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had bred several from larvae taken near Winchester. They 

 were bred with others of the ordinary colour; but he believed 

 that the variety was natural, and not caused by extraneous 

 circumstances. 



Neiv Coleoptera. — Mr. G. C. Champion exhibited speci- 

 mens of Anisotoma oblonga, Er., taken by him near Farnliam, 

 and A. curta, Fainn., from Esher, Surrey. The latter was 

 new to the British list. Also A. Algirica, a new species, 

 taken by Mr. Rippon in Algiers. 



Lance and Pupce o/Ephydra. — Mr. WilHam Cole exhibited 

 carefully-executed drawings of the pupse of a species, appa- 

 rently belonging to the Dipterous genus Ephydra, which he 

 had taken clinging to the stems of grass below high-water 

 mark, near Southend. The water whence it was taken was 

 brackish. He also exhibited the larvae and perfect insects in 

 spirits. 



Parasites of Osinia. — The President stated, with reference 

 to the numerous parasites found on Osmia tridentata, that 

 M. Jules Lichtenstein, of Montpellier, had recently obtained 

 the Zonitis praeusta from the cells of this bee; and likewise 

 the Eucha3lius vetusla, Duf., from its desiccated adult larvae, 

 in the same way that Halticella Osmicida effects its meta- 

 morphosis; thus making the thirteenth parasite recorded as 

 affecting- this Osmia. 



The Douhleday Colleclion. 



[The following correspouclence -nill interest readers of the ' Entomologist.'] 



11, Duncan Place, London Fields, Hacknev, E. 

 March 18, 187 6. 



To the Directors, Soutli Kensington Museum, London, S.W. 



Gentlemen, — The Doubleday Collection of Lepidoptera, 

 recently placed in the Bethnal Green Museum, is a collection 

 of very great value to all entomologists, containing as it does 

 types of nearly all the British and European species; and it 

 is very essential that it should be open for all students to be 

 able to compare and name specimens therefrom. This 

 Collection, being arranged according to the universally 

 accepted catalogue of our species, it is, therefore, of the 

 greatest value. During the lifetime of the late Mr. Doubleday, 

 the Collection was always open to any entomologist who 

 wished to inspect it; and we beg permission to have the 



