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recording. I took at Fair-light last July, a developed specimen of Pithanus j 

 MixrJceli, and a developed specimen of Acalypta parvula, at Rye Harbour. — E. P. I 

 Collett, 12, Springfield Road, St. Leonards-on-Sea : March 15th, 1881. 



Acalypta cervina near Hastings. — A few weeks ago, I found a specimen of this j 

 bug in moss in Hollington Wood. There were a number of larvae with it, which, j 

 from their appearance I should judge to be of the same species. — E. A. Butler, j 

 Hastings : March 16th, 1881. 



Hibernating Hemiptera in Perthshire. — The winter here has been very severe, I 

 snow has been continuously on the ground for 11 weeks, and the temperature was J 

 on several occasions below zero, Fahr. ; lately, however, I have brought in daily, leaf I 

 and moss debris, but found nothing in the way of bugs except one specimen of i 

 Gnathodus punctatus, a curious time to find it. — G. Norman, Athole House, I 

 Pitlochry : March 3rd, 1881. 



Sericomyia borealis near Hastings. — I was much surprised to see here the last I 

 two seasons the very beautiful fly Sericomyia borealis, Fall. It has appeared very | 

 sparingly at Guestling, but when at Dallington Forest, September 1st, 1880, we saw I 

 it not uncommonly. I thought it an exclusively northern species. It has not, I 1 

 think, been previously noticed as occurring in Sussex by any of our naturalists, such I 

 as Mr. Verrall, Mr. W. C. Unwin, and Mr. J. H. A. Jenner, all of whom have I 

 paid some attention to our Diptera. — E. N. Bloomfield, Guestling Rectory : 

 March 4th, 1881. 



Sapromyza bipunctata, a Dipteron new to Britain. — Among some flies sent to 

 Mr. "Verrall in 1879, one species, Sapromyza bipunctata, Meigen, seems to be new to 

 Britain. I do not know at what time of the year I took it. — Id. 



Lathridius filum, Aube, at Burton-on Trent. — Mr. Mason brought me over to 

 Repton, at the beginning of last month, some beetles which he had found in his 

 Herbarium, which, on examination, I found to be Lathridius filum, of Aube. Mr. 

 Mason compared them with some specimens in Mr. Rye's cabinet, with which they 

 perfectly agreed. This insect was taken in Edinburgh, by Mr. McNab, of the Royal 

 Botanic Gardens, and recorded in this Magazine, vol. iii, p. 46. — William Garnets, 

 Repton : March 11th, 1881. 



Entomological Societt op London: 2nd February, 1881. — H. T. Stainton, 

 Esq., F.R.S., President, in the Chair. 



The President appointed Sir J. Lubbock, Bart., and Messrs. Meldola and Dis- 

 tant, Vice-Presidents for the year. 



The following were elected Members, viz. : — Alfred Lloyd, Esq., of The Dome 

 House, Upper Bognor, and Theodore Wood, Esq., of 5, Selwyn Terrace, Upper: 

 Norwood. 



Mr. Salvin exhibited a large collection of insects of all Orders from Guatemala, 

 recently received from Mr. Champion. 



Mr. W. A. Forbes exhibited (on behalf of Dr. Sclater), a singular species of 

 Coccidce from New Britain, covered with long white filaments. Also a large larva 

 of one of the Blattidce, found by himself at Pernambuco, having a deceptive resem- 

 blance to an Isopod Crustacean. 



