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Some Aculeate Hymenopfera from King's Lynn, Nor/olk. — Among some 

 Aculeates i"eceived from Mr. Atmore for identification I found some interesting and 

 rare species that are worth recording. Some of tliem I submitted to Mr. Saunders 

 as they were entirely new to me. Probably the best species were the following : 

 Pompilui spi.ixus, P. pecfinipes, Crahro scutafus {one), MeUinu.t sahulosus (three), 

 Odynerus gracilis ('^ne), Andrena ambigua, A. dorsata, A. argentata, A. triden- 

 tata (one ? ), A. denticulata, Megachile rersicolor, and Macropis lahiata. This 

 last species was taken off thistles Mr. Atmore informs mo, and so far ho lias met 

 with three specimens. — lu. 



Socicticfj. 



Birmingham Entomological Society: Jnnnnry IS^A, 190t. — Mr. G. T. 

 Bethune-Baker, President, in the Chair. 



Mr. R. C. Bradley exhibited CoeUoxyx acuminata, Nyl., and Crahro cetratux, 

 Schuck., both taken in his garden at Moseley in 1903. Mr. A. D. Imms read a 

 paper upon Tsetse flies and nagana, in whicli, with the aid of lantern slides, black- 

 board diagrams, &c., he gave an account of all that is known at present about the 

 flies of the genus <?/o.v.9in«, their structure, life history, distribution, &c., and also 

 described the disease nagaiia and the Tryjinnonoma hrucei, which causes it. — CoL- 

 BRAN J. Wainwright, Hon. Sec. 



Lancashire and Cheshire Entomological Society. — By the courtesy of 

 the St. Helen's and District Naturalists' Society the concluding meeting of t.lie 

 present session was lield in the Association Buildings, St. Helen's, on Monday, 

 December 21st, the gathering partaking of the nature of a joint meeting of the two 

 Societies, of which a large number of members were present. Mr. Wm. Webstkb, 

 M.K..S.A.I., Vice-President, occupied the Chair. 



On the motion of the Council it was unanimously resolved to elect Major 

 Eonald Ross, F.R.C.S., F.R.S., &c., an Honorary Member of the Society. The 

 following gentlemen were proposed for election as Ordinary Members in January: 

 Messrs. H. Mousley, of Buxton, and Donald Kent, of Sefton Part, Liverpool. 



Certain amendments to the rules of the Society having been adopted, communi- 

 cations were read by Messrs. R. S. Norman, F.G.S., and J. G. Wallbridgo, M.P.S. 

 Mr. R. S. Norman's paper on " Fossil Insects " dealt in an exhaustive manner with 

 the palsBontological branch of Historical Geology. Having first briefly described 

 the process of formation of the great groups of stratified rocks, he dealt seriatim 

 with the principal systems that have proved prolific of fossil insects remains in both 

 Europe and America, special attention being paid to those occurring in Britain. 

 Mr. J. G. Wallbridge's interesting communication on "Economic Insects" was 

 divided into (1) a general survey of his subject under the headings of (a) beneficial, 

 and {b) injurious, insects; and (2), the consideration of the life-histories of several 

 of our better known hexapods, with special reference to the honey-bee. Treating of 

 oak galls he remarked that perhaps the most commercially valuable was that of the 

 Dyer's oak, Quercus infectoria. From this we obtain gallic and pyrogailic acid, 



