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gentlemen to become honorary members of the Society : — Mr. H. St. 

 J. K. Donisthorpe, F.Z.S., F.E.S. ; Kev. F. D. Morice, M.A., F.E.S. ; 

 Messrs. E. Saunders, F.R.S., F.L.S., F.E.S., and J. W. Tutt, F.E.S. 

 — Mr. G. H. Kenrick exhibited a few insects collected by himself in 

 the North of Scotland last year in the intervals of shooting ; he said 

 the most interesting perhaps were nice silvery forms of Larentia 

 autumnata, Bkh. They also included Calocumpa solidaginis, which was 

 not uncommon, and Anaitis paludata var. imbutata, Hb. — Mr. J. T. 

 Fountain exhibited Adopted thaumas (linea) and A. lineola, taken to- 

 gether in the Wye Valley ; also bred Actias selene, Hb., reared in this 

 country from Indian ova. — Mr. A. H. Martineau exhibited a spray of 

 oak with three different kinds of galls on close together ; they were 

 probably made by Neuroterus lenticularis, 01., Andiicus fecundatrix, 

 Hart., and Dryophanta divisa, Hart. ; he also showed Pemphredon 

 lethifer, Schenck., bred from bramble-stems gathered at Marston Green, 

 together with its parasites, the chrysid Ellampus auratus, L., and the 

 ichneumon Perithous divinator, Rossi. — Mr. W. Harrison showed a 

 nice series of Eriogaster lanestris, L., breed from a brood of larvae found 

 at Trench Woods ; some had emerged in 1902, and others in 1901. — 

 Colbran J. Wainwright, Hon. Sec. 



Hawaiian Entomological Society. — A preliminary meeting was 

 held in December last, and the constitution of the Society was formu- 

 lated on January 26th. The following are the officers for 1905 : — 

 President : R. 0. L. Perkins (Supt. of Entomology, Hawaiian Sugar 

 Planters' Experimental Sta.), who appointed Alexander Craw (Supt. 

 of Entomology, Bureau of Agriculture and Forestry) as Vice-President; 

 Secretary and Treasurer : Jacob Kotinsky (Asst. Entomologist, Bureau 

 of Agriculture and Forestry) ; Committee: D. L. Van Dine (Entomo- 

 logist U.S. Experiment Sta.), and Otto H. Swezey (Asst. Entomologist, 

 Hawaiian Planters' Sta.). Twelve members constitute the Society so 

 far, which meets the first Thursday in every month, at the Bureau of 

 Agriculture and Forestry, Honolulu, 7.30 to 10 p.m., for the study of 

 the Arthropoda, especially of the Pacific Region. — G. W. Kirkaldy. 



OBITUARY. 



With much regret we have recently heard that Mr. Alfred Beaumont, 

 of Gosfield, Essex, died early in March of this year. He was a most 

 indefatigable worker, and his interest was extended to all orders of the 

 Insecta, although Coleoptera was possibly his strong point. He was 

 especially keen in his investigations, and was sometimes rewarded by 

 the discovery of additions to the British lists of Diptera and Hymeno- 

 ptera, or more frequently by the capture of very rare species in those 

 orders or in Coleoptera. There are many notes from his pen in the 

 'Entomologists' Monthly Magazine' subsequent to the year 1882; and 

 there are also a few of his contributions in the ' Entomologist,' the 

 latest of which was published in the number for December, 1904. He 

 was a Fellow of the Entomological Society of London, and one of the 

 oldest, having been elected in 1851. A man of high principle, stead- 

 fast courage, and great tenacity of purpose, Mr. Beaumont was highly 

 esteemed by all who knew him. 



