SOCIETIES. 167 
New Work on Coteoprersa.—Entomologists will be glad to 
learn that the Rev. W. W. Fowler has placed in the hands of his 
publishers (L. Reeve & Co., London) the first portion of the MS. 
of his new work on the British Coleoptera. A large paper 
edition with coloured plates is also proposed, if adequate support 
can be obtained to justify the large outlay that must necessarily 
be incurred for artistic work. On enquiry, we find that already a 
sufficient number of subscribers for the illustrated edition, which 
will be limited to 250 copies, have sent in their names to make 
its appearance almost assured. In this work Mr. Fowler will 
have the assistance, as referees, of Dr. Power, Dr. Sharp, Dr. 
Mason, and Mr. Champion, so that this must surely be the 
coming standard work on British beetles ; providing the drawing 
and reproduction of the figures are placed in experienced hands, 
[J. T. C.] 
and not spoiled by false economy. 
SOCIETIES. 
EntTomouoeican Society oF Lonpon. May dth, 1886.—Prof. 
J. O. Westwood, M.A., F.L.S., Hon. Life-President, in the chair. 
Mr. William Saunders, the President of the Hntomological 
Society of Ontario, was present as a visitor. The following 
were elected Fellows of the Society, viz.:—The Rev. EK. N. 
Bloomfield, M.A., Mr. Frederick Fitch, Mr. A. J. Rose, 
and Mr. William E. Nicholson. Mr. Jenner Weir exhibited a 
large and spiny lepidopterous larva which he had received some 
years ago from the late Andrew Swanzy, who obtained it in 
Western Africa. Mr. Stevens exhibited a number of Coleoptera 
recently obtained in the Isle of Wight, including Apion sorbi. 
Mr. Crowley exhibited four specimens of Leto venus, a large 
moth belonging to the family Hepialide, from Natal. Mr. 
Howard Vaughan exhibited a long series of Cidaria immanata 
from Kent, Surrey, and other southern counties, Perthshire, Isle 
of Man, Isle of Arran, the Orkneys, and Shetlands. He also 
exhibited C. russata from various localities in the South of 
England, and from Perthshire, Argyllshire, and the Islands of 
Arran, Lewis, and Hoy. Mr. Vaughan further exhibited varieties 
of C. suffumata from Dover and Darlington. Prof. Westwood 
commented on the interesting nature of the exhibition of C. 
