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in Ceylon, 2 in Algeria, and 1 in Hong Kong. Almost all these 

 injuries are annotated "? by bird," "? by lizard," but we do not notice 

 that Dr. Longstaff observed a single butterfly attacked by either bird 

 or lizard. The "observations" here recorded, remind us of one made 

 directly after Paris had been vacated by the Germans in 1871. In 

 many of the deserted back streets, every house had the windows 

 absolutely demolished. It was so evidently the result of the siege, 

 that it came as a sort of a shock to discover, on instituting enquiries, 

 that the damage was not done at all b^^ the Germans, but by little 

 boys who threw stones through the windows as soon as people were 

 scared out of the houses. We hope that the " birds " and " lizards " 

 are at least as possible as the " Germans." 



We hope that we shall be forgiven for saying that, in our humble 

 opinion, much more prominence should be given in future papers, to 

 the doings of insects themselves, and that the human opinions of 

 their actions should be reduced to as small proportions as possible. 



It is with the greatest regret that we have to record the death of 

 Professor Mark V. Slingerland, of Cornell University, on March 10th 

 last. His work necessitated him devoting particular attention to 

 economic entomology, but systematic work found in him a careful and 

 devoted student. 



The last meeting of The Entomological Club was held at the 

 rooms of the Savage Club, May 20th, 1909, when Mr. H. Rowland- 

 Brown and Mr. A. H. Jones were the hosts. A strong muster gf 

 members and their friends took place, among others, Prof. E. B. 

 Poulton, Messrs. R. Adkin, A. E. Gibbs, T. Hail, A. Harrison, G. T. 

 Porritt, A. Sich, R. South, W. Sheldon, J. W. Tutt, J. J. Walker, etc. 

 An excellent supper was served at 7.30, and afterw^ards. Professor 

 Poulton, in suitable terms, proposed the toast of The Entomological 

 Club, coupled with the name of one of the hosts, Mr. H. Rowland- 

 Brown, who, as the promising last-elected member (or as he himself 

 expressed it, the "baby") of the Club, vigorously replied. The 

 unavoidable absence of Mr. G. Verrall and Mr. Donisthorpe, "beetling" 

 in Scotland, prevented a full rally of the actual recognised full 

 members. 



The ProceeditKja of the South London Entomological and Natural 

 History Society, for 1908-9, have just come to hand. It is an 

 exceptionally good volume, with four most beautiful illustrations from 

 photographs by Messrs. Tonge and Main. The Society appears in as 

 tlourishing a condition as ever, and there are the usual large number 

 of interestmg entomological items scattered through the pages. The 

 Presidential Address, by Mr. A. Sich, is charmingly readable, exhibit- 

 ing the president as a litterateur and artist of no mean capacity. The 

 special papers by Dr. Fremlin, Mr. Sich, and Mr. A. H. Jones, will 

 prove most interesting and informative to lepidopterists. A great 

 measure of the success of the Society is no doubt to be ascribed to the 

 energy of the permanent officers, of whom Messrs. Stanley Edwards, 

 H. J. Turner, T. W. Hall, and W. West, must come in for a large 

 share of praise. 



One of the most important journals to lepidopterists, that is being 

 published at the present time, is the Bulletin de la Societe lepidoptero- 

 ioyique de Geneve, edited by Professor C. Blachier. The fourth 

 fascicule, completing vol. i., was published on May 20th, and completes 



