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after, my attention was called to the fact that the prisoner had escaped 

 and was crawling about the floor. I replaced it ; within ten minutes 

 it was again out on the floor. I again boxed it up very carefully, 

 the strange point being that the weights showed no evidence of having 

 been moved. In another ten minutes one of my assistants drew my 

 attention to the box, and there was the larva with about one inch of 

 its body protruding through this small orifice (one-sixteenth of an 

 inch); I watched him emerge, which occupied not more than 25 seconds, 

 and carried the box, while he was in the act of forcing his egress, to 

 another class ; but alas ! my admiration for his energy was turned to 

 pity, for, as the last segment emerged, he fell to the floor coincidentally 

 as I put my foot down, and thus accidentally terminated his existence. 

 — G. E. DiBLEY, F.G.S., Sydenham, S.E. November 1st, 1908. 



URRENT NOTES. 



Dr. Harry Federley records (Medd. Soc. pro Faun a et Flora 

 Fennica, 1908, 84) the occurrence of Tapinostola elymi var. saturatior. 

 Stand., as an aberration in Finland. Does anyone who now gets the 

 msect freely here know whether the form does occur in this country ? 

 or do an}^ of our collectors who are paying special attention to the 

 " wainscots " know anything about it ? 



Professor T. Hudson Beare has been elected one of the four repre- 

 sentatives of the Senators of Edinburgh University upon the University 

 Court, the governing Body of that University. 



It is with the greatest regret that we have to announce the death 

 of Lieut.-Col. Charles T. Bingham, F.Z.S., F.E.S., on October 18th, 

 at the age of 61. During his long residence in Further India he had 

 collected a marvellous fund of detailed entomological information 

 relating particularly to Lepidoptera and Hymenoptera, which was 

 always at the disposal of any who really wanted it for scientific use. 

 His term of office on the council of the Entomological Society of 

 London, brought him into contact with many who had scarcely heard 

 previously of this retired and thorough worker, whilst his recent work 

 on the " Fauna of India " has brought him in contact with a still 

 larger circle of admiring friends. 



Mr. Edward Saunders notes {Fnt. Mo. Mag.) NotocJiiliix hawidatitfi, 

 Thorns., as an addition to the list of British Hemiptera, and remarks 

 on its closeness to N. contractus, H.-Sch. 



Dr. J. H. Wood adds yet another species to the Phon'dae, viz., 

 Phora jiaricauda, n. sp., the examples having come from Wall Hills 

 near Ledbury, September 9th, 1907, Stake Wood, July 24th, 1907, 

 and Woolhope, July 24tb, 1905. 



Mr. Bankes reinstates Hi/poHouienta rorelbis in the British list, on 

 the strength of specimens captured in the Isle of Purbeck (Bankes), 

 and Brighton (Vine). 



The Birmingham Natural History and Philosophical Society is to 

 celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of the Foundation of the Society. 

 A reception and dinner is to be held at the Grand Hotel, Birmingham, 

 on November 17th. 



The South-Eastern Union of Scientific Societies will hold its 

 autumn meeting at Tring on the last Saturday in this month 

 (November 28th). Tickets from Mr. H. Norman-Gray, 334, Commercial 

 Hoad, London, E. 



Our readers will be interested to learn that, after a hesitation 



