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August 26. A sultry c\&.y. Myriads of thrips, borne on pufis of 

 hot air. I attended Hamstreet Lamb Fair, and the hundreds of 

 handkerchiefs in hand removing the "ticklers" from the face and 

 neck of the owner was a remarkable sight. At certain times far 

 more attention was paid to hexapods than to quadrupeds. Besides 

 the above I may mention that here, as elsewhere, wasps were 

 more plentiful than they have been for many years past ; aphides 

 abounded on everything green, and caterpillars were so numerous 

 as to threaten the very existence of all the cabbage- tribe in my 

 garden. My window-panes have been striped with the ladders 

 made by the larvae of Pieris rapce, when seeking a place to 

 pupate, and on one day I destroyed no less than two hundred 

 and forty-five larvas and pupte of this species round my windows 

 and doors. — Thos. H. Hart ; Kingsnorth, Kent, Oct. 26, 1880. 



SiREX GiGAs AT SUGAR. — One evening in August, while sugar- 

 ing for Aplecta occulta at Sandburn, in York, I was rather startled 

 to see a large and perfect specimen of Slrex gigas enjoying herself 

 on the sweets I had prepared for my other visitors. Is not this 

 a very unusual occurrence ? — W. Prest ; 13, Holgate Road, York. 



Hornets in Norfolk. — M}^ garden here has been full of 

 tbem all the summer, and they and the wasps between them 

 devoured certainly half of a magnificent crop of plums. I find 

 several of the hornets every night on my sugar, and one morn- 

 ing I discovered a handsome nest of them in a loft. It hangs 

 suspended from a beam, and is about the size of a moderate 

 pumpkin. If you or any of your correspondents can tell me how 

 to destroy the insects without injuring the nest I should be greatly 

 obliged. — R. S. Standen ; The White House, Alby, Norwich. 



Haggerston Entomological Society. — Exhibition. — The 

 Annual Exhibition of the above Society was held November 25th 

 last. The exhibits were confined, with few exceptions, to the 

 captures of the past season. Amongst the more striking boxes 

 shown we remarked the following : — Mr. J. W. Jobson, two cases 

 of Lepidoptera taken in the New Forest, and long series of 

 Stauropus fagi taken in Epping Forest. This exhibit was notable 

 for the remarkably fine condition of the insects and the care used 

 in preservation. Messrs. Pearson, T. Eedle, H. Barnes, C. H. 

 Williams, and Jobson showed some very beautifully preserved 

 larvse and life-histories of Lepidoptera. The latter exhibitor's 



