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D. Harrison ; Hon. Librarian, Mr. F. N. Pierce, F.E.S. ; Council, Dr. 

 G. W. Chaster, and Messrs. B. H. Crabfcree, F.E.S. , J. F. Dixtton, A. 

 Tippins, H. Tonkin, W. A. Tyerman, and Wm. Webster, M.R.S.A.I. 

 It was resolved that the summer meeting be held at Petty Pool, Dela- 

 mere Forest, on Saturday, June 11th. This concluding the business, 

 the retiring Vice-President delivered his Address, entitled " The 

 Entomologist before the Law," in which he ably reviewed those laws 

 of the land which affect the entomologist in the pursuit of his hobby. 

 Property ni law was described under the heading of real or land, and 

 personal, after which the law of trespass as applying to collectors was 

 fully dealt with, and much useful information furnished on rights of 

 way and other matters of considerable importance to entomologists. 

 After dealing exhaustively with the law as affecting ourselves, the 

 lecturer described the influence that insects have had on the law. A 

 brief allusion to the law of copyright brought a most interesting paper 

 to a close. On the motion of Mr. R. Wilding, seconded by Dr. J. 

 Cotton, a hearty vote of thanks was accorded Mr. Webster for his in- 

 structive discourse, as well as for his able services in the chair during 

 the session just closed. Mr. E. J. B. Sopp, F.E.S., exhibited Epi- 

 lampra caraibea, Sauss., captured in Liverpool, a Cuban cockroach 

 which had not previously been recorded as having occurred in Britain. 

 The insect had been kindly identified for him by Mr. M. Burr, F.Z.S., 

 F.E.S. — E. J. B. Sopp and J. R. le B. Tomlin, Hon. Sees. 



BiPvMiNGHAM Entomological Society. — November 16th, 1903. — Mr. 

 G. T. BethuneBaker, President, in the chair. — Mr. G. W. Wynn 

 read a short paper giving an account of all the rarer and more note- 

 worthy Lepidoptera he had found in Wyre Forest, and illustrated 

 the paper by a boxful of selected specimens. The more noteworthy 

 were our old friend E)idrotnis versicolor, HyhrphUa bicolorana (very rare), 

 the Cymatophoridffi (all the British species of which occur, octoyesinia 

 being the rarest), Stauropusfa>ii (one specimen only having been taken 

 so far), Dnjmoma chaonia (of which he showed five specimens, reared 

 from seven eggs laid by a captive female ; very rare), and Plusia 

 bractea. — Mr. W. H. Flint showed a specimen of Anjijmiis lathunia, 

 taken in Wyre Forest (on Worcestershire side) in 1899, when he 

 believes he also saw one or two others, also Kent specimens for com- 

 parison. — Mr. A. H. Martineau, a little lot of Aculeates, the result of 

 five or six days' collecting, at different times in 1901-2, at Budleigh 

 Salterton. He also gave an account of the district, the coast-line, and 

 geological formation, and the occurrence of each species in turn. 

 Amongst other species taken were Pompilus rujipcs, P. cinctellus, 

 Gorytes tamidus, Arpactus lucinctas, Andrena pilipes, A. fnscipes, Stelis 

 phceoptera, &c. He also showed a specimen of the Tachinid Miltoyramma 

 punctata, bred from a pupa found inside a cocoon of Tnjpoxylon jigidus. 

 — Mr. Gilbert Smith, a few nests of Hymenoptera, from various 

 places. — Mr. G. H. Kenrich, a number of Lepidoptera, all having been 

 bred this year, from various localities, amongst others were Endromis 

 versicolor (from Wyre Forest), Thecla pruni, T. iv-album, Xanthia 

 gilvayo (from Northamptonshire), Detaas coryli and others (from Suther- 

 landshire). He mentioned that in Sutherlandshire he had found larvfe 

 of Gonodontis bidentata commonly on birch, in three well-marked forms, 



