94 THE entomologist's RECORD. 



province, the present Kwang-tung, but sometimes it was applied to 

 the Indian Archipelago (Bretschneider, Bntanicon Sinicum, part iii., 

 p. 579). But for specifying them as bees or wasps, this Chinese 

 account of the mimetic articulate would appear fairly to tally with 

 that of the leaf -insects {Vhyllinni). Probabl}' it is a very early, if not 

 the earliest, description of these Orthoptera. — Kumagusu Minakata, 

 Tanabe, Kii, Japan. Noreinher lith. [From Nature, no. 1991, 

 vol. 77, p. 173 {December 26th, 1907).] 



CURRENT NOTES. 



An interesting paper on " The Sexual Dimorphism exhibited in 

 the antennae of Lepidoptera," by Dr. Fritz Nieden, and illustrated by 

 57 figures, has been appearing in the Zeitschrift fiir Wisaenschaftliche 

 Inaektenbioloiiie, vol. iii. (1907). 



Mr. W. E. Nicholson, of Lewes, who seems now to have quite for- 

 saken the study of lepidoptera for that of mosses, has just published a 

 most important " List of the Mosses of Sussex " in the Hastiness and 

 East Sussex Naturalist, vol. i., pp. 79-110. In the same volume (p. 

 127), the Eev. E. C. N. Bloomfield records Leucania straiuinea, Senta 

 maritiuia, and Calamia phrafpiiituiis, from Rye, and Mr. Adkin gives 

 (p. 121) an account of " Tortrix pronnhana in Sussex." 



The Entomological Society of London is taking quite a new 

 departure, in holding a Conversazione early in May next. A business 

 committee has been appointed, and a Guarantee Fund has already 

 been subi-cribed for the purpose of insuring the Society against loss. 

 Entomological exhibits of interest are requested in order to enhance 

 the success of the occasion. Information can be obtained from 

 Mr. H. Rowland-Brown, 11, Chandos Street, Cavendish Square, W. 



For the purpose of the Conversazione, the First Commissioner of 

 H.M. Works has most kindly placed the Theatre, Great Hall, and 

 other rooms of the Civil Service Commission at the disposal of the 

 Societ}', so that the Conversazione will be held at Burlington Gardens 

 on the evening of Friday, May 15th, and not as previously announced 

 to Fellows. Full particulars will be published during the current 

 month, and intending exhibitors are requested to communicate 

 with the Hon. Secretary, H. Rowland-Brown, 11, Chandos Street, 

 Cavendish Square, W. 



Cook has determined the foodplant of Kpidenna epixanthe, 

 describes {Can. Ent., xL, pp. 85 et seq.) its method of oviposition on 

 Vaccinium macrocarpus, and states that the species hybernates in the 

 egg-stage. 



Hampson gives a list {Can. Ent., xl., p. 102) of the Noctuids 

 collected by Mrs. Nicholl on her successive trips to Alberta, British 

 Columbia, and the Washington Forest reserve, in the years 1904, 1905, 

 and 1907. I'rotaijrotis nicholli, Miselia carbonifera, Plitsia orophila, 

 are described as new species. 



The visit of the South-Eastern Union of Scientific Societies to 

 Woolwich last June determined the local committee to issue " A 

 survey and record of Woolwich and West Kent." The volume has 

 grown to considerable size, and falls under the heads of (1) Geology 

 (Sectional Editor, W. Whitaker, B.A., F.R.S., F.G.S.); (2) Botany 

 (Sectional Editors, J. F. Bevis, B.A., B.Sc, and W. H. Griffin); 



