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specimens of Deilephila Euphorbiae, exhibited at a meeting 

 of the Society on the 17lh of September, 1873, which were 

 then stated to have been captured in the larva state in the 

 neighbourhood of Harwich. Some doubt was expressed at 

 the time, as it was stated that the food-plant did not grow in 

 that neighbourhood ; but about tlie middle of September last 

 he had visited Harwich, in company with Mr. E. W, Janson, 

 and they were afterwards joined by Mr. Durand (from whom 

 he had received the specimens of D. Euphorl)iae), who 

 undertook to show them the place of capture ; and they not 

 only found the food-plant grovxing there, but in three other 

 places nearly half a mile further on. 



Descriplions of New Species of Crypt ocer idee. — Mr. F. 

 Smith conntuiuicated " Descriptions ol New Species of 

 Cr}ptoceridai, belonging to the genera Cryptocerus, Mera- 

 noplus, and Cataulacus," accompanied by a plate containing 

 figures of all the species, twelve in number; thus raising the 

 number of species described by him to forty-eight. The 

 descriptions were preceded by some interesting particulars 

 relative to the habits of these insects, especially of Meranoplus 

 intrudens, which constructs its forniicarium in the ihorns of 

 a species of Acacia, some four to five inches in length ; and 

 at a distance of about half an inch from the pointed end a 

 small round hole was made by the ants, which served for 

 ingress and egress to and from the nest. The thorns 

 contained a kind of spongy pith, in which the channels and 

 chan)bers of the nest were constructed. 



New Part of ilie Societfs Calalogiie of BrHish Insects. — 

 *A Catalogue of the British Hemiptera-Heteroptera and 

 Homoptera (Cidaria and Fhytophthires),' compiled by Messrs. 

 J. W. Douglas and John Scott, was on the table. This was 

 the fifth Catalogue of British Insects published by the 

 Society. 



Haggerston Entomological Society. — The Annual Exhi- 

 bition of the Haggerston Entomological Society will be held 

 at 10, Brownlow Street, Dalston, on I'hursday and Friday, 

 November 9lh and lOih, from Six to Eleven }).ra.; and on 

 Saturday, the 11th (special), from Six to Ten p.m. Admis- 

 sion on Thursday by tickets only, which can be obtained of 

 the Secretary, 48, Hadley Street, Kentish Town, N.W. 



