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from Britain, and with the kind assietancc of Mr. C. O. Waterliouse it was speedily 

 identified as Quedius riparius, a specimen of which exists in the collection of 

 European Coleoptera in the Natural History Museum. I have delayed recording 

 the insect owing to the fact that while at Beauly I received a few Norwegian insects, 

 and under the circumstances thought it undesirable to introduce the insect as British 

 on a single specimen which had escaped notice at the time of its actual capture. 

 Nove that it has been introduced I have no hesitation in recording it. 



The insect is described by Kraatz in Erichson's " Naturgeschichte der Insecten 

 Deutschlands," and the localities there given are Thuringia, on the banks of brooks 

 under stones, also in Silesia. It is placed between Quedius boops, Grav., and Q. 

 sciniillans, Grav., along with Q. alpestris, Heer, which is not recorded from the 

 British Isles.— A. J. Chittt, 27, Hereford Square, S.W. : May 2nd, 1896. 



Strachia f estiva, Linn. — This bug appeared last autumn to be fairly plentiful 

 in and about the woods around Doddington, Kent. The locality is close to Stock- 

 bury, where it has been taken by Mr. Champion. It was invariably settled on 

 umbelliferous plants, where it was very conspicuous, but fell to the ground on 

 any attempt being made to capture it. — Id. 



d^biiuarit. 



Augusta Salle, F.E.S. — Wo much regret to announce the death of this well- 

 known French entomologist at his residence in Paris, on May 5th, in his 76th year. 

 In early life M. Salle travelled much in the Southern States, the West Indies, Central 

 America, and Venezuela, making large collections in all branches of Natural 

 History, especially entomology. After his return he established himself in Paris as 

 a Natural History Agent, his house became a rendezvous for provincial and foreign 

 naturalists, and he several times took temporary charge of important collections ; 

 the rich collection of Baron de Chaudoir was in his house during the siege of Paris 

 in 1871, and with the house, narrowly escaped destruction by an obus. His Central 

 American collections were purchased by Messrs. Godman and Salvin, and formed 

 part of the materials for the " Biologia Centrali Americana." He published but 

 little, and mostly in the Annales Soc. Ent. de France, of which Society he became a 

 Member in 1852, and in the affairs of which he took a warm interest ; he joined the 

 Entomological Society of London in 1875. Salle possessed a striking personality, 

 and was markedly genial and courteous in manner. His French colleagues will no 

 doubt furnish, in due time, a more detailed memoir of him than we can possibly 

 give here. 



Birmingham Entomological Society : March I6th, 1896. — Mr. G. H. 

 Kenbick in the Chair. 



Mr. A. H. Martineau showed a willow gall with the pupa case of a Cecidomyid 



