The son of Mr. H. Donisthorpe has had leave of absence from his 

 college — the City and Guilds of London Engineering College, 

 University of London- during the war, to serve on the engineering 

 staff of the Marconi Wireless Company. Mr. Donisthorpe's brother, 

 formerly a captain in the 1st V.B. Royal Fusiliers, has been selected 

 as one of the two officers from the county of Bucks National Reserves 

 to serve in the Bucks and Oxford Light Infantry under Colonel Tighe. 



The London Natural History Society, which meets at 7 p.m. on the 

 1st and 3rd Tuesdays in each month, at Room 20, Salisbury House, 

 Finsbury Circus, E.G., will be glad to welcome at its meetings any 

 French or Belgian entomologists now staying in this country, and to 

 give them the benefit of its library and collections. Communications 

 should be addressed to the Secretary, Salisbury House, E.G. 



Mr. L. B. Prout is contributing an account of the Geotnetridae of 

 Formosa to the Ent. Mitt., mainly based upon the collections made in 



