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of elytral punctuation exhibited by L. agilis has occasioned, and might 

 excuse, the separation of exceptional individuals as supposed L. rntilus; 

 but as any fairly large series of L. agilis taken at the same time on the 

 same plant, either of Verhascum or Scmphularia, will show svich 

 variation, and that in every degree, it becomes impossible to regard the 

 character as a valid specific criterion. There appears, indeed, to be 

 considerable doubt among Continental authorities as to what the 

 L. rutilus of lUiger really may have been, and we have seen Continental 

 exponents of the species which to us seem to be nothing more than very 

 dark' red forms of L. jacohxm. As to the validity, however, of 

 L. rutilns, 111., as a Continental species, we cannot of course express an 

 opinion, but we are quite satisfied that no supposed example of it yet 

 taken in this country cannot be satisfactorily referred to one of the two 

 species we have mentioned. 



{To be continued.) 



THE SECOND INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS OF ENTOMOLOGY. 



Under the presidency of Professor E. B. Poulton, D.Sc, F.R.S., 

 the Second International Congress of Entomology was held at the 

 University Museum, Oxford, from August 5th to 9th. It was pre- 

 ceded on the evening of the 4th by an informal reception given by the 

 Entomologists resident in Oxford in the hall of New College, which 

 jointly with Wadham, Merton, and Magdalen Colleges, extended its 

 hospitality to members of the Congress. Although the nvimerical 

 strength of the present gathering was not quite equal to that of its 

 predecessor at Brussels in 1910, the attendance was very satisfactory, 

 175 out of rather more than 200 Members being present at the 

 meetings. These included the President and Officers of the Entomo- 

 logical Society of London, and a large number of the Fellows ; 

 delegates from the Universities and the chief learned Societies, and a 

 goodly number of the leading Entomologists of the Continent and the 

 United States, as well as representatives of such distant comitries as 

 Borneo, Canada, Chile, Cuba, Egypt, Hawaii, and Turkey. 



At the opening meeting of the Congress on the morning of 

 August 5th, the President extended a hearty welcome to the Members 

 on the occasion of their visit to Oxford. This city presented a special 

 advantage as a meeting- ground for the Entomologists of all nations 

 in the existence of the " Hope Department " of the University 



