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Hemming. From 111 larvse from the same locality she reared 81 

 pupffi (only two ichnemiioned). All the pupa3 " hatched " successfully. 

 Her specimens were reared in a greenhouse at Horley, with abundant 

 food. They emerged as follows :— 3 <y s (the first) May 18th ; 2 $ s 

 (the first) May 19th; emergence ended on May 26th (1 ? ). Food in 

 both cases honeysuckle. On .June 13th-15th Mrs. Hemming visited 

 the Marlborough locality. The emergence was in full swing. The 

 morning of the 14th was sunny, but windy. A few imagines were on 

 the slope (lee side), but most of them in the meadow at the bottom ; 

 the (? s were fanning their wings on buttercups ; the $ s were sitting 

 in the grass. — P. A. and D. A. J. Buxton, School House, Rugby. 

 December, 1910. 



URRENT NOTES. 



Will contributors please note that owing to the very severe illness 

 of the Editor, Mr. J. W. Tutt, all contributions and editorial matters 

 must be sent to Mr. Henry J. Turner, 98, Drakefell Road, New Cross, 

 London, S.E. At present the acting Editor is particularly desirous of 

 obtaining matter relating to British insects, e.i/., Collecting Notes, 

 Details of Life Histories, Scientific Observations, and anything which 

 would be suggestive of special field work and experiment during the 

 coming season. 



The following is a list of Officers and Council appointed by the 

 South London Entomological and Natural History Society for the 

 ensuing year : — President, W. J. Kaye, F.E.S. Vice-Presidents : A. 

 Sich, F.E.S., and A. E. Tonge, F.E.S. Treasurer : T. W. Hall, 

 F.E.S. Librarian: A. W. Dods. Curator: W. West (Greenirich). 

 Hon. Secretaries: Stanley Edwards, F.L.S., F.Z.S., etc., and Hy. J. 

 Turner, F.E.S. Council : R. Adkin, F.E.S. ; F. \\-. Cowham ; E. C. 

 Joy, F.E.S. ; R. A. R. Priske, F.E.S. ; A. Russell, F.E.S. ; B. H. 

 Smith, B. A.; and E. Step, F.L.S. One is pleased to see that this 

 flourishing Society follows the custom of the Entomological Society 

 of London by always securing the election of at least one absolutely 

 new member of Council in place of the retiring members. 



We are pleased to note that in spite of the difficulties attached to 

 the preparation of the eighteen plates. Part IV. of the Transactions 

 of the RntoiiiohMjical Society is out before the end of the year. As this 

 has not been possible for the last few years, we must heartily con- 

 gratulate the business and publication committee and the honorary 

 secretaries. The volume for 1910 will be a record one, since it will 

 contain more than sixty plates. 



We are advised that the parts of Wytsmann's (ienera Insectonnn, 

 relating to the Families Pterophoridae and Orneodidae, by E. Meyrick, 

 B.A., F.Z.S., F.E.S., have just appeared. 



Students of the British Micro-lepidoptera will be glad to hear that 

 a list of these insects occurring in Lincolnshire is being published in 

 the Transactions of the Lincolnshire Naturalists' TJnion. The author is 

 Mr. Guy W. Mason, who has already compiled a list of the Macro- 

 lepidoptera of the county. 



Mr. Norman H. Joy adds two new species of coleoptera to the 

 British fauna, both of which are also new to science, viz., Thinohins 

 hicolor, of which he took three specimens on the banks of the River 

 Truim, in Invernessshire, on May 1st, 1910, and which he dift'erenti- 



