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T. stabilis this year has been more varied in form than I have ever 

 known it before.— H. W. Weaving, Pewet House, near Abingdon. 

 April 25th, 1905. 



Protective resemblance of larva of Thecla w-album to its 

 FOODPLANT, — I do not know whether it has been noted before, but this 

 year I have been much struck by the wonderful mimicry of the larva 

 of Thecla iv-alhum. The larva is found on the underside of the leaf, 

 and seems to prefer the young ones, and when at rest it holds by 

 its anal claspers to the midrib at the bottom of a leaf growing at the 

 end of a twig, the body resting on the leaf alongside the midrib, which 

 is exactly the same position as that taken by a young folded leaf of the 

 wych elm, and at first glance you can hardly tell " t'other from which." 

 The oblique lines on the larva look like the depressions between the 

 veins, and the ridges divided by the dorsal line resemble the serrated 

 edges of the young folded leaf.— J. T. Bird, The Nurtons, Tintern, 

 Monmouth. Man 22ud, 1905. 



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ZicRONA ccerulea, L. — A CORRECTION.— Siuce Writing the note 

 recording this Hemipteron as new to the Northumberland and Durham 

 district {Knt. Rec, xvii., 47, 1905), Mr. Gill, Curator of the New- 

 castle Museum, sent me a reprint from the Natural History Trans- 

 actions of Northumberland and Durham, iv. (1872), which included a 

 list of our local H emiptera- Heteroptera by T. J. Bold. Z. coendea is 

 therein recorded from Gilsland, Prestwick Carr, Wooler, etc., although 

 these localities are not mentioned in Mr. Saunders' work, to whom, 

 perhaps, Bold's list is unknown. — Richard S. Bagnall, Winlaton. 

 May 2nd, 1905. 



@^UR RENT NOTES. 



The last monthly meeting of the Entomological Club was held at 

 4, Lingards Koad, Lewisham, S.E., on Friday, May 12th, 1905, at half- 

 past six o'clock, when Mr. R. Adkin was the host. Tea having been 

 served by Mrs. and Miss Adkin, an adjournment was made to the 

 library where matters entomological were discussed. Supper was 

 served at 8.80 p.m., when Messrs. Distant, Donisthorpe, Jtiger, A. H. 

 Jones, Lucas, Porritt, South, Tutt and other members and friends sat 

 down. A most enjoyable evening was spent. 



Mr. Levi W. Mengel announces that his ( 'ataloyiie of the I'liyci- 

 nidae of the World, with the synonymy brought down to October 1904, 

 is now running through the press, and will be ready for distribution 

 some time during the next few weeks. 



We are pleased to be able to state that Mr. C. O. Waterhouse has 

 been appointed Assistant Keeper of the Insect Section of the Zoologi- 

 cal Department in the Natural History Museum. Thi^ post has been 

 vacant since Dr. Butler's retirement in December, 1901. The Trustees 

 determined to make a new appointment in December, 1904, but, owing 

 to unforeseen circumstances, Mr. Waterhouse was only appointed on 

 April 11th of the present year. Mr. Waterhouse has been in the 

 museum for 38 years. 



