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strife. The long spur of the hind tibiae reaches to the middle of the 

 metatarsus ; there is a distinct tooth on the base of the claw. The 

 first transverse cubital nervure is broadly roundly sloped ; the third 

 has the front half obliquely sloped towards the stigma. 



Belongs to Bingham's Section E, a, a. Characteristic are 

 the two distinct teeth on the apex of the clypeus. 



NOTES AND OBSERVATIONS. 



The Entomological Club. — A meeting was held on January 

 14th, 1908, at the Entomological Salon of the Holboru Eestaurant, 

 Mr. G. H. Verrall in the chair. Other members present were Mr. R. 

 Adkin and Mr. H. St. John Donisthorpe. Between half-past six 

 o'clock and 8.30 p.m., when supper w^as served, over seventy guests 

 had assembled. In his speech after the repast Mr. Verrall made 

 sympathetic reference to the death of Mr. A. J. Chitty (a member of 

 the Club), and of Mr. M. Jacoby, who had on so many meetings of the 

 Club in that room contributed to the harmony of the evening by his 

 brilliant performance on the violin. The Honorary Secretary sub- 

 mitted a list of the names of past and present members of the Club, 

 dating from its foundation by George Samouelle in 1826 ; this showed 

 a total of fifty during the eighty-two years. In addition to the mem- 

 bership roll a set of forms had been prepared, which, when filled up 

 with the requisite particulars of their respective entomological careers 

 and achievements, would furnish material for a biographical sketch of 

 each member. Sucli records w'ould then be inscribed in an elabo- 

 rately bound and suitably ruled volume presented to the Club by Mr. 

 Robert Adkin on Jan. 22nd, 1907. Mr. Henry Rowland-Brown and 

 Mr. Alfred Sich were elected honorary members of the Club. 



Sympetrum vulgatum. — Some doubt has been raised as to the Hull 

 specimen of this rare British dragonfly in the " Dale " collection, now 

 located in the Hope Department of the Natural History Museum in 

 Oxford. I have lately examined the cabinet containing the dragon- 

 flies and find a female specimen wath a label, apparently in J. C. 

 Dale's handwriting, stating that it came " from Mr. Harrison of 

 Hull, 1837." Tliere are also three other specimens — two males and 

 a female — but these bear neither date nor locality. — W. J. Lucas ; 

 Kingston-on-Thames. 



Surinam Cockroaches at Kew. — Of late years Leucophcea 

 surinamensis has been noticed on one or two occasions in England. 

 Apparently it has taken up its abode and intends to stay in Kew 

 Gardens. " Handsome is as handsome does," I suppose ; but, much 

 as the authorities there would prefer its room to its presence, it is, 

 nevertheless, an interesting little " beast," of very elegant propor- 

 tions, and will not disgrace the orthopterist's cabinet. — W. J. Lucas ; 

 Kingston-on-Thames. 



PiERis BRAssic^ Larv-e IN JANUARY. — On January 4th, at 

 Rayleigh, Essex, I found three larvae of Pieris brassica, w^hich had 



