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more to him than the writer of this note, which he is here grateful 

 to acknowledge. The present excellent condition of Science Ciosnij) is 

 a living testimony to the editorial ability of the staff, who have made 

 it quite the most interesting and useful of all magazines on general 

 scientific subjects. 



Mr. Claude Morley describes (Ent. Mo. Mai/., p. 4) a new species 

 of Microijaster, M. sitjfolcioisis, bred from among larvae of Nothris 

 verbascella, from Bury St. Edmunds. Its nearest ally is probably M. 

 f/lobatKs, Nees. 



Mr. J. Edwards adds {loc. cit.) another species of the Cicadina, 

 Stictocoris Jiareola, Bohm., to the British fauna. The specimens were 

 taken by Mr. W. West, in our south-east London district in 

 September, among long grass in damp places. Such an indefatigable 

 worker and naturalist as Mr. West deserves all the good fortune the 

 gods will give him. 



Mr. Wallington records {loc. cit.) that Mr, T. Wright, of Warring- 

 ton, a " new beginner," captured OpJiiodes litnaris at sugar in Delamere 

 Forest, on .June 1st, 1901. 



We have heard with much regret of the death of Mr. H. W. Vivian, 

 of Glanafon, on November 17th last, at the age of 33. He was a 

 collector of the pure British type, fond of out-door exercise, keen on 

 getting a good thing, but publishing little or nothing of the facts 

 gleaned or observations made. 



We regret to announce the death of Thomas Pigg, M.D., of Easi 

 Grinstead, in his 77th year, on Monday, December 9th. Many years 

 ago he was an enthusiastic coleopterist, but was better known in the 

 north ot England than in the southern counties. He was a friend of 

 T. J. Bold, and was present with him in 1853, when the latter dis- 

 covered Anisolabis iiiaritiina near South Shields. He was also a friend 

 of James Hardy and John Hancock. In 1843, with Bold and Hardy, 

 he founded the Wallis Society, a kind of entomological club, meeting 

 alternately in each other's houses. In the " fifties" he was secretary of 

 the Tyneside Field Club, after which he set up in practice in Man- 

 chester. His entire collections passed many years ago to T. J. Bold, 

 who in his turn handed them over to the Newcastle-on-Tyne 

 Museum. 



J§>R ACTIO AL HINTS.* 



Field Work for January and February. 



By J. W. TUTT, F.E.S. 



1. — To force Macrothylacia rubi and Spilosoma fuliginosa, place the 

 larvae (after having been exposed to the weather for part of winter) in 

 a box with damp moss, and the box in a warm greenhouse or kitchen, 

 keep temperature up to about 80"^ F., the larvfe will spin up almost at 

 once without further feeding, and the imagines will emerge in from 

 two to four weeks (Moss). 



2. — The cocoons of SaUirnia pavonia are easily found on the moors 

 when the heather is wintered ; they are either on the heather, or on 

 the ground loose, the latter situation being almost as common as the 



* Practical Hints fob the Field Lepidopterist, recently published, contftins 

 1,250 similar hints to these, distributed over every month in the year. Interleaved 

 for collectors own notes). — Ed. 



