342 THE entomologist's record. 



tarsus of front leg of Kristali^ vena.v : series of slides of Corixa </eoJfroyi, 

 including ^ front legs, showing stridulatory organ, front, middle and 

 bindleg of $ , elytron of mature and immature specimens, etc. ; foreleg 

 of C. pracKsta : elytra of C. fiahlben/i •And Xotoiwcta i/laiica, etc. Photo- 

 micrographs OF Lepidoptera.— Mr. 0. Harrison, a series of slides 

 including eggs of Heweraplnla ahruptaria ; larva of Mamluca atropos 

 on potato ; larvae of Cundlia bjchmth on black mullein ; larva of 

 Ceriira vinula resting before moulting ; ova of Macrothylacia riibi on 

 Mijrica gale ; winter and summer forms of tbe pupa of Leptidia sina])is : 

 ova of Melitaen aurinia on scabious, etc. Imagines of Limnophila 

 ELEGANs. — Specimens of this rare species were exhibited by Dr. Cassal, 

 captured at Ballaugh, Isle of Man. Coleoptera exhibited. — Ptcrostichus 

 Ijariimpiinctatiis from Gibside (Bagnall) ; Thana^iiii ns formicariiis ivom 

 Monkswood (Tait) . Aptyerygida media from Kent. — Mr. Sopp exhibited 

 specimens of this insect from Hunting-field taken by Mr. Chitty. 



(grURRENT NOTES. 



It is with the greatest pleasure that we learn that Professor T. 

 Hudson Beare has been elected President of the Koyal Scottish Society 

 of Arts for 1905-6. 



Part II of A Xatitral Hiatory of the British Biitter/iies, their world- 

 iviile Variation and Geoyrajdiical difitributiou, was published on 

 November 15th. This part contains, in the section on the general 

 subject, the conclusion of the chapter on " Eggiaying of Butterflies," 

 a chapter on "Eggs of Butterflies," and a part of a chapter on 

 "Photographing Butterfly Eggs." In the systematic section, Adopaea 

 tiara is treated in detail under the heads of " Synonymy," " Original 

 Description," " Imago," " Sexual Dimorphism," " Gynandromor- 

 phism," "Variation " (with descriptions of nine new aberrations and 

 varieties), "Eggiaying," "Ovum," "Habits of Larva," "Larva," 

 " Variation of Larva," " Foodplants," " Puparium," " Pupa," " Time 

 of Appearance " (with exact dates in all parts of Britain for 25 years), 

 "Habitat," "Habits," "British Localities" (arranged by counties, 

 and with the name of the entomologist responsible), "Distribution" 

 (in similar detail). This is followed by a study of the " Genus 

 ThyiHelirufi,'' and its " Synonymy," and a full account of Thy)iieliciis 

 acteon under the heading of " Synonymy," " Original Description," 

 "Imago," " Sexual Dimorphism," " Gynandromorphism," "Variation " 

 (with descriptions of five new aberrations), " Eggiaying," " Ovum," 

 "Habits of Larva," "Larva," "Foodplants," "Puparium," and 

 " Pupa " ; the remainder of this species will be published in Part III, 

 with the next species on the list, on December 15th. The plate in 

 Part II is the " Apparatus for Photographing Eggs," that in Part 

 III will contain the remainder of the " Skipper " eggs and the 

 Chrysophanids (two forms of C. phlaeas), and those of other allied 

 species for comparison. We are publishing a copy of the plate given 

 with Part III with this number of the Knt. Bccord, so that those who 

 have not yet seen either of the published parts can get some idea of 

 the quality of the illustrations. 



We have noted above the capture of Tortri.r pronuhana at East- 

 bourne by Mr. Harold Cooper, in late September or early October this 

 year. Mr. W. H. B. Fletcher also cai)tured a specimen about 10 a.m., 

 on October 23rd, 1905, in his garden at Bognor. Superficially, with its 



