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cabbages in this iieighboinhood have been literally reduced 

 to skeletons by these jjests ; the chrysalids are to be seen 

 by scores on every wall. Last August the geraniums and 

 other plants in my garden were swarming with larvae of 

 Nociuce of various species; the leaves and stalks, especially 

 of tlie geraniums, were eaten away considerably. 1 gathered 

 scores of larva?, which — there being such an assortment — I 

 made no attempt at identifying, but await their arrival at the 

 perfect stale. — 11. Laddiman ; Norwich, November, 1S76. 



[We have received several other complaints of a like 

 character. Mr. Filch can fully corroborate them, as he had 

 last autumn a field of Swedish turnips — six acres in extent — 

 completely defoliated and destroyed by Lepidopterous larvae. 

 jMany farmers in his county, Essex, have suffered to a greater 

 extent. Vegetables in town gardens have also been in many 

 instances destroyed. — Ed.] 



A Scotch Naturalist. — We note with pleasure that 

 Her Majesty the Queen has conferred a pension of ^£50 a 

 year upon Mr. Thomas Edward, of Banff, the subject of the 

 new, but already celebrated, book by Mr. Smiles, entitled the 

 * Life of a Scotch Naturalist.' Although an entomologist, 

 ]Mr. Edward is better known to the readers of the 'Zoologist,' 

 than to those of the ' Entomologist.' \w the pages of the 

 former are many notes from his })en, of that original and 

 graphic character which we should like to see more fre- 

 quently in our magazine. In announcing the pension, Lord 

 Beaconsfield says: — "The Queen has been much interested 

 in reading your biography, by Mr. Smiles, and is touched by 

 your successful pursuit of natural science under all the cares 

 and troubles of daily toil." We recommend all our readers, 

 who have not already read this book, to do so. We have 

 rarely found one more amusing or interesting. — Ed. 



ENTO.MOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON. 



Annual Meeting, January 17, 1877, 



Sir Sidney Smith SaunderSjC.M.G., Vice-President, in the chair. 



An abstract of the Treasurer's accounts for 1876 was read, 

 showing a balance of £G 8.9. in favour of the Society. 



The Secretary then read the Reijort of the Council for 1876, 

 in which it was staled that a donation of £'150 had been 

 received from Mr. Dunning. 



