82 THE entomologist's record. 



buried themselves the pot need not be watered regularly, it is sufficient 

 to place it in a saucer full of water and replenish the latter about once 

 a fortnight to prevent the earth drying up entirely. The pots should 

 now be kept in the shade, and after July 20th carefully watched for 

 the imagines, which emerge from this date till about September 8th 

 (Leon de Joannis). 



URRENT NOTES. 



For the current year the Rev. Canon ^Y. W. Fowler, M.A., F.L.S., 

 F.E.S., has been elected President of the Entomological Society of 

 London. Mr. Louis B. Prout, F.E.S., has been re-elected President 

 of the City of London Entomological and Natural History Society. Dr. 

 Fremlin, F.E.S., has been elected President of the South London 

 Entomological and Natural History Society. Mr. Millais Culpin, 

 President of the North London Natural History Society. 



In the January number of The Annals of Scottish Natural History, 

 p. 24, the Rev. H. S. Gorham describes a species of Stenolophus, 

 apparently new to Britain and to science. Two specimens were 

 captured on the banks of the Clyde, near Greenock, by Mr. John 

 Dunsmore. In identifying these specimens Mr. Gorham has discovered 

 that the insect in the collection of the British Museum, standing under 

 the name of S. iliscophorus, Fisch., agrees perfectly with them, but he 

 is of opinion that it does not accord with Fischer's species. The Clyde 

 insects and that of the British Museum (from S. France), belong, 

 therefore, apparently to an undescribed species, for which Mr. Gorham 

 proposes the name .S. planiatiis. Most probably this insect has been 

 confused for a long time with S. <liscophortis, which we gather is a 

 northern insect, and we wish Mr. Gorham had been able to compare 

 his Clyde insects with other southern foreign examples. We cannot 

 agree with Mr. Gorham that there is every probability these specimens 

 were not introduced, quite the contrary, we have had several cases of 

 insects of similar habit taken near some large seaport, and nowhere 

 else since in the country, which have undoubtedly been importations, 

 and until further evidence is forthcoming we must consider this species 

 also an importation. 



The fine collection of coleoptera made by the late Mr. Lennon, in 

 the extreme south-west of Scotland, mainly in the districts bordering 

 the Solway Firth, has now become public property, having been 

 purchased by The Edinburgh Museum of Science and Art. We 

 saw the collection a few weeks ago ; it is in good condition, and is to 

 be used as the nucleus of a thoroughly representative collection of 

 British coleoptera in the above Museum. 



Professor Josef Redtenbacher has recently brought out a work 

 entitled Dennatopteren mid Orthopteren con Osterreich-Uwjarn mid 

 Dcntschland, with one plate. Vienna, 1900. It is a popular account 

 of the Dermatoptera and Orthoptera of Germany and the Austro- 

 Hungarian Empire ; it includes no novelties, but should be of great 

 assistance to collectors in these countries. There are twelve Dematop- 

 tera, sixteen Blattodca, only four Mantodea, and but one Phasmid 

 included. Of Acridiodea there are seventy, and of Locustodea ninety- 

 one species, while of Gnjllodea, seventeen are mentioned. In spite of 



