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scande)is) being in full bloom at tlie time, and attracting large numbers of 

 Lepidoptera. I however determined, by wa}' of experiment, to tr}' sugaring 

 in a small wooded gullj, less than quarter of a mile distant from the 

 blossoms, and was rewarded by taking a good series of several Noctuaj and 

 Geometrae at the sugar. I should also mention, while on this subject, tliat 

 I always use rum and honey, which gives out a much more powerful odour 

 than the ordinary sugar; I also apply the mixture at least fifteen minutes 

 after sunset, which I think is a matter of some importance as tlie bait 

 does not have time to lose its attractive scent before the moths begin 

 to fly.— G. V. Hudson ; Wellington, New Zealand, March 19, 1889. 



Australian I.EriDOPTKUA. — We hear that the publication of the fine 

 illustrated work on the life-histories of Australian Lepidoptera, of which 

 tiiree parts were published by the late Mr. A. Scott, under the title, 

 'Australian Lepidoptera and their Transformations,' is to be continued by 

 the Trustees of the Australian Museum, Sydney. The work of editing the 

 valuable material left by Mr. Scott, and of revising the classification and 

 nomenclatuie of the species, has been entrusted to his daughter Mrs. 

 Edward Forrde and Mr. Sidney Ollifi'. — Ed. 



CoLKOPTEKA NEAR BIRMINGHAM. — At a recent meeting of the 

 Birmingham Entomological Society, Mr. W. G. Blatch made some 

 interesting remarks on an extraordinary find of Coleoptera near Knowle. 

 On a mossy bank facing the north, about two by three yards, he has taken 

 during a few shoit visits in March and April, 145 species, including Ainara 

 lutida, Sturm., Hoinalota ato)naria, and many other very rare species. He 

 believes the baid\ is by no means exhausted yet. Tlie remarks were 

 illustrated by the beetles themselves. —C. J. Wainwkigiit, Hon. Sec, 

 Birmingham Entum. Soc, April, 1889. 



SOCIETIES. 

 Entomological Society of London. — May 1st, 1889. — Mr. F. Du 

 Cane Godman, M.A., F.R.S., Vice-President, in the chair. Mr. Walter 

 F. H. Blandford, B.A., of Trinity College, Cambridge, and 48, Wimpole 

 Street, W., and Mr. John W. Downing, of 59, Lupus Street, St. George's 

 Square, S.W., were elected Fellows. Mr. W. L. Distant announced 

 the death of Dr. Signoret of Paris, one of the Honorary Fellows of the 

 Society. Dr. Sharp exhibited male and female specimens of an abnormal 

 form of Fihoiiihoildna japonica, found in Japan by Mr. G. Lewis. They 

 exhibited a contraction of the thorax, which was much narrower than usual 

 at the base, so tliat the mesothoracic epimera were entirely exposed. Dr. 

 Sharp also exhibited a small collection of Coleoptera made by Dr. N. 

 Manders in the Shan states, Upper Burmah ; this collection contained 

 several new interesting foims, the most remarkable being a small Hetero- 

 merous insect bearing a considerable resemblance to FJiijaodes. Amongst the 

 specimens was an example of Batocera roylei, which he had retained in a 

 relaxed condition, so that the Fellows might have an opportunity of 

 healing its stridulation ; this was produced in a very audible manner by 

 passing the base of the prothorax backwards and forwards over a striated 

 space at the base of the scutellum. Mr. C. 0. Waterhouse exhibited, for 

 Mr. Fruhawk, a series of wings of 15ritish Butterflies, prepared in accord- 

 ance with a process (described by Mr. Waterhouse in the i'roc. Eiit. Soc. 



