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Harwood exhibited a species of Blatta from the Eastern Counties, 

 which was apparently new to Britain. Mr. Adkin, a bred series 

 of Eugonia antumnaria from Bournemouth. Mr. Colthrup, a speci- 

 men of FjUchfiJia j(icoh(E(B with the red areas unusually pale, a very 

 beautifully marked variety of Eurrhypara urticata, and very small 

 examples of Pieris rapa, including a yellow variety. Mr. Lucas, living 

 specimens of the immature stage of Blatta austral asice from Kew, and 

 a case containing examples of the whole of the British cockroaches, 

 with drawings of several species. Mr. Main, living specimens of Blatta 

 americiina from Silvertowu. Mr. Edwards, living specimens of Phi/llo- 

 druinia (jermanica, male, female, and immature. Mr. Moore, numerous 

 exotic species of cockroaches. Mr. Tutt, a long and varied series of 

 Epunda lutulenta, taken at Mucking, Essex, by the Eev. E. Burroughs 

 in 1898-9, and contributed notes as to the occurrence and variation of 

 the species. Mr. Lucas read a paper entitled " Cockroaches: Natives 

 and Aliens," illustrating it with numerous lantern-slides. 



March 22nd. — ^The President in the chair. Mr. MacGee, of Lillie 

 Koad, S.W., and Mr. J. Platt-Barrett, of Margate, were elected mem- 

 bers. Mr. Montgomery exhibited specimens of a second generation 

 and a partial third brood of Coremia desij/nata, and gave notes on their 

 life-history and variation. Mr. F. N. B. Carr, a varied series of Hybernia 

 leucophcearia from Lee. — Hy. J. Tuener, Hon. Report Sec. 



Birmingham Entomologicax, Society. — March 21st, 1900. — Mr. 

 G. T. Bethune-Baker, President, in the chair. Mr. Charles Carey 

 Woods was elected a member of the Society. The President referred 

 to the death of Mr. W. G. Blatch, who, he said, was the first President 

 of the Society, from 1888 to 1893. Mr. P. W. Abbott showed long 

 series of several species of Lyctenids, particularly a very fine lot of 

 Lycmia alexis, including blue forms of the female from Ireland ; also 

 some of the white-bordered forms of L. corydon taken by Mr. T. H. 

 Fowler on the Dorset coast. Mr. G. T. Bethune-Baker also showed 

 many fine Lycsnids; very small L. nlexis from Algeria, almost as small 

 as minuiia, and blue females from various localities ; also ab. ceronus 

 of L. bellaryus, &c. Mr. C. J. Wainwright showed a boxful of Syrphids, 

 chiefly containing the genus EristaUs. Mr. A. H. Martineau showed 

 some Aculeates collected by Mr. Wainwright, including the very rare 

 Crabro pubescens (male), one specimen, from the New Forest; he said 

 that less than a dozen specimens of the species had at present been 

 taken in the country. Mr. E. C. Bradley read a paper upon mosquitoes, 

 in which he described the life-history of the common Culexidte, and 

 gave some account of the connection between Anopheles and malaria, 

 exhibiting in connection with the paper various British species of the 

 family. A discussion followed, in which various members gave their 

 experiences of the biting habits of these insects at home and abroad, 

 and also discussed the origin of the habit, &c. Mr. G. H. Kenrick 

 believed the habit had begun through sucking juices of plants ; Mr. 

 Neville Chamberlain said that he believed people m time became quite 

 inoculated against the effects of the bites ; when he first went to the 

 Bahamas he sufi'ered very much, but after a time they did not seem to 

 hurt him at all. — Colbran J. Wainwright, Hon. Sec. 



