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" I am not in tlie least afraid to die." If he had a fault it was perhaps that he had, 

 according to Wallace, " the restless curiosity of the child to know the ' what for ?' 

 the ' whj ?' and the ' how ?' of everything." This tendency sometimes led him into 

 speculations beyond his calmer views, that were omitted or modified in subsequent 

 editions of the " Origin." — F. P. P. 



The South London Entomological and Nattjral History Society. 

 — The Annual Exhibition was held at the " Bridge House," London Bridge, on 

 Wednesday, the 16th November, 1887, and, notwithstanding the dense fog that 

 prevailed, was attended by about 1000 visitors. 



The exhibits comprised all branches of Natural History, and during the evening 

 the Sciopticon Company gave two displays of micro-photographs. Among the 

 principal Entomological exhibits were those of Mr. McLachlan, European Trichop- 

 tera, &c. ; Mr. S. L. Mosley, life-history of the Hessian fly, Cecidomyia destructor, 

 &c. ; Mr. Elaud Shaw, Orthoptera ; Mr. F. Grut and Mr. Epps, Exotic Coleoptera ; 

 Mr. Lewcock, British Donacice and Longicoriiia ; Mr. Billups, British Coleoptera, 

 Hymenoptera, Diptera, &c. ; Mr. Bignell, a case of galls and gall-flies ; Mr. J. H. 

 A. Jenner, Mr. C. H. Morris, and Mr. Cripps, British Coleoptera. In the Order 

 Lepidoptera the exhibits were vei'y numerous. Messrs. C. A. Briggs, A. B. Fam, 

 T. W. Hall, E. Sabine, E. South, S. Webb, British LycancB ; Mr. A. H. Jones, 

 European LyccBnce ; Messrs. J. Jenner Weir, S. Edwards, Frohawk, Dannatt, E. 

 Cooke, and the Zoological Society of London, Exotic species ; Mr. Elisha, collection 

 of Tortrices, Tinece, and Pterophori ; Mr. Adkin, Ephestia Kilhniella, with flour 

 affected by the larvae, &c. ; Mr. J. A. Clark, varieties of Z. pyrina, &c. ; Mr. S. 

 Stevens, varieties of British Shopalocera, specimen of Melitcea Eos, taken in 1802 ; 

 Mr. Machin, Peronea hastiana and cristana ; Mr. C. H. Morris, Acidalia immorata ; 

 Mr. Boden, vai'ieties, including one of Eiinychia octomaculata, and a species which 

 was not identified ; Mr. Howard Vaughaii, Cidaria trimcata and C. immanata ; Mr. 

 Or. Baker, larvae and imagos of Eupithecia nanata and E. Curzoni ; Mr. Tugwell, 

 collection of Noctuce ; Mr. Tutt, Agrotidce and Zygcenidce ; Mr. Wellman, species 

 of Eupithecia and PterophoridcB, &c. ; Mr. Ecdle, life-histories. Among the other 

 exhibitors in this Order were Messrs. Hutchinson (Leominster), R. E. Salwey, 

 Blackall, Druce, Goldthwaite, Percy Euss (Sligo), &c. Messrs. Neighbour and Sons 

 exhibited bees and bee-keeping appliances, and there was a good display of micro- 

 scopic objects, the Society being assisted by Members of the Quekett, South London, 

 and Hackney Microscopical Societies. 



November 2Uh, 1887.— E. Adkin, Esq., F.E.S., President, in the Chair. 



Messrs. J. Eeindorp and W. H. Whiffen were elected Members. 



Mr. Adye exhibited Sphinx convolvuli, L., Catocala promissa, Esp., C. sponsa, 

 L., Xylina ornithopus, Eott., X. semibrunnea. Haw., and X. socia, Rott., all from 

 the New Forest ; Mr. Mera, species taken on Wansted Flats ; Mr. C. A. Briggs, a 

 fine variety of Arctia caia, L. ; Mr. Billups, a cocoon of a South American moth, 

 from which over 140 of a parasite of the genus Sinicra had emerged ; Mr. Billups 



