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Mr. J. Ray Hardy mentions {Ent. Ma. Mwj.) that four or five 

 specimens of a dipteron, new to the British fauna, viz., Fannia 

 {Homalomiiia) imi{/)m, Stein., emerged in June last, from an old nest 

 of Vespa riihjath found in Cheshire in February last. Mr. Collin 

 suggests that lloinalniut/ia resparia, Meade, should be compared with 

 the specimens, as well as H. ciliata, Stein., possibly the same as 

 H. vesparia. 



Mr. G. C. Champion calls attention {Knt. Mo. Macj.) to the descrip- 

 tion of the unique British example of Apion cantiannni, Wagn. 

 {hreficorne, Schulsky), of which other specimens might possibly be 

 found in series of A. Jilirostre. 



Dr. Wood describes (Ent. Mo. Mar/.) three more species of Phora, 

 civ., P. haltera, P. minutiadma and l\ exii/xa. He also gives most 

 interesting notes on a large number of species. 



Dr. .Joy describes a beetle new to Britain under the name Crijpto- 

 pharjuH fonieri from Bradfield, obtained in dry wood-dust in old beech 

 trees ; it will be probably found mixed with Cryptophai/Hx scanicus var. 

 patruelis in collections. 



The first International Congress of Entomology, held at Brussels, 

 August lst-6th, proved a great success. A detailed report is promised 

 for our next number. The thanks of all entomologists are due 

 primarily to Dr. K. Jordan, who brought the idea to a successful com- 

 mencement, and to Dr. Malcolm Burr, who worked so splendidly in 

 its later stages to ensure success. The next Congress is fixed for 1912, 

 and will take place at Oxford — we hope not in early August. A 

 splendid general report by Dr. Burr in The Times for August 10th has 

 attracted a great deal of attention already, outside strictly entomo- 

 logical circles. 



j^OCIE TIE S. 



The South London Entomological and Natural History Society. 

 — Jidi/ lith, 1910. — Special exhibition of Polyommatus icarus. — 

 Dr. Hodgson exhibited a large number of selected specimens, many of 

 them being blue 2 s and aberrant undersides. Mr. R. Adkin, geo- 

 graphical series, the most striking of which were those from the West 

 of Ireland. Mr. Joy, long series of the spring and summer broods 

 illustrative of seasonal dimorphism in size. Mr. B. Adkin, some 

 very fine examples from the Hebrides, Isles of Scilly, North Cornwall, 

 Ireland, etc. Mr. Turner, a few aberrations in colour, including 

 specimens from several Swiss localities. Mr. Hemmings, one or two 

 remarkable aberrations, including a thetis-like J , and an underside $ 

 with the eyespots showing extreme displacement. Mr. Pickett, a 

 drawer containing the results of many years selection of forms. 

 Mr. Tutt, in summing up the exhibit, considered it one of the finest 

 and most complete ever got together, and stated that nowhere possibly 

 could such a series have been brought together except by the meml)ers 

 of the South London Entomological Society. Nowhere throughout its 

 range was the species so extremely variable as in the British Isles, those 

 most nearly approaching the British examples comingfromthemoun tain 

 valleys in the north-west of India. He commented on the geographical 

 distribution of the insect, and especially referred to the rarity of the 

 species in its most eastern haunts — in the Altai Mountains and Amur- 



