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taken at rest on pine. Larvae of Kachelia jacobaeae were on every 

 head of ragwort. Other species were taken by other members of the 

 party. No doubt a visit at this time of the year, under more sunny 

 conditions, would provide a good bag for everyone. — C. P. Pickett, 

 F.E.S., 99, Dawlish Road, Leyton. Juli/ 2itl,, 1903. 



On the pairing of Angerona prunaria. — I have this year obtained 

 two batches of fertile ova from two females fertilised by the same 

 male, the pairings having taken place on June 14th and 15th. During 

 the last live years I have had several males pair a second time, but in 

 every case, except this, so far as I remember, the second pairing has 

 been infertile. I have also had five pairings this year result in 

 infertile ova, although copulation, in every case, lasted from twelve 

 to twenty-four hours, and the normal number of eggs was laid. 

 Probably their being the fifth year's inbred stock had something to 

 do with this, the result possibly being due to some weakness, although 

 the moths paired were among the largest I have ever bred.— Ibid. 



URRENT NOTES. 



A meeting of the Entomological Club was held at the Hand and 

 Spear Hotel, Weybridge, on the evening of July 17th, when ^Ir. G. T. 

 Porritt was the host. Mr. Porvitt is to be congratulated on the 

 selection of a lovely spot, dear to the hearts of naturalists, on the 

 borders of a fine stretch of heather-clad moor, at which to 

 entertain his friends. Supper was served at 7 p.m. That we 

 were ourselves quite unavoidably prevented from attending this 

 most enjoyable meeting is a matter of the greatest regret to us 

 personally. The meetings of the Entomological Club are the only 

 feature we have now to represent the social life of our entomologists. 

 The South London Entomological Society no longer holds its annual 

 dinner, and the Entomological Society of London has not yet seen its 

 way to have one. 



Our respected correspondent, Mr. W. D. Kearfott, proposes to 

 attempt a revision of the North American Tortricids, in which little 

 has been done now for some years. He has already a large number 

 of North American species, and some 150 species belonging to the 

 Continent of Europe. He is desirous of adding to the latter (including 

 British) as many species as possible. Anyone who has duplicates of 

 Continental and British species to spare would be doing much to 

 forward our knowledge of the group if they would forward the same 

 to Mr. W. D. Kearfott, 114, 116, and 118, Liberty Street, New 

 York, U.S.A. 



On July 4th the annual visit of the members of Council and other 

 Fellows of the Entomological Society of London took place, at the 

 kind invitation of Professor E. B. Poulton. All met at the Museum 

 in the afternoon, where tea was dispensed by Mrs. and Miss Poulton. 

 In the evening the whole party dined at Jesus College, being Professor 

 Poulton's guests, and a most enjoyable evening was spent. On Sunday, 

 besides interesting visits to the Museum, the usual tea party was held 

 up the River Chard in the afternoon. At night, at the invitation of 

 Dr. Dixey, all met at Wadham College. The following entomologists 

 were present : — Messrs. H. Rowland Brown, A. J. Chitty, H. St. J. K. 

 Donisthorpe, H. Druce, H. Goss, R. McLachlan, S. A. Neave, Edward 

 Saunders, Professor Meldola, and the Rev. F. D. Morice. 



