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B. Gurney, Assistant, Government Entomological Department 
of Agriculture, Sydney, N.S.W. ; and Mr. J. C. Hawkshaw, 
Hollycomb, Liphook, Sussex, were elected Fellows of the 
Society. 
ExhibUions. 
Rare Palaearctic Moth. —The Hon. N. 0. Rothschild 
brought for exhibition some examples of a rai'e Noctuid moth, 
Oxytripia orhiculosa, Esp., collected by himself and Miss Sarolta 
von Wertheimstein, at Puszta Peszer, in Hungary, during the 
first week of October of this year, where examples of both 
sexes were secured. 
The exhibitor made some remarks on the curious habits of 
the moth illustrated by photographs of one of the sandy 
spots in the wood it frequents, and recalled the adventurous 
history of its discovery and re-discovery in Hungary. 
The Hon. N. C. Rothschild also exhibited examples of two 
species of flea, Cte7iocephalus canis (dog-flea) and Ctenocephalus 
fells (cat-flea), and stated that, though still frequently con¬ 
sidered to be identical, they were really quite distinct species. 
The exhibitor also remarked that the two had been united by 
Dr. Taschenberg under the name of se7'ratice])S, a, name which 
most certainly could not be retained. Under the microscope 
it was seen that whereas the head of the dog-flea was rounded, 
that of the cat-flea was long and flat. 
Rare British Beetles. —Dr. G. Nicholson showed the 
example of Lath^'ohiitm longip67ine, hairm., taken by him at 
Croydon, in May 1910, of which a specimen was exhibited by 
Commander J. J. Walker at the last meeting of the Society. 
Professor T. Hudson Beare exhibited specimens of three 
species of beetles, all taken abundantly by him at Nethy Bridge, 
Inverness-shire, during July and August 1910, viz. : (a) Erir- 
rhmus aethiops, F.—This species occurred in great abundance 
in a mere handful of flood refuse on the banks of the river 
Spey. The only other record of its occurrence in numbers is 
that given by the Rev. W. F. Johnson from the North of 
Ireland ; (6) Ci'iocephalus ritsticus, Dej.—This species was taken 
in numbers in the stumps of, and in small standing Scotch fir-trees 
in a portion of the pine woods which surround the village, and 
