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on the Middlesex side, an insect was noticed moving along the 

 surface of the water by the use of its wings. When first sighted it 

 was some six or eight yards from the bank, which it seemed to 

 recognise, for it made towards it, though by a diagonal course, no 

 doubt owing to the current in the water. Nearer the bank it moved 

 more directly, the current probably impeding it less. When it arrived 

 I secured it in a glass-bottomed box. The insect turned out to be 

 Tceniopteryx nebulosa, one of the earliest Stoneflies to appear, and 

 this date, February 3rd, is, for the British Isles, a very early one 

 indeed. — L. C. E. Balcomb ; Kingston-on-Thames. 



Sugaring. — In view of the present scarcity of "sugar," the ques- 

 tion of substitutes for entomological purposes might be of interest, 

 if correspondents would be kind enough to give their experiences. 

 My own experience has shown me that the old-fashioned " brewing 

 sugar, or " foots " as it is sometimes called, or its equivalent the old- 

 fashioned " black treacle," give the best results. Beetroot sugar, 

 about the only kind now obtainable, is comparatively inefficacious. 

 Is there any other liquid substitute that has been used with success ? 

 Split apples or other ripe fruit are said to be good, but they are not 

 always obtainable nor easily manipulated. What is used on the 

 Continent ? Be the use of "foots " or " treacle," my own observa- 

 tion has lead me to believe that most people use it too lavishly. 

 Last summer I visited almost nightly for four weeks a round of some 

 one hundred trees, with very satisfactory results so far as attracting 

 numbers was concerned. I lightly brushed over the patches with a 

 50 per cent, mixture of water, every other night, using in all not more 

 than 4 lb. of treacle. I don't maintain, of course, that this is an 

 improved mixture, but it is efficacious and more in conformity with 

 the requirements of what has been called the " poor man's hobby." 

 I have also used the method of " treacled rags," but never so success- 

 fully as when the mixture was painted on trees, etc. In sugaring for 

 Agrotis cinerea by both methods simultaneously, I found that my 

 " rags " were practically useless. What is the experience of other 

 entomologists ? — A. E. Burras ; 3, Connaught Eoad, North End, 

 Portsmouth. 



SOCIETIES. 



The South London Entomological and Natural History 

 Society.— /am^a?-?/ 10^/i, 1918.— Mr. Hy. J. Turner, F.E.S., President, 

 in the chair. — The decease of two members was announced — Mr. W. 

 West (Sutton), a member of the Council, aged 71, and Mr. W. Manger 

 (New Cross), aged 75— Mr. Edwards exhibited three species of the 

 North Indian genus Dodona, viz. D. adonita, D. durga and D. ouida 

 of the Nemeobiinae. He also showed Biodma lysippus, Mesene 

 phareus, Apodeynia glapkyra, and Echenais penthea, belonging to the 

 LemoniinaB from South America. — Mr. B. Adkin, series of Agriades 

 corydon ab. semi-syngrapka and ab. syngrapha, with a graduated 

 series of intermediates, and read notes on the exhibit. A short dis- 



