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which it was principally brought together, it must be of value. As an author 

 wc think ho published only a few short notes ; nevertheless, owing to his long- 

 continued ofEcial duties, there are few men in this country who have done more 

 to sustain entomological science. A man has gone from among us whose place 

 it will be difficult to fill in all its varied aspects. As a friend ho will be extensively 

 mourned. Strictly upright and honourable in all his actions, thoroughly genial and 

 cordial in social intercourse. A staunch Tory and Churchman, ho never allowed 

 political differences of opinion or religious views to influence him in his friendships, 

 and it would be difficult to find one with whom it was more pleasant to work as 

 a colleague, a fact to which the writer of this notice, a co-Socretary with him of 

 the Entomological Society for several years, readily testifies. Few men could have 

 been less spared. — R. McL. 



oqidiijs. 



BiKMiNonAM Entomological Society : July 20ih, 1891.— Mr. R. C. Bradley 

 in the Chair. 



Mr. Or. n. Verrall, F.E.S., was present, and delivered a lecture on Diptera. 

 lie said he had come down with the hope of inducing Members to take up the study 

 of the Order, which possesses many recommendations not possessed by other Orders 

 of insects. It is a much neglected Order, and therefore shows a considerable field 

 for original work to all ; all workers can introduce new species, &o., he had intro- 

 duced some hundreds to the British List. Another recommendation to the group 

 is that it is not necessary to go far for fresh material to work at, one's own garden 

 providing much ; he had taken in his garden at Newmarket 500 species. He briefly 

 described the classification and characters of the Order, and then ran in review the 

 families and genera, giving their salient points and many interesting facts about 

 them. Mr. C. J. Wainwright proposed a vote of thanks, which was seconded by 

 Mr. Or. II. Kenrick, supported by Dr. P. B. Mason, and replied to by Mr. Verrall. — 

 CoLBRAN J. Wainwright, Hon. Sec. 



Entomological Society of London: August 5th, 1891. — Frederick 

 DuCane Godman, Esq., M.A., F.R.S., President, in the Chair. 



Mr. Arthur J. Chitty, of 33, Queen's Gate Gardens, S.W., and Captain E. Q. 

 Watson, of 5, Lypiatt Terrace, Cheltenham, were elected Fellows of the Society. 



The President announced the death of Mr. Ferdinand Grut,the Hon. Librarian 

 of the Society, and commented on tlie valuable services which the deceased gentle- 

 man had rendered tlie Society for many years past. 



Dr. D. Sharp exhibited Japyx solifugns, from the Eastern Pyrenees, and stated 

 that in his opinion it was a connecting link between the Thysanura B,nA Dermaptera. 

 lie also exhibited pupoD of Dytisous marginalia ; one of these was perfectly developed, 

 with the exception that it retained the larval head ; this was owing to the larva 

 having received a slight injury to the head. Dr. Sharp also exhibited specimens of 

 Ophonus puncticollis and allied species, and said that Thomson's characters of the 

 three Swedish species, O. puncticollis, O. hrevicollis, and O. reotangulus, applied 



