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used to advantage for breal^ing off small pieces of bark. — 

 A. E. Hunter and H. Benson; Jesus College, Cambridge, 

 August 25, 1877. 



Naphthaline for Killing Mites. — In common, I ex- 

 pect, with many other of the readers of the 'Entomologist' 

 for April (Entom. x. 104), I was delighted to see that naphtha- 

 line was so sure and speedy a mite destroyer. Immediately 

 purchasing a bottle, I placed some of the unpleasant- 

 smelling crystals in my collection ; and at the same time, to 

 test its efficacy, half filled a pill-box with it, and imprisoning 

 two small beetles, a fly, and a caterpillar in the box, left 

 them to their fate. An hour afterwards they were as lively 

 as ever, next day they were still more lively, and the day 

 after the beetles ate the caterpillar. Why was not the 

 naphthaline fatal to them } — E. K. Robinson. 



Centipede devouring a Moth. — While sugaring near 

 Taunton, on the evening of September 15th, I rescued a 

 specimen oi Agrotis saucia from the clutches of a centipede, 

 which had surprised and was greedily devouring it. It was 

 only with some difficulty that I persuaded the destroyer to 

 let go his victim. — [Rev.] C. F. Thornewill; The Soho, 

 Burton -on-Trent. 



ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON. 



August \st, 1877.— J. W. Dunning, Esq., M.A., F.L.S., 

 Vice-President, in the chair. 



Mr. Stevens exhibited specimens of Tereirius picipes 

 (Fab.), one of the Hisieridce, which he had taken on the 

 same fence, at Norwood, on which he had previously taken 

 Tillus unijasciatiis. He also remarked on the appearance in 

 his neighbourhood of a second brood of Culias Edusa, 

 several specimens having been observed by him, all of which 

 were males. 



Mr. Smith exhibited, on behalf of Dr. Bennett, of Sydney, 

 who was present at the meeting, a fine pair of the beautiful 

 and rare beetle Eupholus Beiiiiettii (Gestro), from Yule 

 Island, New Guinea. It had been described under that 

 name in the 'Annali di Museo Civico di Genova,' viii., 1876. 



The Secretary exhibited a specimen of an insect which 

 had been forwarded to him by Mr. Bewicke Blackburn, who 



