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specimens of Deilephila Euphorbiz, exhibited at a meeting 
of the Society on the 17th of September, 1873, which were 
then stated to have been captured in the larva state in the 
neighbourhood of Harwich. Some doubt was expressed at 
the time, as it was stated that the food-plant did not grow in 
that neighbourhood; but about the middle of September last 
he had visited Harwich, in company with Mr. E. W. Janson, 
and they were afterwards joined by Mr. Durand (from whom 
he had received the specimens of D. Euphorbie), who 
undertook to show them the place of capture; and they not 
only found the food-plant growing there, but in three other 
places nearly half a mile further on. 
Descriptions of New Species of Cryptoceride.—My. F. 
Smith communicated “ Descriptions of New Species of 
Cryptoceride, belonging to the genera Cryptocerus, Mera- 
noplus, and Cataulacus,” accompanied by a plate containing 
figures of all the species, twelve in number; thus raising the 
number of species described by him. to forty-eight. The 
descriptions were preceded by some interesting particulars 
relative to the habits of these insects, especially of Meranoplus 
intrudens, which constructs its formicarium in the thorns of 
a species of Acacia, some four to five inches in length; and 
at a distance of about half an inch from the pointed end a 
small round hole was made by the ants, which served for 
ingress and egress to and from the nest. The thorns 
contained a kind of spongy pith, in which the channels and 
chambers of the nest were constructed. 
New Part of the Society’s Catalogue of British Insects.— 
‘A Catalogue of the British Wemiptera-Heteroptera and 
Homoptera (Cidaria and Phytophthires),’ compiled by Messrs. 
J. W. Douglas and John Scott, was on the table. This was 
the fifth Catalogue of British Insects published by the 
Society. 
Haggerston Entomological Socielya—The Annual Exhi- 
bition of the Haggerston Entomological Society will be held 
at 10, Brownlow Street, Dalston, on Thursday and Friday, 
November 9th and 10th, from Six to Eleven p.m.; and on 
Saturday, the 11th (special), from Six to Ten p.m. Admis- 
sion on Thursday by tickets only, which can be obtained of 
the Secretary, 48, Hadley Street, Kentish Town, N.W. 
