138 [J"ne, 



Catalogus Coleopterorfm EuROPiE, &c. : Editio Secunda. 



In the review of this work, anted, p. 114, a mistake was made that requires 

 correction. Tiie Coleoptera are placed under nine groups as stated, hut group (2) 

 should be named Siaphylinoidea, and the term Poltphaga made to include groups 

 2-9 inclusive, equivalent to the section Adepiiaga. The heading for tlie Adephnga 

 is given an enth'e page, and families only are included under it, while that for the 

 Poltphaga is given as a headline, and each of the eight groups placed under it are 

 divided up into families as well. The want of uniformity in the system of arrange- 

 ment is very apt to mislead at first sight, hence this explanatory note. — d. C. C. 



BiRMINGITAM ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY: April \hlh, 1007. — Mr. G. T. 



Bethune-Baker, President, in the Chair. 



Mr. E. C. Rossiter showed Twniocamp.-v bred from dug puprc from Wyre Forest, 

 amongst them being specimens of incerfa, wliich approached stahUls so nearly that 

 he was uncertain to which species to assign them. Mr. Hubert Langley, various 

 Lepuloplera from the neighboui-hood of Leamingtcm, including Sarrothripus revai/- 

 ana, Sc, taken on sallow bloom and new to Warwickshire, and dark forms of 

 Hi/hernia marginaria, Blch., $ , M. leticophxaria, Schiff., and Chimahacche fagella, 

 F. Mr. J. Tj Fountain, a largo number of Lepidoptera taken this year, including 

 live Bislon strataria, ITufn., taken the same day at Sutton, Panolis <iriseovariegata, 

 Goeze, fine specimens from Sutton ; Vanessa poltjchJoros and Polygonia c-aJhum 

 from Wye Valley, &c. lie remarked upon the extraordinary resemblance of the 

 Panolis to tufts of fir cone, with which tlie ground was ])lentifully strewn, by birds 

 or squirrels, and amongst which they were taken. Mr. L. Doncaster, the specimens 

 of A iigefona pruuafia,Jj., renved by him in the course of breeding experiments upon 

 tlie species, the results of which he explained. Mr. G. T. Bethune-l'aker, a series 

 of the magnificent butterflies belonging to the Morphine genus Tenaris from New 

 Guinea. Mr. Colbrau J. Wainwright, Lepidoptera taken locally by Mr. W. H. 

 Hardaleer, and including Noctiia castanea (neglecta) from Sutton; Hadeiia trifulii 

 (chenopodii) from Handsworth, &c. Mr. G. H. Keurich remarked that the castanea 

 were neither of the southern grey form, nor the northern reddish form, but of an 

 intermediate light brownish colour, and that he had taken similar specimens at 

 Wyre Forest. — Colbran J. Wainwright, Hon. Sec. 



Lancashire and Cheshire Entomological Society: This the concluding 

 Meeting of the Session, was held at the Royal Institution, Colquitt Street, Liverpool, 

 Monday, April 15th, Mr. W. Mansbridge, Vice-President, in the Chair. 



Mr. Kobert Newstead, Lecturer on Economic Entomology and Parasitology at 

 the liiverpool University, delivered a lecture upon Stomoxys and the Tse-tse flies 

 (Olossimf), among the latter being tlie insects which produce sleeping sickness. 

 Tlie lecturer described the life-history and development of these most interesting 

 flies, giving particulars of tluMr habits and distribution, as well as the structural 

 characters available for classification. 



