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piiim, three ? s from the New Forest ; Notiphila brannipea (starfnicola), 

 from Ranworth ; Atissa diirrenherffensis, from Aldeburgh ; A. limnsina, 

 from Arne, Dorset, and Suffolk ; Anthi/ruglossa ordinata, from Padstow, 

 July, 1904 ; Discocerina {Clasiopa) cinerdla, from Aviemore and Here- 

 fordshire ; D. ((?.) pliniiosa, from Herefordshire; D. (C.) .mnthncera, 

 from Tuddenham, Aldeburgh, and Herefordshire; D. (C.) r^laurella, 

 from Herefordshire; Hinhellia f/n'sea ; H. mutata, from Herefordshire 

 and Suffolk; H. tfavicornis, from Herefordshire and Porthcawl ; 

 H. arf/i/roi)enu, from Newmarket ; //. niandiventrh, from Newmarket ; 

 Philhipiria vittipennifi, from the Suffolk Coast ; Hi/adhui hiivieralis, 

 from various localities ; Pelina nitena, from many localities ; Parliydra 

 <Mi(jna, from Snailwell (Cambs), the New Forest and Herefordshire ; 

 P. nuiritarsi!^, from Scotland ; from Scotland ; Philotfbva nu/npenim, 

 fi'om the Suffolk coast and Gravesend; Scatnphila unicornix, from 

 Denmark Hill, London, February 9th, 1867, and Herefordshire; 

 S. caviceps, from Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex, and Hants ; S. vaHei/ata, 

 from Walton-on-Naze ; and Caeuia ciirvicauda, from Cambridgeshire, 

 Suffolk, Norfolk, and Herefordshire. 



Mr. F. B. Browne, F.Z.S., announces [Ent. Mo. Mag.) a species of 

 Coleoptera, Haliplnfinnina.v, SiS probably new to science. He differentiates 

 it from H. nificnllis, and states thatit occurs in lakes and canals through- 

 out the British Islands. 



Mr. Norman H. Joy, M.R.C.S., F.E.S., describes {Knt. Mo. Mai/.) 

 a species of Coleoptera, IJodesi [Animtonia) fitcnomri/phe, as new to 

 science. It is closely related to L. calcarata, and comes from Forres, 

 in Inverness-shire. Mr. Joy gives an analytical table of the British 

 species of the genus Liodef<, a table of male characters, and notes on 

 all the species not absolutely common. 



Mr. E. Ernest Green, F.E.S., adds {Ent. Mo. Ma//.) a species of 

 Coccid, Orthezinla vcjdovski/i, as new to Britain. It was obtained by 

 Mr. Donisthorpe, at Porlock, from a nest of Myrmica scahrinodis, in 

 April, 1911. 



OC IE T I E S 



The South London Entomological and Natural History 

 Society. — June 8th. — Sykphid.e. — Mr. H. W, Andrews exhibited 

 many species of the Dipterous family Si/rphidae, most of them being 

 from Kent. Anarta cordigera. — Capt. P. A. Cardew, an example of 

 Anarta cnrdii/era from Rannoch, in which the hindmargin and base 

 of the forewings were of an unusually pale grey. Isle of ^YIGHT 

 Coleoptera. — Mr. S. Blenkarn, more than 150 species of coleoptera 

 taken in the Isle of Wight from April 23rd to May 10th, mostly 

 Geodepharia. Among them were lacJnjiisa iimhratica and Galerucellu 

 ralniarifnfdn, new to the district. Setting of Lepidoptera. — Mr. Gadge, 

 a box of lepidoptera set so that the pin did not show above the thorax. 

 The genus Charaxes. — Mr. Edwards, a box of the species comprising 

 the genus Charaxes, and a larva of Diloha caernh'ocephala feeding on 

 laurel. Callophrys avis. — Dr. Chapman, living larva? of ('allop/irys 

 arifi from the South of France. •/"/// 15th, 1911. — Mr. Percy Harris, 

 of Streatham Hill, was elected a member. Ova of Manduca atropos. — 

 Mr. Tonge, ova of Manduca atropos dissected from a captured 2 by 

 the Rev. C, R. N. Burrows. They were infertile, but an ovum laid 



