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Compared with Ji. nitidulus, it differs from that species in the following 

 particulars : — " Colour different (ferruginous throughout), head not so 

 wide and with longer neck, eyes smaller and less distinctly prominent, 

 antennae with longer third joint and club more ovate, thorax not 

 narrowed behind and more strongly punctured, interstices of elytra 

 less shiny, abdomen without any impression on last ventral 

 segment " {E.M.M.). 



The rare Acrokpia marcidella is recorded by the Rev. C. R. Digby 

 as being captured on the Purbeck coast on June 15th. 



British Lepidopterists have not sustained so great a loss for many 

 years as they have during the last week in the person of Mr. H.T. Stainton. 

 The genial and kindhearted author of The Manual of British Butter- 

 flies and Moths and The Natural History of the Tineina, died on the 

 2nd inst., at the age of 70. An excellent observer, his work in the 

 above volumes and notes scattered throughout the pages of the Ent. 

 Mo. Mag. still remain to us, and was not fated, as is so often the 

 case with that of British lepidopterists, to be lost with the worker. The 

 Intelligencer of some forty years ago did much to make the entomology 

 of to-day, and a great share of the pioneer work of that period fell to the 

 lot of the friend whose loss we now mourn. In conjunction with 

 Mr. ]\IcLachlan, the entomological magazine work of Britain was 

 raised by Mr. Stainton to a higher level than has been known before, 

 and under the same friendly care has not only been maintained, but 

 has shown a steady progress. A past President of the Ent. Soc. of 

 London, he has been an active member of that Society since 1848, and 

 both the City of London and South London Entomological Societies 

 were gratified to count him as one of their patrons. He was known 

 to be in failing health, but the news of his death will come as 

 a shock to many who did not dream that the end was so near. It is 

 impossible to do justice in a short notice to a man to whom we owe so 

 much. A teacher and counsellor has gone from among us ! We 

 mourn his loss most deeply and sincerely. 



Mr. Poulton exhibited on a screen, at the Ent. Soc. of Lond. 

 meeting on the 7 th inst., photographs of the larvoe of Ennovios angu- 

 laria, Hemerophila abruptaria, Rumia cratcBgata and Amphidasys 

 betularia to illustrate colour variation in these species in response to 

 environment. The most marked results were with regard to R. cratic- 

 gata and Amphidasys betularia. 



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The Yorkshire Naturalists' Union held their thirty-first Annual 

 Meeting on November 15th, in the Huddersfield Town Hall, which was 

 well attended by members of the Union from various parts of the 

 county. In the afternoon, an exhibition, organised by the Hudders- 

 field Society and referred to later on, was opened, and remained so till 

 late in the evening, for the inspection of members and associates. 

 Sectional meetings were held for the election of officers of sections, and 



