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March last, Professor C. V. Riley (State Entomologist), of Wash- 

 ington, U. S., sent me some Muscidce which he said were enemies 

 (parasites) of the cotton-worm [Aletia argillacea, Hiibner). I 

 found that they were specimens of the common Cyrtoneura 

 stabidans, Fallen, a fly which is generally distributed over 

 Europe and North America, and has also been found in New 

 Zealand, according to Schiner. The larvae of this Muscid are 

 said to live generally on fungi, but probably also eat all kinds of 

 decaying vegetable matter, and also manure ; for, as their name 

 imports, they often abound in stable-yards. In the ' Fauna 

 Austriaca,' Schiner adds that, according to Hartig and Bremi, 

 the}'- also prey upon the larvae of butterflies and bees. — R. H. 

 Meade ; Bradford, May 15, 1882. 



Appointment of Consulting Entomologist. — We have 

 great pleasure in announcing that the Royal Agricultural Society 

 of Great Britain has appointed our valued correspondent. Miss 

 Eleanor Ormerod, to be consulting entomologist to that Society. 

 The committee of the Royal Agricultural Society is to be con- 

 gratulated upon its selection ; as is also Miss Ormerod upon her 

 further opportunity for the development of the generally neglected 

 study of Economic Entomology. We understand that, at the 

 express desire of Miss Ormerod, the post has been made 

 honorary. — J. T. C. 



OBITUARY. 

 Beebee Bowman Labrey, — Mr. Labrey was born June 30th, 

 1817, at Liverpool; and when about six weeks old was taken to 

 Allonby, in Cumberland, where he stayed till he was about the 

 age of nine. He was then brought to Manchester, where his 

 father lived ; and eventually was sent to York School, where so 

 many of our older naturalists have been educated. He was fairly 

 acquainted with various branches of Natural History, but Ento- 

 mology received his greatest attention ; and for some years before 

 his death he had been working out and drawing the plumules 

 found on some families of butterflies; and he has left behind 

 manuscripts and figures which he was intending to have published 

 if he had lived. Two years ago he had the misfortune to have his 

 manuscripts stolen from the railway carriage when on his way to 

 London, and he had to re-write and figure the whole work, which 

 he was able to do from the original specimens of plumules which 



