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URRENT NOTES. 



The last meeting of the Entomological Club was held at the 

 Holborn Restaurant on the evening of January 17th, when Mr. G. H. 

 Verrall was the host. The preliminary meeting was attended by 

 a largfi number of friends and guests, many of whom take this annual 

 opportunity of renewing friendships of the x^ast. We understand that 

 this was the most successful meeting ever held, for the number who sat 

 down to supper at 8.30 p.m. was just upon ninety. Most of those 

 throughout the country, who are known for their keen love of entomo- 

 logy, receive invitations, and among others whom the genial host was 

 delighted to welcome we noted Messrs. R. Adkin, H. \Y. Andrews, 

 Professor W. Bateson, Rev. E. N. Bloomfield, Mr. Bower, Dr. Malcolm 

 Burr, Rfessrs. E. Bedwell, F. M. Carr, F. Noad Clark, Dr. T. A. 

 Chapman, Messrs. J. E. Collin, G. C. Champion, A. Cant, J. H. 

 Carpenter, W. C. Crawley, H. C. Dollmann, W. L. Distant, H. St. J. 

 Donisthorpe, J. H. Durrant, Dr. F. A. Dixey, Messrs. F. Enock, 

 Stanley Edwards, H. J. Elwes, H. Eltringham, C. Fenn, F. W. 

 Frohawk, C. J. Gahan, A. E. Gibbs, A. Harrison, T. W. Hall, 

 P. Harwood, Prof. Selwyn Image, Messrs. A. H. Jones, F. B. Jennings, 

 0. E. Janson, 0. J. Janson, N. H. Joy, E. C. Joy, Dr. Jordan, Messrs. 

 J. H. Keys, W. F. Kirby, W. J. Kaye, J. W. Lucas, R. W. Lloyd, 

 Dr. G. B. Longstaff, Messrs, H. Main, G. Meade- Waldo, Guy Marshall, 

 Claude Morley, Rev. F. D. Morice, Dr. G. Nicholson, Messrs. G. T. 

 Porritt, H. Rowland-Brown, R. Stenton, E. A. Smith, W. Sheldon, 

 R. South, R. S. Standen, E. Step, W. E. Sharp, H. A. Sauze, 



B. H. Smith, J. R. le B. Tomlin, Henry J. Turner, A. E. Tonge, 



C. 0. Waterhouse, E, A. Waterhouse, Commander J. J. Walker, 

 Rev. G. Wheeler, etc. The host, in accord with custom, proposed 

 the health of the "Entomological Club," and in doing so referred 

 to the losses which the ranks of entomology had sustained during the 

 past year, particularly mentioning the death in the early part of the 

 year of Mr. Edw. Saunders, and the quite recent and most regrettable 

 death of Mr. J. W. Tutt. Later in the evening the only other toast, 

 that of " Our Host," was proposed by the President of the Entomo- 

 logical Society, Dr. F. A. Dixey, and responded to in the most hearty 

 manner. In discussing entomological and other matters, a very 

 pleasant evening was passed, and the company finally dispersed at 

 a late hour. 



We understand that that most ambitious of newer entomological 

 works, Seitz's Macro-Lepidni'tera of the World, has been acquired by a 

 new firm of publishers in Stuttgart, and they have promised to issue it 

 more regularly than has been done hitherto. Some seven parts have just 

 come to hand, and although the letter press is condensed to the smallest 

 possible limits, the coloured plates are marvellously well done for the 

 price charged. The usefulness of the work will be immense to the 

 workers in all parts of the world for the purposes of identification. 

 What takes hours, days, nay perhaps is never done, will, when this work 

 is complete, be obtainable by a few minutes search. The more ease 

 with which the identification of specimens is made, the sooner can one 

 get to work at life histories. Such a work is a distinct advance, and 

 its completion will form an epoch in entomology. We wish it success. 



After an interval of some thirteen months several further parts of 

 the work Uhopalocera I'alaeairtica by Mr. Verity, of Florence, have just 



