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larvse feeding, in nature or confinement, on any other plants than 

 plum, sloe, and apricot. Has anyone ever found the larva on birch, 

 or confirmed the statement of Crisp (Ent. Rec, xv., p. 243), that he 

 obtained it from Querent robur? Our information on these two points 

 — foodplants and pupation-habits — is very vague and unsatisfactory. 



Mr. E. E. Austen exhibited, at the meeting of the Entomological 

 Society of London, June 5th, 1907, examples of a South African fly, 

 parasitic in the larval stage on human beings and mammals — a true 

 Muscid — hitherto confused with another fly. He said it was rare to 

 find Diptera parasitic on mammals, and gave an account of the various 

 " new " descriptions persisted in by writers on this species. 



The last meeting of the Entomological Club was held at The Hand 

 and Spear Hotel, Weybridge, on July 8th, when Mr. G. T. Porritt was 

 the host. It was a cold and cheerless afternoon from the weather 

 point of view, but otherwise the meeting was a most successful one. 

 Supper was served at 7 p.m., when among the members and friends 

 present were — Messrs. B. Adkin, R. Adkin, H. Rowland-Brown, 

 M. Burr, G. C. Champion, A. J. Chitty, H. St. J. K. Donisthorpe, 

 L. Gibb, T. W. Hall, A. H. Jones, W. J. Lucas, R. South, A. Sich, 

 and J. W. Tutt. A most enjoyable evening was spent. The 

 collectors of British insects, used to the rain, snow, and cold of the 

 last few weeks, were charmed with Mr. Jones' account of his recent 

 entomological conquest of Hungary, where the sunshine had been 

 nearly continuous for five weeks, and where the collecting had been 

 magnificent. Our own feelings were that we might have been there 

 to see. 



The Upsala celebration of the 200th anniversary of the birth of 

 Linne, May 23rd, 1707, proved a huge success. Many well-known 

 zoologists from Britain were present ; among others, Professor 



E. B. Poulton, who represented the University of Oxford, the Rev. 



F. D. Morice, representing the Entomological Society of London. 

 Professor E. B. Poulton, we believe, received one of the few decora- 

 tions conferred on British representatives. We understand that the 

 address by the Rev. F. D. Morice was particularly well received, 

 delivered as it was in the purest Latin, pronounced in the continental 

 manner, and hence clearly understanded by the assembly. 



<§§> BITU AR Y. 



Charles James Watkins (Born July 12th, 1846, died May 27th, 

 1906). — Many of us have learned, with the greatest regret, of the 

 death of C. J. Watkins, for many years a resident at Kingsmill House, 

 Painswick, but who only last year removed to Watledge, Nailsworth, 

 where he had hoped to spend the remainder of his days in the natural 

 history pursuits to which he was so much attached. One of the most 

 delightful of correspondents, no trouble within his power was too great 

 to obtain information or material for the use of his friends, and to 

 him we owe very much for kindnesses received in the course of our 

 own work. Even in late April and early May several letters passed 

 between us, and, although, then, he was soon to undergo an operation 

 at Clifton, there was no thought that it would not, as several previous 

 ones, be entirely successful, and that he would soon be himself again. 

 Fate decreed otherwise. His general ill-health since Christmas had 



