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Steganoptycha pygm.eana at King's Lynn. — -I took a nice series 

 of Stei/andpti/r/Ki pi/i/nicK'ana this spring, by working on the sheltered 

 side of a pine wood. Among the Micropterygids, I took, besides M. 

 ■suhjnirpuri'lla — which was as common as usual — saiKjii, sewipurjuir- 

 dla, purjiurdla, iiniiiiartdella and sjKirnunuila.—'E. A. Atjiore, F.E.S. 

 Mai/, 1897. 



EpICHNOPTERYX RETICELLA and LARV.E of ClISIOCAMPA CASTRE.N'SIS 



AT Queenborough. — The majority of the larvie of Clisinccaiipa castrensia 

 are now about half-grown. They are plentiful enough this year, but 

 not, I think, quite so abundant as they were last year. It was such a 

 glorious morning, that I was tempted to look for Epichnoptcnj.r rrfi- 

 (U'lla, but I found only one specimen. — J. J. Walker, F.L.S., F.E.S., 

 23, Ranelagh Road, Sheerness. June Qf/i, 1897. 



Late appearance of Pararge egeria. — I notice the imagines of 

 P. ct/cria have been decidedly late in the date of their appearance this 

 spring. P. vieijaera was out in May with the first brood of P. cijeria, 

 which is unusual in my experience. It looks as if /'. e<icria can be 

 delayed by unfavourable weather. — J. J. Wolfe, Skibbereen. 



CrURRENT NOTES. 



The members of the Council of the Entom. Society of London will 

 spend a few days in Oxford at the commencement of July as the 

 guests of the Hope Professor of Zoology (Prof. Poulton, M.A., F.E.S. , 

 F.Z.S., etc.). 



The second Annual Congress of the South Eastern Union of 

 Scientific Societies was held at Tunbridge Wells on May 2ist and 

 22nd, 1897. The delegates were warmly welcomed, and a Conver- 

 sazione was held, at which the Mayor was present. Mr. R. Adkin, 

 F.E.S., represented the Sth. Lond. Ent. Soc. ; Mr. S. Edwards, 

 F.L.S., F.E.S., the West Kent Nat. Hist. Soc. ; Mr. H. Mellon, the 

 Bromley Nat. Hist. Soc. ; Mr. A. J. Rose, F.E.S., the North Lond. Nat. 

 Hist. Soc. ; and Mr. J. W. Tutt, F.E.S., the City of Lond. Ent. Soc, 

 so that entomologists were well to the fore. Papers, among others, 

 were read by Messrs. Rose and Tutt. The Presidential Address, by 

 the Rev. T. R. R. Stebbing, M.A., F.R.S., was an excellent piece of 

 work. The heartiest thanks of the delegates are due to Dr. and Mrs. 

 Abbott. Evidently this Congress may easily develop into a local 

 British Association. Bromley has invited the Congress for 1898. 

 Copies of the papers read can be obtained from the Secretary, Dr. 

 Abbott, 2, Queen's Road, Tunbridge Wells. 



Mr. J. H. Carpenter, of Shirley, Sutton, Surrey, has some first- 

 class specimens of CItnjsophaiius dispar for disposal. 



"A list of Portland Lepidoptera," by Mr. N. M. Richardson, B.A., 

 F.E.S. (with an excellent plate, showing the life-histories of Lita 

 instohUirlld, Doug., L. salieorniai', Hering, and L'i>li'i>jiJinra adjunctcUa, 

 Hodgkn., drawn by Mrs. Richardson), reflects the greatest credit on 

 the compiler, and we owe him thanks for his interesting and useful 

 notes on the various species. A local list like this is really a very 

 important and necessary addition to an entomological library. 



The meetings of the North London Entomological Society will in 

 future be held on the //rsf and tliini Thursdays in the month, so that 

 they will no longer clash with those of the South London Entomo- 

 logical Society. 



