260 THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 
Wicken Fren.—The Council of the National Trust appeal to 
naturalists interested in the preservation and upkeep of Wicken Fen 
to assist to defray the expenses of the Watcher who guards the 
property against abuse, and performs the duties of Forester generally. 
As entomologists, we are, perhaps, more concerned for the integrity 
of the fenland than any other workers in the field of Science. I 
am asked, therefore, to invite subscriptions and donations for the 
purpose indicated. The amount required is not large, and I shall 
be happy to receive contributions, however small. Cheques and 
postal orders should be crossed ‘ London and South Western Bank, 
Bloomsbury Branch, Wicken Fund,” and made payable to ‘me.— 
H. Rownanp-Brown; Hon. Treasurer for Wicken Fund, Oxhey 
Grove, Harrow Weald. 
SOCIETIES. 
Entomonocicat Society or Lonpon.—Wednesday, June Tth, 
1916.—The Hon. N. C. Rothschild, M.A., F.L.S., F.Z.S., President, 
in the chair.—Miss Alice Balfour, of Whittinghame, Prestonkirk, 
Scotland, and 4, Carlton Gardens, S.W., was elected a Fellow of 
the Society —The death of Mr. F. Enock was announced.—The 
President read a letter from Mr. H. Rowland-Brown, inviting a 
continuance of subscriptions to the upkeep of Wicken Fen.— 
Dr. F. A. Dixey exhibited specimens of insects collected by him 
during the visit of the British Association to Australia in 1914.— 
Mr. G. Talbot exhibited a bred family of Papilio dardanus, Brown, 
and some rare South American butterflies. —Prof. Poulton read a 
letter written by the late Colonel N. Manders on the discussion 
following his paper on March 38rd, 1915, written just before he 
started for the Dardanelles, where he gave his life for his country.— 
The Rey. F. D. Morice exhibited a worker of the social wasp 
Polistes gallicus, L., taken by Mr. J. W. H. Harrison on the day 
after August Bank Holiday, 1915, at Wolsingham, in the hilly west 
of Co. Durham, at about 1200 ft-—Dr. Chapman showed some dried 
leaves of birch and hawthorn, with the egg-pockets of Czmbex 
sylvarum and Trichiosoma tibiale respectively, from which the 
larve had hatched.—Mr. Donisthorpe announced that on some of 
our battleships the men were much interested in observation nests 
of ants; and it was found that the ants were entirely unaffected 
by the firing of the great guns.—The following papers were read: 
“On new and little-known Lagriide and Pedilide,” by G. C. 
Champion, F.Z.S.; ‘‘On certain forms of the genus Acr@a: a reply 
to M. Ch. Oberthiir,” by H. Eltringham, D.Sc., M.A., F.Z.S. 
Wednesday, October 4th, 1916.—Commander J. J. Walker, M.A., 
R.N., F.L.S., Vice-President, in the chair—Mr. Howard M. Peebles, 
13, Chesham Street, S.W., was elected a Fellow of the Society.— 
A vote of condolence with Mrs. Trimen, on the death of her husband, 
a former President of the Society, was passed unanimously.—Mr, 
P. A. Buxton called the attention of the Society to some remarkable 
work published in the Ann. Inst. Pasteur (Paris) for July and 
August, 1916, A plague of the locust (Schtstocerca peregrina) has 
