108 THK entomologist's record. 



insect is a very slender one to inhabit such a stout pupa-case. (6) 

 Si/stropufi, sp. '? A large handsome undescribed species from Bigot's 

 collection. 



At the same meeting Prof. Poulton introduced a paper by Mr. Guy 

 A. K. Marshall, entitled " Five years' (1897-1901) observations and 

 experiments on the bionomics of South African Insects, dealing 

 especially with warning colours and mimicry, with appendices 

 containing description of many species by Col. C. T. Bingham and 

 W. L. Distant." The paper was illustrated by many photographs 

 projected on the screen, showing groups of South African insects of 

 many orders, collected by Mr. Marshall, each with a common type of 

 warning coloration. Some of these groups included mimetic species 

 of great interest. An important section of the paper contained the 

 description of a large series of careful experiments conducted upon the 

 chief vertebrate and invertebrate insect enemies of South Africa. The 

 number of new facts is so large, the experiments so numerous and 

 complete, and the range of observation extended over so many orders, 

 in addition to the much-studied lepidoptera, that this memoir places 

 South Africa in the front rank as the country from which the chief 

 evidence of any part of existing theories of mimicry, warning colours, 

 etc., has been supplied. 



On March iSth, Mr. J. C. Stevens sold part of the collection of 

 the late Mr. Philip Crowley. There was a number of foreign types 

 mixed with the British insects, and these evidently depreciated much the 

 value of the actual British rarities in the collection, whilst few additions 

 had been made to the British collection during the last 20 or 30 years. 

 The best prices were as follows : Kncldui- cardauiincti, gynandromorph, 

 right side ^, left side ?, £4; Chnjsophanus dupar J, £5 10s., 

 S £2 10s., c? £5 10s., J £2 10s., 2 £Q, $ £3 5s., ? £7, ? £5 16s., 

 y £5 6s. ; Laelia coenof<a per pair, £1 and 12s. ; (Ueora viduaria, 3" s, 

 for two, 12s., 16s., 10s.; ('idaria reticidata, for four, £1., 16s., 10s.; 

 Aijrutis sitbriisea per pair, 3' and $ , £1 12s. 6d., and 10s. There were 

 some remarkable prices, 5s. for 5 (iaatrnpacha ilirifolia, 10 Dinwrplia 

 cersiculora, etc.; 6s. for 13 Se)ita idrae, 5 Nonayrla Ajntryanii, and 11 

 Meliana jiamwea. In one lot there were no fewer than 15 %«/« iiiuscii- 

 losa, which went with 13 Lencania hreriliiiea, etc., for lis. It is 

 to be hoped that these tniiscidusa will not get into any collection as 

 British. 



A meeting of the Entomological Club was held at 6.30 p.m., on 

 March 18th, at " Wellfield," Lewisham, when Mr. R. Adkin, F.E.S., 

 was the host. Tea was served by Mrs. Adkin, supper being timed for 

 8.30 p.m. Among the guests were Messrs. B. W. Adkin, C. G. Barrett, 

 Borrer, H. Rowland-Brown, J. Collin, W. Distant, T. W. Hall, 

 J. Jilger, A. H. Jones, R. McLachlan, G. T. Porritt, R. South, 

 J. W. Tutt, and G. H. Verrall. A thoroughly enjoyable evening was 

 spent, the last train to town finally bringing the meeting to a close. 



Dipterists owe to Mr. Verrall as much as, or rather more than, did 

 the lepidopterists of a half-century ago to Mr. Stainton. Whatever 

 position the study of diptera has in this country is due almost entirely 

 to Mr. Verrall's labours. Another edition of this author's Lint af 

 Brithh DipUra has just been published, and will be gladly welcomed 

 by all dipterists. We trust that an increased number of students may 

 soon make yet another edition necessary. 



