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by the Leicester Literary and Philosophical Society in the Museum 

 buildings. 



Dealing with entomology, Mr. F. Bouskell, chairman of the 

 Leicester Entomological Society, exhibited a type collection of coleop- 

 tera, comprising nearly every species taken in the county ; under each 

 species were neat labels giving all the localities and interesting notes. 

 The series of Tetropium gabrielli being perhaps the most interesting, as 

 they were the first specimens captured in Britain (and of the red- 

 legged form, indeed, in Europe), discovered by Mr. Bouskell at Market 

 Bosworth. 



The Rev. G. W. Whittingham and Mr. G. B. Dixon exhibited a 

 type collection of Leicestershire lepidoptera, and Mr. W. Pearson, life- 

 histories of the same. 



In the " Guide Book " the chapters on entomology were contributed 

 by Mr. Bouskell, and comprised a complete list of all the coleoptera 

 and lepidoptera captured in the county up-to-date, with notes and 

 localities to all species. One hundred and eighteen species of beetles 

 were marked as not being recorded by Canon Fowler from the Midlands. 



Some of the coleopterists visited Buddon Wood under the guidance 

 of Mr. Bouskell, and many interesting species were observed, including 

 the capture of Ocypus simUit by Mr. Donisfchorpe, a new record for the 

 county. On Friday, August 2nd, in Section D, Dr. Dixey read a paper 

 on " Experiments on Seasonally Dimorphic Forms of African Butter- 

 flies," and on Monday, August 5th, he gave a discourse in the 

 Temperance Flail, with lantern slides, on "Recent Developments in 

 the Theory of Mimicry." Professor Poulton, who came up specially 

 from the Isle of Wight that day, moved the vote of thanks. 



Professor T. Hudson Beare, Mr. F. Bouskell, Dr. Dixey, Mr. H. 

 Donisthorpe. Mr. J. Hawthorne, Mr. C. B. Headley, Mr. W. Kirby, 

 and Professor Poulton, were among the entomologists noticed at the 

 various meetings. 



COLEOPTERA. 



Coleoptera in iiik Norfolk Broads. — I had three days' collecting 

 in the Broads, near St.tlbam, with my friend Mr. Donisthorpe, on 

 June 14th to 16th; unfortunately the weather was abominable, one 

 day it poured in torrents, and the other two days were stormy and 

 dull, the gleams of sun-bine being rare and of short duration, how- 

 ever, in spite of these drawbacks we secured a good number of insects, 

 many of them local and rare. By sweeping, the following were 

 obtained: -Donatio obscura, Gyll., l>. impressa, Pk., Anthocomus 

 terminatus, Men. (this was the only common beetle), Galerucella 

 lineola, F., <i. sagittariae, Gyll., Thyamis holsatica, L., Psylliodes 

 dulcamarae, Koch, Eubi-ychius velatus, Heck., Limnobaris t-album, L., 

 Thryogenes festucae, Bbst.. Rhinomus gramineus, P., /,'. perpendicularis, 

 Reich., Mordellistena pumila, Gyll., (''•(■<-i<Iitl<t scutellata, Bbst., Telma- 

 tophilus sparganii, Alir., /'. schonherri, Gyll., and Stilbus oblongtis, Er. 

 Forced to abandon the use of the sweeping-net, owing to the violence 

 of the wind, we devoted some time to shaking cut reeds and marsh 

 hay; from these we obtained: — Uybaxis sanguinea, L., Atotnaria 

 basalts, Er., A. mesomelas, llbst., A. gutta, Steph., < 'orticaria pubescens, 

 Gyll., Hypocyptus discoideus, Er., Myllaena minuta, Gr., and Telma- 



