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mens rubbing their wings together — a habit peculiar to the Vanessidae 

 Over forty V. io were found by the late Edward Newman hibernating 

 in a hollow oak. Several other cases of a similar kind have been 

 observed. Faggot-stacks appear favourite hibernating resorts for the 

 different species — in fact all the species have been found in faggots 

 stacked up for the winter, including Euvanessa antioi^a ; a specimen 

 of this rarity I have in my series which was found crawling out of 

 some burning faggots at Castle Eden on February 8th, 1869. I know 

 of many instances of polycliloros, urticcB and io, also a case of atalanta, 

 all hibernating in stacks of wood. — ^F. W. Frohawk ; June, 1920. 



Deilephilalivornica, ETC., IN Devonshire. — D .livornica ocGuvxe^i 

 in this district during the latter half of May. I netted one on the 

 15th of the month and subsequently saw several others. Pyramcis 

 carclui has been plentiful since May 13th, and I saw two specimens 

 of Colias edusa near Brixham on May 22nd.— E. D. Morgan ; 

 27, Sanford Crescent, Cheston, Torquay. 



Deilephila livornica in Sussex. — On May 23rd last I took a 

 specimen of D. livornica at Elsted, Sussex. It was hovering over 

 blossoms of red campion. — E. B. Haynes ; 25, Denmark Avenue, 

 Wimbledon, S.W. 19. 



Coccinellidj3 wanted. — Coccinellida^ dead or alive, are greatly 

 needed from various parts of England, Scotland and Wales for the 

 purpose of studying the distribution of species and varieties. Will 

 collectors kindly send surplus specimens of any species, hoivever 

 common, to Mrs. O. A. Merritt Hawkes, M.Sc. ; 405, Hagley Eoad, 

 Birmingham. 



South-Eastern Union of Scientific Societies. — This Union 

 has held its annual congress uninterruptedly since its inception, just 

 a quarter of a century ago, and although owing to the stress of 

 war conditions, the last three have been held in London, it this year 

 resumed its nomadic traditions, and the twenty-fifth congress was 

 held at Eastbourne from June 2nd to June 5th, when a goodly 

 number of delegates and members attended. Considering the large 

 number of subjects that come within the Union's activities, ento- 

 mology had a fair share of attention. On the afternoon of the 

 opening day a party of between thirty and forty " devotees of the net 

 and pin " attended a " ramble " along the parades and lower portions 

 of the Downs under Beacby Head, the haunts of many of the local 

 species being visited, and in several cases the species themselves being 

 met with. On their return the party were entertained to tea by 

 Mr. and Mrs. E. Adkin, at "Hodeslea," formerly the residence of the 

 late Prof. Huxley, much interest being taken by the visitors in the 

 historic house and grounds. On Friday evening I^rof. Poulton, F.E.S., 

 gave an illustrated lecture on " Eecent Discoveries in Insect Mimicry " 

 to a large and appreciative audience. On Saturday morning the 

 report of the " Mosquito Investigation Committee " was presented 

 and discussed, and the business of the Congress was brought to a close 

 by the reading of a paper by Mr. Eobert Adkin, F.E.S., on " Migra- 

 tions of Lepidoptera in regard to the British Islands," at which Prof. 



