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Arriving at Snodland soon after mid-day, I commenced operations by taking Donacia 

 ajffinis freely on rushes, within five minutes' walk of the railway station ; and by 

 sweeping the luxuriant herbage in the damp thickets and meadows close to the 

 town, the following species were obtained, among many others : — Ceuthorrhynchus 

 tirticce (4), on Stachjjs, as before : this is a curiously local species, occurring in only 

 one spot a few yards in extent ; 3Ialac7iius marginellus, six examples by brushing 

 flowers, besides one or two more lost by reason of its extreme activity in the net ; 

 Anthocomus fasciatus, Telephorus oralis and T. figuratus, Dryophilus pusillun, 

 Psylliodes picina, LimiwbarLi T-album, and Bagous alismatis (both common), 

 Rhinoncus gramineus, Poophagus siiymorli, Apion pubesrens and A. unirolor, &e. 

 About 4 p.m. I took the train back to Hailing, and walked across the chalk downs 

 to the south side of Cobham Park, taking on the way Melandrya caraboides (new 

 to my local list) , R hag onycka unicolor, Ceuthorrhynchidius nigrinus, Ceuthorrhynchux 

 asperifoliarum, and Thyamis exoleta, on Echium, the latter literally in thousands, 

 Lamprosoma concolor, Apion Spencei (common on Mercurialis perennis), Liodes 

 orbicularis, and a single example of Dryoccetes coryli. Arriving at Cobham Park, 

 a pair of the scarce and pretty little Trachys pumila was a welcome sight in the 

 sweeping-net, it being new to the district ; and while brushing about in the hope of 

 finding more, Homalota scapularis (several), Throscus carinifrons, Plagiogonvs 

 arenarius, Anisotoma punctulata (several of both sexes), and Qymnetron melanarius 

 turned up, among others. Soon afterwards I made the best capture of the day, this 

 being an example of the very rare Mordella aculeata, which occurred by brushing long 

 grass at the edge of the Park. Returning through Cobham Great Wood, I had just 

 time (at the risk of missing my train home) to examine a few felled and barked oaks 

 at the Strood end, where Oxytelus insecatus, Pediacus dermestoides, Callidinm 

 variabile, and Acalles roboris made a good finish to a very satisfactory afternoon's 

 work. 



I may here record the occurrence to me for the first time in the Chatham dis- 

 trict of HcBinoiiia Ciirtisi, having taken a few specimens at the end of May on 

 Potamogeton pectiuatus in a shallow ditch at Cuxton. As at Sheerness, it was 

 accompanied, but very sparingly, by Bagous limosus, Gryll. (petrosus, Wat. Cat.), 

 Dytiscus circumflexus, &c. — James J. Walkee, 23, Ranelagh Eoad, Sheerness: 

 June UtA, 1897- 



The Entomological Society of London and Colonial Entomologists. — At a 

 Special Meeting of the Society held on June 2nd, an alteration in the Bye-Laws was 

 made, which should have the eifect of causing an influx of new Fellows resident in 

 our Colonies, &c. Hitherto all British subjects, whei-ever they were located, have 

 been liable for the Admission Fee of Two Guineas. Under the new rule British 

 subjects and foreigners alike residing permanently abroad are exempt from the Fee. 

 This we think is a salutary alteration, and one that should obviate what has often 

 been a source of misunderstanding. Of course it is prospective only, and does not 

 affect any existing Fellow ; neither does it concern any one one who, for pleasure or 

 profit, may be temporarily located out of the United Kingdom. — Eds. 



