NOTKS ON COLLFXTrNC, I;T(\ r)f) 



and RfiYNCopHORA, which were rudely disturbed iu their dreams of 

 winter quietness and warmth, at tlie root of this poplar, or under the 

 soft bark of that willow, by finding themselves scattered indiscrimi- 

 nately over the surface of an inverted umbrella. Sept. 1 st, was pro- 

 ductive of : — NecropJiorm i-esjnllo, Sitones jmncticoUis, Limobms mixtus, 

 Thyamis hirida, Cholecn waisoni, C. sericea, Apion difforme, A. laevt'coUe, 

 A. immune, and A. hooker! \ followed later by: — Lina uenea, Triholinm 

 fen-iujineiim, Cholevo rhriitiomeUldesi ; a dozen ,S'/7j>//a a/ra/a from Maldon, 

 Essex ; Notioplulm aquatirus, Helops striatus, Triplnx rusfiiea, DromiiiK 

 qnadrinotatns ; and Comhiis cnfennJains, at sugar. 



After September, beetles, together with other insects, fall off rapidly 

 in number ; Oct. 28th is perhaps the only day worthy of notice, but 

 that was exceptionally good and yielded the following : — Geotrupes 

 stercorarhis ; SiJpha atrata under bark and at roots of oak ; Coccinella 

 septempundata, unusually common this year, beaten ; Coccinella 

 hipunctnta and Beiuhidiam Jittorale under bark ; Aphodius inqainatus, A. 

 rontaminatnfi and A. liridus from manure ; Apian difforme, A. immune, A. 

 rirens. A. hooker i (?), Sitones Jinenttis, Prasoeuris marginella, Demetrim 

 atricapHlns, Mantura inaftheirsi, Stenus speculator, and another of the 

 genus, Oxytelus nitidulus, Tachyporus hypnorum, T. chrysomelinns and T. 

 obtusus ; four other Bkachelytra and three Palpicornia. In addition 

 to the above, October yielded Boletobins trinotatus, B. exoletus and B. 

 pygmaeus from fungi. In November few fresh species were added : — 

 Achenium depressnm, Tachyporus hnmerosns, an unidentified weevil from 

 oak bark, and several tiny Brachelytra. In December I wound uj) 

 the season by taking sixteen Helops striatus from one sod, the debris of 

 Prionus coriarins, Coccinella rariabilis, and several common species. — 

 Claude Morley, High Street, Ipswich. 



gOCIETIES. 



The Entomological Society of London held its 61st Annual 

 Meeting on January 17th ; Mr. H. J. Elwes, F.L.S., was elected 

 President ; Mr. H. Goss, F.L.S., and the Rev. Canon Fowler, M.A., F.L.S., 

 Secretaries for the ensuing 3^ear. The balance sheet showed a balance 

 in the Society's favour. In the absence of the President, his address 

 was read by Mr. Merrifield. IVIr. Elwes commenced, by insisting upon 

 the shai'e in furthering the progress of the science of entomology, which 

 might be taken by the collector who, if he be but careful and orderly 

 in his collection, and exact and accurate in his observation and in the 

 records which he keeps, " has it in his power to observe and place on 

 record, facts wdiich must be of greater eventual importance than they 

 now seem," and thus to provide solid material for the use of the few 

 men of far-seeing intellect, who can exi)lain the phenomena of nature 

 in a way that all can follow them. Having noticed the appointment 

 of ^[r. Warbvirton to succeed Miss Ormerod as consulting entomologist 

 to the Royal AgTicultural Society, Mr. Elwes, from his experience as a 

 practical farmer, as a gardener and as a planter, exjiresses doubt 

 " whether, even when the life-histories of noxious insects have been 

 thoroughly worked out, we shall be able in nine cases out of ten to fipply 

 that knowledge economically to their destruction," although he admits 

 that in the United States '' the measures which have been adopted by 



