192 THE entomologist's RECOKD. 



pitcher-shaped ceils at the roots of grass, usually four or five together. 

 There is no previous record of the nest having been found since 

 Mr. Waterhouse discovered and described it from Liverpool about 

 G5 years ago. 



At the same meeting Mr. A. J. Chitty exhibited a water-beetle 

 new to Britain, /•/:., /h/drdpfiiiis hilinfatus, Sturm., discovered by 

 Mr. Edward Waterhouse among some specimens of Ihjdropitn)^, given 

 by Mr. Chitty to him as H. i/ia)iiilaris. The specimens were taken at 

 Deal, in 1891, and probably all records of //. 'iranularia from Deal relate 

 to this species. He also exhibited a specimen of the rare Tm-lnis 

 ririilaris (inrilis of Dawson), taken at Wicken Fen in August. 1900. 



At the same meeting Mr. O. E. -Janson exhibited specimens of 

 Xrojtiiacdiiiuis inelalfiiriis, Fairm., a goliath beetle from Fpper Tonkin, 

 and remarked that the white colouring was derived from a dense 

 clotliing of peculiar semi-transparent coarse scales, which were 

 apparently easily removed by abrasion, and seemed to partake of the 

 nature of the "fugitive"' scales found upon freshly-emerged specimens 

 of J I ('maris and other lepidoptera. 



At the same meeting Professor E. !>. Poulton showed a specimen 

 of /'(Ai/jioiiia r-albxiii in the attitude of prolonged repose, together with 

 specimens of Anaea mom's set in dift'erent ways to illustrate its probable 

 resting-position. He said that probably the " C " or " comma " on 

 the undersurface of the hindwings in butterflies belonging to the 

 genus I'dli/iioiiia represents, in bright, strongly-reflecting" body-colour," 

 the light shining through a semi-circular rent in a fragment of dead 

 leaf, the rent produced when a little segment of leaf has broken away 

 along a curved line, but still remains connected with the rest across 

 the chord of the arc. Unless such a segment remains precisely in the 

 plane of the leaf — or even then when shrinkage has taken place — 

 light may pass through a curved and often a semi-circular slit-like 

 window. Such curved cracks, probably produced by alternate wetting 

 and drying, are very common in dead leaves. 



Some time since we published an excellent paper by the l\ev. 

 C. R. N. Buri'ows on •' f'hunnlcsma smarandand." In the current 

 number is a parallel paper on " VJiorodcsma hainlaria." The next 

 species on the list is (ieomctia jHijiilidiiaria, and Mr. Burrows asks for 

 eggs, larva^ (of all ages) and pupa> of this species, for figuring and 

 description. We trust that he will obtain an abundance of material. 



A meeting of the Entomological Club was held at 58, Kensington 

 Mansions, S.W., on May '25th, when ]\Ir. H. St. J. H. Donisthorpe 

 was the host. The members and their friends were received by Mr. 

 and Mrs. Donisthorpe, and after tea had been served, an adjournment 

 was made to Mr. Donisthorpe's " Museum," where the business part of 

 the meeting was transacted and Avhere the experiments which Mr. 

 Donisthorpe is making with regard to ants' nests and their inhabitants 

 were carefully explained. A return was made later to Mr. Donisthorpe's 

 residence, where a goodly company sat down to an excellent supper at 

 9 p.m. Amongst others, we noted Prof. E. B. Poulton, ]\Iessrs. R. 

 Adkin, A. J. Chitty, E. N. Donisthorpe, E. A. Smith, J. W. Tutt, G. 

 H. ^'errall, E. Waterhouse, Colonel Swinhoe, etc. 



We are glad to learn that M. Meinert (notwithstanding the ap- 

 pearance of his obituaiy in a contemporary) is not only alive, but 

 going well, and recently celebrated his seventieth birthday with much 

 eclat. We wish our distinguished colleague long life and happiness. 



