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formed for the purpose of placing in the Natural History Museum a 

 bronze tablet bearing Dr. Godman's portrait, and that of his life-long 

 friend and collaborator, Mr. Osbert Salvin. An eloquent appreciation 

 by Lord Walsingham of the services rendered by Dr. Godman to 

 entomological science appears in the ' Proceedings ' of the Ento- 

 mological Society of London for the current year — an appreciation 

 which may be taken also as a right apologia for " the mere collector " 

 whose labours, now as in the past, provide the material upon which 

 the ordered progress of scientific discovery depends. Subscriptions 

 to the memorial will be received gladly by Mr. C. E. Fagan, I.S.O., 

 at the Natural History Museum. The balance of the monies, after 

 defraying the cost of the medallion, will be utilised to augment the 

 " Exploration Fund," founded in memory of her husband by Dame 

 Alice Godman and her two daughters, with a capital sum of £5000, 

 to be called the " Godman Memorial Exploration Fund." The primary 

 object of this fund is for making collections for the advancement of 

 science, and for the benefit of the Museum. It will perpetuate the 

 memory of one of the most generous benefactors in life of the science 

 he loved so well, while conferring a priceless boon upon the vast 

 majority of students and research workers whose occupations and 

 circumstances do not permit them to go out for themselves to Nature 

 direct for the material necessary to pursue their investigations. We 

 appeal with confidence to all entomologists to contribute their quota 

 to both memorials according to their ability. 



The Cotteswold Arion : Correction. — Unfortunately the revise 

 proofs of my paper {aiUea, pp. 174-178) did not reach me in time for 

 correction, as I was away from home at the end of the month of 

 July. Dr. T. A. Chapman very kindly draws my attention to the 

 error on p. 175, line 15, where Myrmica scabrinodis should read 

 Acantliomyoi^s (= Lasius = Donisthorpea) flava. A. flava, "the ant 

 over which we wasted so mucli time looking for larvae of Avion,'' 

 he continues, " is practically the only English ant that makes hills. 

 . M. scabrinodis," the host of Arion, "may be said to make 

 hills, but they are so trifling that you never see or find them till you 

 first find the ant." On p. 176, line 35, for adippe read cydippe, and 

 on p. 177, line 33, for Friornnet read Frionnet. — H. R.-B. 



NisoNiADES TAGES Imbibing ITS ExcRETioN. — The following inter- 

 esting note I have received from Mr. Trevor Winkley recording his 

 observations regarding Nisoniades tages excreting liquid and then 

 imbibing it, which appears an unusual habit for a butterfly to acquire, 

 and it will be noticed that he alludes to several examples doing like- 

 wise : " I have recently been staying near Westerham (the letter is 

 dated June 15th, 1919) and there made some observations on the 

 habits of tages that may prove of interest to you. While sitting in 

 the garden I noticed that both tages and vialvcs were very fond of 

 resting upon a rubbish-heap close by. The former also settled on 

 various parts of my clothing ; upon one occasion there were as many 

 as five upon me. I noticed that they frequently while settled 

 deposited a minute drop of fluid (about the size of a pin's-head) from 

 the extremity of the abdomen and at once passed their tongues down 

 between their legs and sucked it up." Mr. Winkley also states : 



