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the Annual Meetin.u' which this year took place at Guelph, in the 

 Ontario Agricultural College. Reports from the various local branches 

 and numerous papers read or contributed are given at length, occupy- 

 ing some 114 large pages with many illustrations, some of which Ave 

 fancy we have seen more than once before. Among the papers are 

 '• Insect Scourges of Mankind," by Dr. Hewitt ; " Injurious Insects of 

 the Year," by -T. M. Swaine ; " The Blister Beetles," with a plate by 

 Arthur Gibson ; " Insect Migration at Aweme, in Manitoba," by N. 

 Oriddle ; etc. An account of the proposals for the Catalogue of 

 (Janadian Insects is also given, and the report oi the s\ibsequent dis- 

 cussion which took place at the meeting is included. 



Three years have elapsed since the publication of the first volume 

 of the 'I ransactinns of tlw Carlisle Xafiiral llii^torti Socirti/. The 

 hearty support accorded to vol. i. encourages the Society to continue 

 publication, and vol. ii., is now in the press. This volume will contain 

 the continuation of several papers commenced in vol. i., and additional 

 ones on subjects relative to the Natural History of the Lake District 

 and Cumberland. The contents of vol. ii. will include "The Arach- 

 nidie (Spiders, Sec.) of Cumberland," by H. Britten, F.E.S. ; "The 

 Lepidoptera of Cumberland, Pt. II., Moths," by Geo. B. Koutledge, 

 K.i'i.S., and '' The Coleoptera of Cumberland, Part II.," by F. H. Day, 

 i''.R.S., and five memoirs in other branches of Natural History. 



In the March number of the /'!vt. Mo. Mot/. Mr. Eustace R. Bankes 

 established Coh'ophora tr'KicininMa as a Lepidopteron new to Britain, on 

 live examples bred by Mr. Alfred Sich from larva^ found on hawthorn 

 at lirentfoi'd and Putney. At the same time the claims of the three 

 supposed species, which are known as ( '. hadiipoineUa are discussed at 

 considerable length, riz., ( '. ha dii prunella of Duponchel ; ( '. badiipenuella 

 of Zeller [Liu. Knt., iv., 401-103), of H.-S. (680, v., p. 235), and of 

 Prey [Tin. Pter. Srliwei-., 225) ; and ( '. hailiipennella of Stainton {In. 

 lirit. Lep. Tin., 224). 



We fire pleased to know that the misunderstandings which have so 

 long existed to prevent the obtaining of Seitz Maero- Lepidoptera of the 

 World through the ordinary channels in this country have been at last 

 settled. The parts so far published in English are now obtainable. 

 'Rhe following volumes are rapidly approaching completion, /■/>..■ — 

 I'alaeorrtic hiotnbi/res and Sp/u'niiids, I'alaearefie Soctiiifoniies, Indo- 

 Australian tlhopalocera and American Lihopalorera, while the following- 

 volumes are also in progress, viz. : — Palaearetir (ieofnetrae, Indo- 

 Auatralian Ijomhi/ces and Sp/iini/es, I ndo- Australian Xorfiiifonnes and 

 African Rhqpalncera. One of the occasional contributors to our pages, 

 Mr. L. B. Prout, is the author responsible for the four volumes in 

 which the (reometrae will be dealt with. 



At the Annual Congress of the South Eastern Union of Scientific 

 Societies held at Folkestone during the first week in -Tune Mr. Alfred 

 Sich, read the only entomological paper, one entitled " Lepidopterous 

 Case- bearers." At the meeting of the Delegates on the last day of the 

 Congress Messrs. A. Yj. Gibbs. E. Step and H. .1. Turner were elected 

 members of the Council. The next Congi-ess will take place at Hamp- 

 stead in 1913 at the invitation of the Hampstead Scientific Society. 



In the F.nto)nolo(jical Xeirs for March last is an interesting article 

 entitled " At the Ceannt/nts in Virgmia." It is a vivid account of the 

 attractive powers of the Ceannthus plant and a list of all the species, 

 90 far identified, which come to the feast. One can judge of the 



