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Entomological Society of London : April 20th, 1904'. — Dr. F. A. Dixet, 

 M.A., M.D., Yice-President, in the Chair. 



M.Jules Bourgeois, St. Marie-aux-Mines (Markirch), Germany; Mr. James 

 E. Black, Nethercroft, Peebles, N.B. ; Mr. Maurice Frederic Bliss, "Coningsburgh," 

 Montpelier Eoad, Ealing. W. ; Mr. Edward F. S. Tylecotej M.A., Durham House, 

 Lansdowne Eoad, Bournemouth ; Mr. Francis Gilliat, B.A., of Lloyds', E.G., and 

 Forest Dene, Worth, Sussex ; were elected Fellows of the Society. 



Mr. M. Jacoby exhibited a g specimen of the beetle Sagra senegalensis with ? 

 characters received from Mr. Barber in Natal, who had taken it in cop. Dr. Norman 

 Joy, Orochares angmtata, Er., taken at Bradfield, Berks., in December 1903— the 

 second recorded British specimen ; a species of Tychius, which he said might be a 

 variety of Tgchius polgliiieatus, Gevm. {not now included in the British List), or, 

 more probably, a new species closely allied to it, taken near Streatley, Berks., last 

 year ; and two specimens of Pselaphus dresdensis, Herbst, taken near Newbury 

 this year. Mr. 0. O. Waterhouse, an unnamed species of Nemoptera from Asia 

 Minor, resembling Nemoptera huttei from Australia. Mr. F. Enock, F.L.S., read a 

 paper on "Nature's Protection of Insect Life illustrated by Colour Photography," 

 and exhibited a number of lantern slides. Mr. P. I. Lathy, F.Z.S., communicated 

 a paper on " New Species of South American Ergcinidx." 



A discussion followed on specimens of the Dipterous families Stratiomyidce to 

 Cyrtidse, opened by Mr. G. H. Verrall, who said that the object of the discussion 

 was to determine as far as possible the number and distribution of the British 

 Species comprised in these families. The total luimbcr of species was but small, as 

 we have only from 130 to 150 in Britain, but the extreme difBculty lies in finding 

 out the correct names for them. This arises from two causes — the paucity of British 

 species as compared with the richness of the European Fauna ; and the inadequate 

 descriptions of supposedly well-known species. Colonel J. W. Yerbury, who 

 exhibited some specimens on behalf of Professor E. B. Poulton, F.E.S., said they 

 were of interest mainly on account of the specific names used, which names were 

 useful as showing the nomenclature employed by a past school of Dipterologists, and 

 might give a clue to the manner in which some reputed species have found their 

 way into the British List. The species to which he particularly drew attention 

 were as follows : — (i) Ephippiomyia ephippium, an insect reputed to have been 

 taken at Combe and Durenth Woods, of undoubtedly German origin ; (ii) Isopogon 

 brevirostris, probably the identical specimen referred to in Curtis' British Entomo- 

 logy, as having been taken on The Devil's Ditch, Newmarket ; (iii) Laphria 

 marginata, stated to have been bred from a hornet's nest ; and (iv) some specimens 

 of an Asilid taken by Mr. Holland at Tubney Wood, near Oxford, and which might 

 prove to be Machimus rusticus, an insect with a doubtful claim to a place in the 

 British fauna. Mr. Colbran J. Wainwright exhibited and commented upon two 

 specimens of Anthrax referred to by Mr. Verrall. He said that hitherto Mr. 

 Verrall had believed that we had lost two species of Anthrax in tliis country, A. 

 Jenestratus and A. paniscus, but that these two specimens, though allied to A. 

 paniscus, were abundantly distinct, and could be separated at a glance by the much 

 darker fore-edge to the wings, differing besides in other respects. One had been 

 taken by Mr. E. C. Bradley at Bournemouth, the other by Mr. W. S. Blatch at 

 Poole. Dr. F. A. Dixey and other Fellows joined in the discussion. — H. EowLAND 

 Beown, Hon. Sec. 



