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were all to be had in moderate numbers, the first five being decidedly 

 commoner. Notodonta dromedarius, Platypteryx lacertula, P. falcula, 

 P. unguicida, and Demas coryli were in sufficient quantities to be worth 

 working for, but were rarer. Halias prasinana and Catocala sponsa were 

 conspicuous bv their absence, althougb in 1898 the former was quite the 

 commonest thing on birch. Among other good larvae taken were single 

 specimens of Notodonta trepida and Boarmia roboraria. With regard to 

 Thecia hetula, I may add that this species seems to become decidedly 

 common every fourth year, although I have certainly met with not less than 

 three or four larvae every season. — E. W. Lane ; 9, Teesdale Street, 

 Hackney Road, N.E. 



Notes from Nottingham. — During the month of August, 1897, I 

 spent two or three weeks at West Bridgford, Nottingham, and while there 

 noted the following: — The larvae of Phalera hucephala were exceedingly 

 plentiful, and one morning, before breakfast, my cousin and I took over fifty 

 in about five minutes, oflf a small poplar. I noticed this larva feeding on 

 willow, poplar, lime, and many other trees, including sweet chestnut and 

 rose. I found a few larvae of Acronycta psi feeding on lime. On willows 

 (poUaid) growing by the river the larvae of Smerinthus ocellatus and 

 S. popuU were found, tiie former being much commoner than the latter. 

 Here I also picked up a full-fed larva of Cossus ligniperda, and saw, but 

 did not trouble to take, hundreds of P. hucephala larvae and an occasional 

 Dicronura vinula larva. The space in which I found the ocellatus and 

 populi larvae was about fifty or sixty yards long, and beyond this not one 

 was to be seen. There, however, Aromia moschata was very plentiful. I 

 obtained more than twenty in the space of one hour. This separation of 

 the beetles and larvae struck me as very curious. Common as this beetle 

 was in 1897, my cousin did not see any at all during the following summer. 

 A specimen of Dytiscus marginalis was noted in a rain puddle barely three 

 feet wide and six inches deep. — Oscar Whittaker; Morelands, Heaton, 

 Bolton-le-Moors. 



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Entomological Society of London. — Sixty-seventh Anmcal Meeting, 

 January 11th, 1900. — Mr. G. H. Verrall, President, in the chair. — It was 

 announced that the following had been elected as officers and members 

 of Council for 1900-1901 : President, Mr. G. H. Verrall ; Treasurer, 

 Mr. E. McLachlan, F.E.S. ; Secretary, Mr. C. J. Gahan, M.A. ; 

 Librarian, Mr. G. C. Champion, F.Z.S. ; and as other members of the 

 Council: Mr. Charles G. Barrett; Dr. T. A. Chapman, M.D., F.Z.S. ; 

 Messrs. W. L. Distant ; H. St. J. K. Donisthofpe, F.Z.S. ; F. D. 

 Godman, D.C.L., F.E.S. ; A. H. Jones, and E. W. Lloyd; the Hon. 

 Walter Eothschild, D.Sc, M.P., and Messrs. E. Saunders, F.L.S., and 

 C. 0. Waterhouse. The election to fill the vacancy on the Council and 

 in the office of secretary, caused by the resignation of Mr. J. J. 

 Walker, R.N., was adjourned to March 7th, the Council having signi- 

 fied their intention to announce at the meeting on Feb. 7th the name 

 of the candidate whom they recommend to be elected. The President 

 delivered an address, in which he reviewed the advantages and dis- 

 advantages under which entomologists and other men of science now 



