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We dare say there are others, i-eally srood ones, but niost of those we 

 know narrowly approach the style, " Yellow, conical, laid on cabbage," 

 we all once loved so well, or like Newman's historical description of 

 the egg of Ptilophora plumujera, " The egg is brown and laid in 

 November." 



Mr, Edward Saunders has found a new Amnmphila in Jersey, 

 closely allied to A. hlrsnta, Scop,, which he describes {Knt. M>). Maij., p- 

 2^7), under the name of Ammophila liiffii, in honour of Mr. W. A. Luff, 

 who has done so much towards the investigation of the fauna of the 

 Channel Islands. Mr. Saunders also confirms Andrena inlipen. Fab., 

 Oamia riifa, Linn., Puilalin'ns retnsus, Linn., and Bombm pratnriim, 



Linn., as inhabitants of Jersey. 



Mr. Porritt records (7':»^3/«. 37^7//., p. 251) the capture of several speci- 

 mens of .iW-hna isoscdcs on the Norfolk broads in the neighbourhood of 

 Stalham, also long series of LihelUda fidra, Orthetriiw canrdlatiuii, etc. 

 About ten or twelve years ago, at one of the meetings of the South 

 London Entomological Society, we were somewhat surprised at an old 

 gentleman, a very regular attendant at the meetings, and whom nobody 

 seemed to know, introducing himself to us as Mr. Samuel J. Wilkin- 

 son, the author of the well-known and more or less classic Brithh 

 Tortricra, for, whatever may be said to the contrary, nothing better on 

 the subject has yet been produced in this country. From then on- 

 wards a fortnightly chat was usually indulged in, until some three or 

 four years since, increasing deafness and objection to being out late at 

 night, made his visits at the meetings of the society less frequent, and 

 for some time they have ceased alotgether. On September 16th last, 

 the veteran died, in his 88th year, having, we believe, added nothing 

 to the sum total of entomological literature, since the publication of 

 his first and last work in 1859. 



Mr, Wheeler's new book, Butterflies of f^mtzerland and the Alps of 

 Central Europe, has just been published. The price is 5s, (6s, inter- 

 leaved). It is of the highest value to all collectors of butterflies, even 

 those who confine their attention to British ones, A review by Mr. 

 H, Rowland Brown will appear in our next issue. 



The Handbook of Southport and surrounding district, preparedly 

 the Local Committee for the meeting of the British Association, which 

 was held there from September 9th to the 16th, contained, as is now 

 nsually the custom in these handbooks, a series of interesting articles 

 •on the geology, botany, and zoology of the district. In the zoological 

 section there were three articles of interest to entomolosrists, one of which, 

 hy Messrs. F. N, Pierce, F,E.S., and J. R. Charnley, F.E.S., deals with 

 the lepidoptera. A brief introduction describes generally the nature 

 of the district, and gives some information in reference to the more 

 interesting captures which have been made, and also a brief note as 

 to the various local lists which have been published. Then follows a 

 list, with localities and habitats, of some of the more interesting cap- 

 tures both of the Rhopalocera and Heterocera. The second article by 

 Dr, Chaster and Mr, Burgess Sopp, F.E.S., deals with the celeoptera 

 of the district. The authors first give an account of some of the more 

 striking captures which have been made in this district, including such 

 remarkable rarities as Anisotowa farm, A. pirea, Fihizophaons roernli- 

 pennis, Aphodins scrofa, Heptaulacm villosns, Animnerius breris, Aefpaha 

 riifa and Antkicns biinaciilatiis, as to which latter rarity it may be 

 remarked that the authors have taken it quite commonly during the 



