258 the entomologist's record. 



Atemeles emarginatus, Pk. ; a very fine nest of Latins fuliginosus 

 produced in the beetle line only Parens parallelopipedus, L. 



From Porlock we proceeded on April 18th direct to Plymouth where 

 we spent lour days. Two days were devoted to Whitsand Pay with, 

 on the whole, very satisfactory results, though every capture worth 

 recording involved a considerable amount of hard labour and much 

 time spent in careful searching for likely spots. From the nests of 

 Formica rufibarbis var. fusco-ruftbarbis we took Atemeles paradoxus, Gr. 

 (two only), and Dinarda pygrnaea, Wasm. ; other captures, under stones, 

 or by cutting tufts, were Barypeithes sulcifnms, Boh., Hypera planta- 

 ginis, De G., Caenopsis waltoni, Boh., Chrysomela banksi, F., Corymbites 

 aeneus, L., Panagaeus quadripustulatus, Stm., Gonosoma immaculatum, 

 Steph., Encephalus complicans, West., Sunius jiliformis, Lat., and 

 Oorylophus sublaevipennis, Duv. Under seaweed and shingle on the 

 shore in the old locality, Actocharis readingi, Slip., and Trogolinus 

 ant/Uranus, Shp., were found, but only in scanty numbers owing to bad 

 weather conditions, while, on a pouring wet afternoon, spent at 

 Yelverton, we obtained from moss, on boulders in the river, Trogo- 

 phloeus arcuatus, Steph., Ischnopoda coerulea, Sahl., J<!lmis parallelo- 

 pipedus, Mull.. Bembidium monticola, Stm., and a black specimen of 

 Paramecosoma melanocephalum, Hbst. 



On the 21st it poured hard all day, but, taking advantage of a fair 

 interval just before dark, we were able, thanks to Mr. Key's kind 

 guidance, to secure a good series of Pentarthrum huttoni, Woll., and a 

 few Rhopalomesites tardyi, Curt. 



Mr. Donisthorpe returned to London on the 23rd, but 1 remained 

 a day longer, and had a hurried rush across to Slapton Ley; unfortun- 

 ately the weather, which had been cold and uncertain during the whole 

 trip, was again as bad as it could be, so I got very few insects — a series 

 each of Scopaeus rubidus, Bey., and hLomalota longula, Heer, and odd 

 specimens of Cassida nobilis, L., and Medon pocofer, Peyr.j completed 

 the baer. 



The British Association at Leicester. 



The British Association for the Advancement of Science held 

 its 77th annual meeting this year at Leicester, from July 31st 

 to August 7th. The town had done everything possible to make the 

 meeting a success, as well as for the convenience and comfort of the 

 visitors. The Loggia in the Museum grounds was tastefully arranged 

 with awnings and floral decorations. Avhere tea could be had and the 

 band of the 2nd Seaforth Highlanders played every day. The Recep- 

 tion Boom was at the Drill Hall, in the Newarke. The proceedings 

 were opened with the presidential address by the president, Sir David 

 Gill, K.C.B., etc., in the Royal Opera House on the evening of 

 Wednesday, July 31st. The Address on astronomy was very 

 technical, but wonderfully interesting, and the author carried the 

 large audience with him, and the short speech with which Lord 

 Kelvin followed was most appropriate and much appreciated. 



The Mayor, Sir Edward Wood, gave a Fete in the Abbey Park on 

 Thursday evening ; Sir Samuel and Lady Faire gave a garden party at 

 Glenfield Frith on Friday; and on Tuesday a Conversazione was given 



