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the extent of the districts included, it will be seen that the orthoptera- 

 fauna is rather poor, as compared with that of Spain, a considerably 

 smaller area, which, however, is exceptionally rich. 



f I In the Annates de la Societe Entoinoloi/ique de France, Ixviii., 1899 

 (dated 1900), Bolivar has completed his account of the orthoptera of 

 St. Joseph's College, Trichinopoly. A large number of new forms, 

 some very strange, are described and illustrated. It is an important 

 contribution to our knowledge of the orthoptera-favma of Southern 

 India, which is very incomplete. 



We did not suspect that we should have had such strong support 

 to our views [antea, p. 3) that the leading lepidopterists are collec- 

 tively, and as scientific naturalists, far ahead of the leading students 

 of other orders in this country, nor that it would be so soon 

 suggested that a diii'erent standard is applied to their selection, 

 either by implication as members of the Council or directly as 

 President of the Entomological Society of London, but the ex- 

 President in his address on January 16th, 1901, says: "While not 

 saying one word against the valuable work done by British lepidop- 

 terists, I cannot help suggesting to many of the younger fellows of 

 this society that if they are at all ambitious they can far more easily 

 make a name for themselves if they will only take up the study of the 

 less-known orders of insects. Had I been a lepidopterist I do not think 

 that I should ever have been President of this Society, but through 

 becoming fairly well-known as a student in the chaos of British 

 diptera my name became more familiar, and I consider that it is 

 through my having studied this com]Daratively unworked order that I 

 was given the most honourable distinction that it is in the power of 

 the society to confer." 



The Entomological Club held its last meeting on the evening of 

 January 15th, in the Entomological Salon, of the Holborn Kestaurant, 

 Mr. G. H. Verrall, the host, being in the chair. It proved to be quite 

 one of the most successful meetings ever held, everybody who is any- 

 body in the entomological world, and who was able to be in town being 

 present, amongst others. Professors Bateson, Meldola, Poulton, Revs. 

 Dr. Lang, E. C. N. Bloomfield, E.A.Eaton, F.N.Morice, C. Thornewill, 

 Colonels Yerbury, Swinhoe, Messrs. Andrews, Austin, Bradley, H. R. 

 Brown, Burr, Barrett, Blandford, Brunetti, Carrington, Collin, F. N. 

 Clark, Distant, Donisthorpe, S. Edwards, Elwes, Fenn, W. H. B. 

 Fletcher, Fremlin, Gahan, Goss, Harrison, Janson, Jacoby, A.H. Jones, 

 Kirby, Kirkaldy, Montgomery, Morley, Step, Turner, Tutt, Wainwright, 

 Waterhouse being noted. Of the other members of the club only Messrs. 

 Adkin, Hall and Porritt, with Mr. F. Smith, an hon. member, were 

 present. Mr. Jacoby and his son charmed the guests again with their 

 delightful music, whilst Mr. Brunetti also played a selection of music 

 on the pianoforte. 



Mr. G. 0. Day asks for help, as Dr. Dobie, Messrs. Arkle, R. 

 Newstead and himself, are engaged on a revision of Mr. A. D. Walker's 

 List of the Macro-lepidojjtera of the Chester district, published in the 

 Proeeedinfis of the Chester Society of Xatiiral Science, 1885. It is 

 proposed to take in the micro-lepidoptera and to extend the district so 

 as to include the whole of Cheshire, Flintshire, Denbighshire, 

 Carnarvonshire and Anglesea. Records from any of these counties — 

 especially the Welsh counties- should be sent to Mi'. G. 0. Day, 



