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wood, stunted and wind-swept, on the island. It is an unpro- 

 ductive spot, with a scanty and not very interesting fauna ; the 

 insects are rare, and no pecuHar species have yet been reported. 

 Much interest, nevertheless, attaches to so remote a spot, and 

 the results, taken in conjunction with the recent reports from 

 Lundy in a contemporary, from the Isle of Wight by Mr. 

 Morey in 1908, and from the Scottish islands, will add con- 

 siderably to our knowledge of insular selection. 



The entirely distinct characters of the Entomological Club 

 and the Entomological Society are most happy in so far avoiding 

 friction as to render each reciprocally useful. At the annual 

 gathering of the former, under Mr. Verrall's ever-genial presi- 

 dency, at the Holborn Restaurant on the 17th ult., a record 

 number of guests was assembled, extending to about eighty 

 suppers. Quite a novel situation was freely discussed ; never 

 before, we believe, has a president-elect of the Society died 

 before entering upon his office, and the question arises who 

 should fill his place. In view of the forthcoming most important 

 International Entomological Congress at Oxford, which will fall 

 into the term of this presidency, it is quite necessary that our 

 leader should be of both international reputation and consider- 

 able resources, in order to fittingly uphold the prestige of our 

 premier society. Equally worthy as are a few of the other 

 names suggested, we have not the slightest hesitation in stating 

 that one is pre-eminent in beth these respects— the Hon. Walter 

 Eothschild. p ,^- 



NOTES AND OBSERVATIONS. 



Chcerocampa nerii at Eastbouene.— While staying at East- 

 bourne in August last, word was brought to me that a specimen of 

 Chcerocampa nerii had been taken by one of the bathers off the pier- 

 head, but I could get no very clear account of it at the time. 

 Recently, however, I have got into touch with the actual captor, Mr. 

 Arthur C. Hillman, of Sussex Gardens, Eastbourne, to whom I am 

 indebted for the following detailed account of its capture. He writes 

 as follows : — " From memory it was on Monday, 15th August last, at 

 about 7.30 a.m., that I w^as bathing in the sea from the pier-head; I 

 was a few yards out when my attention was drawn to a leaf-like 

 object floating on the water at a short distance from me. I swam to 

 it and found a fine moth ; it was alive, its wings being raised up over 

 its back, and it readily clung to my hand ; it did not, however, make 

 any attempt to fly, and after I landed with it on the pier a close exa- 

 mination showed that it was in a very feeble condition. I took it 

 home and kept it in a cardboard box in which some moist brown 

 sugar was placed. At night I removed the lid of the box, and next 



