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Mr. E. R. Bankes has confirmed the statement in Meyrick's Itanclbook 

 that the larva of Clepsis rnsticana, Tr., feeds on Myrica, larvcB and pupae 

 having been found in bunches of spun-together shoots and leaves of 

 M>/rica <iale,m October, 1901 and 1902, in a heath-bog in the Isle of Pur- 

 beck, the imagines appearing in early June, 1902, and May, 1903, whilst 

 Meyrick's further statement that it feeds on " Vacciniam,'" appears to 

 be probable, as Mr. Bankes has been taking imagines between May 

 22nd and June 20th, 1909, at Aviemore, among Vacciniuin. ini/rtilliis. 

 Mr. Bankes further gives a description of the full-fed larva and the 

 pupa {Knt. Mo. Mai/.). 



Dr. Joy and Mr. Tomlin add MicrojiepUis caelatiis, Erichson, to the 

 British coleoptera. The species was taken sparingly at the end of 

 April in marshy ground near Cloghane, co. Kerry, Ireland. 



A most enjoyable meeting of the Entomological Club was held at 

 Weybiidge on the evening of July 5tb, Mr. G. T. Porritt being the 

 host. Many of the members and guests came down in the early part 

 of the day for a little collecting in this well-known district, some 

 the preceding day, but comparatively little was accomplished in spite 

 of hard work. Supper was served at the Hand and Spear Hotel, at 

 6.80 p.m., when the following members and guests sat down : — 

 Messrs. B. Adkin, R. Adkin, J. P. Barrett, H. Rowland-Brown, G. C. 

 Champion, J. Colhn, H. St. J. K. Donisthorpe, H. M. Edelsten, A. 

 Harrison, A. H. Jones, W. J. Lucas, A. Sich, R. South, J. W. Tutt, 

 G. H. Verrall, and C. J. Wainwright. After supper an adjournment 

 was made to the garden ; a very pleasant evening ended by the 

 London visitors leaving about 10 p.m. 



Mr. Edwards suggests {Knt. Mo. May.) that the light and dark 

 specimens now combined in British collections as Anacaeim limhata, 

 Fab., should be treated as distinct species, the pale examples being the 

 true limhata, Fab., the darker ovata, Reiche. The evidence is not, 

 however, too illuminating, and one would like to know something 

 about the earlier stages of these two insects. 



Lord Walsingham describes, as Orneodes dohertyi, a giant Orneodid 

 from East Africa, with wing-expanse varying from 34mm. -49mm., 43 

 examples having been taken in East Africa by Doherty in 1900 at Ibea. 



Mr. R. Stenton records the capture on July 18th, 1909, at Heme 

 Hill, a specimen of Meijachile willuyhbiella, Kirby, the right side as far 

 as, and including, the 3rd abdominal segment being $ , the left ^ ; 

 the remaining terminal segments appear to be <? , only the armature 

 being of quite the normal form of that sex. 



Dr. Wood continues (Ent. Mo. May.) his descriptions of new 

 British species of Phora, including Phora discreta, F. fusca, P. anynsta, 

 P. Idrtiventris, P. derasa, P. snbtaiinda, P. ni'diventris, all new to science. 



Mr. J. Edwards writes on the specific distinctness of the Homoptera, 

 AcocephaLn>i tricinctns, Curt., and A. trifasciatitH, Fab., and tabulates 

 j the most obvious distinctions between the two species. 



Mr. C. Morley describes a new Braconid, one <^ five 9 s bred by 



Mr. Donisthorpe on May 28th-29th, 1907, from a nest of Formica 



faaca, found at Porlock, as Spilomma falconivibrann. Another species 



i is described as Euphonis bistiy)iiat.icus, two ? s of which were taken, 



I and others seen, July, 1906, hovering over a nest of Formica rnfa at 



Weybridge, whilst a ^ was bred April 13th, 1907, from an observa- 



