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leporina, in fair numbers, as well as many Hylopliila prasinana, 

 Drepana lacertinaria, Dasijchira piudibunda, Phalera biicephala and 

 many geometers. On September 30th Gortyna flavago was taken at 

 a lamp and deposited ova in the pill-box on the way home ; and on 

 October 27th a fair number of male Poicilocainpa popiili were taken. 



Tims it will be seen that during 1910 the lamps were unusually 

 productive and the sugar very disappointing ; and I regard the 

 sallow searching in the spring and the beating of the birches in the 

 autumn as my best work for the year. — F. A. Oldaker, M.A., F.E.S. ; 

 The Ked House, Haslemere, November 22nd, 1910. 



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Entomological Society op London. — Wednesday , November 

 16th, 1910.— Dr. F. A. Dixey, M.A., M.D., F.R.S., President, in the 

 chair. — It was announced that the Council had nominated the follow- 

 ing Fellows to act as officers for 1911 : — President, Mr. J. W. Tutt ; 

 Treasurer, Mr. A. H. Jones ; Secretaries, Commander J. J. Walker, 

 M.A., R.N., F.L.S., and the Rev. G. Wheeler, M.A. ; Librarian, Mr. 

 G. C. Champion, F.Z.S., A.L.S. ; and as other members of the Council 

 Mr. R. Adkin, Professor T. Hudson Beare, B.Sc, F.R.S.E. ; Mr. 

 G. T. Bethune-Baker, F.Z.S. ; Dr. M. Burr, D.Sc, F.L.S., F.Z.S.; 

 Mr. H. St. J. Donisthorpe, F.Z.S. ; Mr. J. H. Durrant ; Professor 

 Selwvn Image, M.A. ; Dr. K. Jordan, Ph.D. ; Mr. A. Sich, Mr. J. R. 

 le B.^Tomlin, M.A., and Mr. H. J. Turner.— The President having 

 stated that the Royal Society were about to present the Darwin 

 Medal to Mr. Roland Trimen, M.A., F.R.S., a Past-President of the 

 Society, it was agreed unanimously to convey to the recipient the 

 hearty congratulations of the Entomological Society of London. — 

 Dr. Geoft'rey Douglas Hale Carpenter, M.A., M.B., Uganda Medical 

 Service, Uganda Protectorate ; Mr. William B. Gurney, Assistant, 

 Government Entomological Department of Agriculture, Sydney, 

 N.S.W. ; and Mr. J. C. Hawkshaw, HoUycombe, Liphook, Sussex, 

 were elected Fellows of the Society. — The Hon. N. G. Rothschild 

 bi'ought for exhibition some examples of a rare Noctuid moth, 

 Oxytripia orbiculosa, Esp., collected by himself and Miss Sarolta von 

 Wertheimstein, at Puszta Peszer, in Hungary, during the first week of 

 October of this year, where examples of both sexes were secured. — 

 The exhibitor made some remarks on the curious habits of the moth, 

 illustrated by photographs of one of the sandy spots in the wood it 

 fi'equents, and recalled the adventurous history of its discovery and 

 re-discovery in Hungary. He also showed examples of two species 

 of flea, CtcnocepJialm canis (dog-flea) and Ctenocephcdus felis (cat- 

 tiea), and stated that, though still frequently considered to be identical, 

 they were really quite distinct species. The exhibitor also remarked 

 that the two had been united by Dr. Taschenberg rmder the name of 

 serraticeps, a name which most certainly could not be retained. — Dr. 

 G. Nicholson showed the example of Lathrobium longipenne, Fairm., 

 taken by him at Croydon, in May, 1910, of which a specimen was 

 exhibited by Commander J. J. Walker, at the last meeting of tlie 



