tHE ENTOMOLOGIST S RECORD. 



January 20th, the outgoing President, Mr. C. 0. Waterhouse, took 

 as the subject of his address, " The Chiws of Insects." After briefly 

 describing the various forms of insects' chiws which he chissified as 

 toothed, appendiculate, bihd, and pectinate, and having given examples 

 of each, he suggested as a subject for investigation that he hoped ento- 

 mologists would take up as a study, " Are these forms of claws merely 

 the result of heredity without any special object, or is there evidence 

 to show that the dift'erent forms are adapted to particular modes of 

 life, in fact, have been developed to meet special needs ? " He then 

 proceeded to show by numerous examples that closely allied species 

 often had dissimilar claws ; that insects with quite different habits had 

 the same form of claws ; and that others with different forms of 

 claw seemed to have the same habits. The question therefore appeared 

 to be still an open one requiring careful investigation, and he appealed 

 for more held observation with a view to solve this and many other 

 problems. 



We have received an advance copy of the "Handbook of Richmond 

 Park,""'' which contains lists of the fauna and flora of the Park. The 

 book is very interesting and very well got up, with three beautiful photo- 

 graphs by the author, the early history, and every information concern- 

 mg the Park. There is in it a plan of the park in the time of Charles 

 I., and also a fine large, new and authentic map. In the insects, the 

 dragonflies are from some i-ecords by Mr. W. J. Lucas. A few Froc- 

 totriipidae and gnats captured by Mr. C. O. Waterhouse are mentioned. 

 The beetles are by Mr. H. St. J. Donisthorpe, and comprise a very fine 

 list of all the better and more interesting species that have ever been 

 taken in the Park, a most useful list to the coleopterist. The butter- 

 flies of which there are very few now, include some records by Mr. A. 

 Sich. The moths (the list of which is very incomplete) include some 

 of the historical captures of the late Major Ficklin. 



Mr. E. A. Newbery describes [Knt. Mo. May.) a little Staphylinid, 

 from examples taken at Great Salkeld, by Mr. Britten, as new to science, 

 under the name of T/tinobius iiallidi(s,a,ndMv. Champion adds Ihmmlota 

 {Arrunota) parens, Muls. et Rey, to the British list from a specimen 

 having been taken near Guildford. Mr. Fryer adds Bledius denticoUis, 

 Fauvel, from specimens taken at Nethy Bridge. 



Mr. J. Edwards records Idiocerus rutilans, Kchbm., as a British 

 insect, captured at Oxshott and Wisley on sallow, by Mr. W. West, 

 He also states that recent authorities are wrong m uniting this insect 

 with /. ele<iam, Flor. 



The officers and council of the South London Entomological and 

 Natural History Society for the year 1909 are as follows : — ['resident: 

 A. Sich, F.E.S. Vicc-1'resideuts: R. Adkin, F.E.S., W. J. Kaye, F.E.S. 

 Treasurer: T. W. Hall, F.E.S. Librarian: A. W. Dodds. Curator: 

 W. West (Greenwich). Hon. ^Secretaries : Stanley Edwards, F.L.S., 

 etc. (Corresponding), H. J. Turner, F.E.S. (Report). Council: S. R. 

 Ashbv, F.E.S., E. C. Joy, A. M. Montgomery, H. Main, F.E.S., 

 A. L. Rayward, F.E.S., R. South, F.E.S., A. E. Tonge, F.E.S. It 

 will be observed that Mr. A. Sich has been re-elected for a second 

 term as President of the Society. 



* " The Handbook of liicbmoiid Park, A Guide, Description and History," 

 by Coryn de Vere [Knapp, Diewett and Sons, 80, Victoria Street, Westminster, 



S.W.]. 



