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COLLEMBOLA AND ThYSANURA OF THE EdINBDRGH DISTRICT : by QeORGE 



H. Carpenter, B.Sc, F.E.S., and William Evans, F.R.S.E. From the Pro- 

 ceedings of the Royal Physical Society of Edinburgh, vol. xiv. Pp. 221—266, 

 plates V — viii. 1899. 



An exceedingly useful paper on a little-worted group, and of far more than 

 local interest, inasmuch, as out of 63 species enumerated " at least 17 " are new to 

 Britain, showing that very much remains to be done. The local data are full. Of 

 the plates one is occupied by much enlarged coloured figures, and the others are 

 largely devoted to details. 



Mr. Carpenter has also published in the Proceedings of the Royal DubUn 

 Society, vol. ix (1900), an account of seven species collected by Mr. Bruce in 

 Franz-Josef Land in 1896—97, an interesting factor in geographical distribution. 



Birmingham Entomological Society : February lUh, 1900.— Mr. G. T. 

 Bethune-Baker, F.L.S., President, in the Chair. 



Messrs. F. A. Jackson, Edmund Street, Birmingham, and Mr. W. H. Wilkin- 

 son, F.L.S., Marchmount, Wylde Green, were elected Members of the Society. 



Mr. R. C. Bradley showed the rare Chrysid, Cleptes paWpes, which had been 

 taken on a window of his house at Moseley, and the identification of which had 

 been confirmed by the Rev. F. D. Morice ; he also showed MiUogramma conica, a 

 rare little Tachinid, which he had found in considerable numbers at Moseley last 

 summer. Messrs. H. Willoughby EUis, and F. A. Jackson, the following beetles 

 from Knowle :—Anchomenus viduus, and var. moestus, Aleochara hrevipennis, Ptiaus 

 fur, Corymbites pectinicornis, and Sitones camlricus. Mr. C. J. Wainwright, a box 

 containing the genus Syrphus, and allied Diptera. Mr. G. T. Bethune-Baker, a 

 drawer of Paliearctic Satyrids.-CoLBRAN J. Wainwright, Son. Sec. 



The South London Entomological and Natural History Society : 

 Annual Meeting, Januan, 25th, 1900.-Mr. A. Harrison, F.L.S., President, in 



the Chair. 



The Council's Report showed that the Society was in a sound condition in 



membership, finances, and usefulness. 



The following gentlemen were elected as Ofiicers and Council for the ensuing 

 year :-President, W. J. Lucas, B.A., F.E.S. ; Vice-Presidents, H. S. Fremlin, 

 M.R.C.S., F.E.S., and A. Harrison, F.C.S., F.L.S. ; Treasurer, T. W. Hall, F.E.S. ; 

 Librarian, H. A. Sauze ; Curator, W. West ; Hon. Secretaries, Stanley Edwards, 

 F.L.S., F.E.S., and H. J. Turner, F.E.S. ; Council : R. Adkin, F.E.S., W. J. Ash- 

 down, 'f. Noad Clarke, Dr. T. A. Chapman, F.Z.S., H. Moore, F.E.S., A. M. 

 Montgomery, and J. W. Tutt, F.E.S. The retiring President then read his Address, 

 discussing at some length the subjects, " Recent Experiments in Telegony," and the 

 " Inter-relation between the Mosquito and Malarial Fever." ^ ^ 



