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forthcoming meeiings. The Proceedings for 1891 are ready for distri 

 bution to members. 



The capture of Leiicania unipiuicta in the Isle of Purbeck by Mr. 

 Eustace R. Bankes, and of Dasycampa rubiginea by the same gentleman 

 and others, is a fit ending to the record of rare NocxUiE captured 

 in 1S91. 



Mr. E. Saunders, F.L.S., adds two new Hemiptera to the British 

 fauna. These are Trapezonotus ulbrichii, Fieb., "taken by the Rev. 

 T. A. Marshall on the cliffs near Boscastle or Tintagel, Cornwall," and 

 Myrmedobia disti/igue/ida, Rent., of which Mr. Saunders " took 3 ^ and 

 2 $ by beating old lichen-covered larches near Busbridge, Surrey, in 

 July, 1890" {E.M.M., p. 8). 



Another change in the proprietorship of the Entomologist has taken 

 place with the new year, Mr. South having acquired it irom Mr. Leech. 



The Annual Meeting of the South London Society on Jan. 28th 

 promises to be a lively one, judging from the suggestions to hand 

 last night (14th). 



Prof. J. B. Smith, who spent a fortnight recently studying the Noctu^ 

 in the British Museum collection hopes to publish his notes shortly. It 

 does not seem to be generally known that the students' rooms of the 

 Natural History (South Kensington) Museum contain the finest collec- 

 tions of all orders hi the vvorld. Specialists frequently go to the Museum, 

 and, having seen the general collection upstairs, come away thoroughly 

 disaj)pointed, whereas if they had asked to go into the students' rooms 

 and signed the visitors' book, they would have come away delighted. 



A work on British Diptera, published in shilling parts, is being 

 brought out by Elliot Stock, 62, Paternoster Row, E.G. It is sure 

 to be in the hands of all dipterists, and will make a reliable text-book 

 for those who are just commencing to study this order. Two parts are 

 now ready. 



gglBLIOGRAPHY. 



Additions to the British List and Changes in Nomenclature. 



Lepidoptera. 



Tortrix steineriana van dohrniana (?) added to the British list as T. 

 done/ana, Carpenter {Ent. Rec, ii., pp. 239 and 264). It is question- 

 able whether the pine-feeding species will not finally prove identical 

 with T. viburniana, as Mr. C. G. Barrett informs us that the pine-feed- 

 ing larvae will also feed on Vaccinium. 



Heliozela hammoniella, Sorh., is a prior name of Tinagma betulce, 

 Wood (H. T. Stainton, E.M.M., p. 299 ; Ent. Rec, ii., p. 252). Dr. 

 Sorhagen's name, being given only on the mine of the larva, as 

 recorded by Mr. Stainton, cannot replace T. betuhe in my opinion. 

 It is out of reason to name an insect from a vacated mine. When it 

 is done from a larva, it is rather unsatisfactory, but by whatever name 

 the mine may be called. Dr. Wood and Mr. Stainton certainly fir^t 

 described the species, and their name should stand. 



Micropteryx caledoniella, Grif , n. sp. added to the British fauna (A. 

 F. Griffith, E.M.M., p. 300 ; Ent. Rec. ii., p. 252). 



Coleophora Ifucanipcnnella, Hb., added to the British fauna (C. G. 

 Barrett, E.M.M., p. 302 ; Ent. Rec, ii., p. 252). 



