the New Forest, &e." Many lepidopterists will be glad to hear of Mr. 

 Field's success with these species, but we should like to have our 

 curiosity satisfied as to who captured the celerio, mentioned above ? who 

 the old friend is who has inter-bred British cratcegi for so many years, 

 and who it was captured Mr. Field's specimens of S.jmiastri in the New 

 Forest ? As British specimens of these species have a high money value, 

 we do not doubt that the necessity of publishing all possible facts relating 

 thereto is evident, and it is clear that the bona fides of such specimens 

 should be made clear to the entomological public. Writing without 

 prejudice, we trust that Mr. Field will see the necessity of publishing 

 the facts of the capture of these species. 



Mr. Eland Shaw records the rare Orthopteron, Mecostethus grossus, 

 captured at Irstead on September lUth, close to the bank of the river 

 Bure. 



The Bulletin of the Botanical Department, Jamaica, Nov. 36, 

 October 1892, contains an article on " Ooccidge or Scale Insects " b}" 

 Mr. T. D. A. Cockerell. It deals with the damage done by them, 

 artificial means of getting rid of them, their natural enemies and other 

 particulars. The Bulletin can be obtained for 2d. from Mr. Cockerell, 

 Curator of the Museum, Institute of Jamaica, Kingston. 



Liverpool has always been a noted place for new '" Pugs." We 

 remember Gregson's knautiata, blancheafa and curzoni. It is, therefore, 

 with a certain amount of expectation tliat we want to hear further of 

 the '* new species of Eupithecia from Sutherlandshire," exhibited by 

 Mr. G. A. Harker at tlie annual meeting of the Lancashire and Cheshire 

 Entom. Society on January 9th. 



The election of the President of the Entomological Society of 

 London takes place on Wednesday the 18th inst. at 7 p.m. The can- 

 didates are Professor Meldola and Captain Elwes. No election has 

 taken place for any of the officers of this Society for many years, but 

 it is felt that as the last President Avas a Systematist (the Hesperidoi 

 l)eing his study), the younger school of students interested specially 

 in the more philosophical branches of entomology should have a turn, 

 and for this reason Professor Meldola has been put forward as a 

 candidate. 



Mr. Ellison of Perth gives an interesting account of the occurrence 

 of C'rambus myellus in Scotland. He states that Mr. Herd first met with 

 tlie species in Glen Tilt in 1883, and that it has been met with in more 

 or less abundance every year since. Mr. Ellison points out that the 

 species hides during the day in fir trees, and that the night and early 

 morning are the l^est times in which to obtain the sjiecies. On one 

 occasion (in 1887) arriving on the ground at 4 a.m., about a dozen 

 S2)ecimens were captured in a very short time, being beaten from the 

 trees. Open rides in Avoods, and isolated trees have been found most 

 productive. As the species has occurred at Kannoch, and has been 

 taken somewhat freely in Aberdeenshire during the last year, it appears 

 that C myellm remains comparatively rare, not so much on account of 

 any actual scarcity of the species itself, as from the want of Micro 

 collectors. When one comes to consider the large numljcr of collectors 

 of lepidojitera at Avork in Scotland, it seems amazing that those in- 

 terested in the Micro lepidoptera may Ije almost counted on the fingers 

 of one hand. For an entomologist to go into ecstasies over Hydrilla 

 palustris and Senta maritima, and fail to Ije interested in the 



