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producing a beautiful roan. I propose to call this insect Gumpiana ; 

 and, although I am not connected with the family of Gumps, the 

 name is not without its charms, and therefore I hope it will not be 

 unacceptable to the public. The third is so nearly allied to rujicostana, 

 which is so well described by Mr. Curtis {vide ' British Entomology,' 

 second edition, where all the species are described), that it is unnecessary 

 to particularize respecting it ; the shape of the wings and the colour 

 throughout are precisely the same, with the addition of a well-formed 

 red tuft or button on each of the upper wings ; I have therefore 

 ventured to name it ruficristana.'' 



The beautiful tolana, curtisana, sabcapiicina, and a few others, are 

 described by Mr. Desvignes in the third volume of the ' Zoologist,' p. 

 842.— C. W. Dale ; Glanvilles Wootton. 



South-Eastern Union of Scientific Societies. —The fifth annual 

 Congress of the Union will be held at Brighton and Hove on June 

 7th, 8th, and 9th. An exhibition of photographs and apparatus will 

 be given on Thursday afternoon at 3-30, and in the evening of the 

 same day the Mayor of Brighton will receive members of the Congress 

 at the Pavilion, and the President-Elect will deliver an address. On 

 Friday papers will be read from 11 .a.m. to 1 p.m., and from 3 to 5 

 p.m. Two of these are by Mr. F. Merrifield, and on entomological 

 subjects. On Friday evening members are invited by the Mayor of 

 Hove to a reception at the Hove Town Hall. Mr. F. Enock will 

 lecture on " Wonders and Komance of Insect Life," with lantern 

 illustrations. At 12 a.m. on Saturday there will be another illus- 

 trated lecture, and in the afternoon the museums and aquarium will 

 be visited. 



Members of a natural history or other scientific society in the 

 South-East district, affiliated to the Union, are admitted to the 

 Annual Congress, Excursions, &c., on payment of 2s. 6d. Associates — 

 persons unattached to any affiliated society — are admitted to the same 

 privileges on payment of 3s. 6d. Tickets or further particulars may 

 be obtained by application to the local secretary, M. E. Alloway 

 Pankhurst, 3, Clifton Koad, Brighton. 



Local Lists. — Hymenoptera of Nottinghamshire. — With the addi- 

 tional seventy-five species of Aculeates enumerated in this list — compiled 

 by Eev. A. Thornley and J. W. Carr, and published in ' The Naturalist ' 

 for February last — the total number of Hymenoptera Aculeata recorded 

 as occurring in the county is one hundred and thirty-seven, but 

 thirteen of these are doubtfully included. Of Hymenoptera Tubulifera, 

 five species of Chrysis and Elampus auratus are mentioned. 



DiPTERA OF Nottinghamshire. — In the Annual Eeport of the 

 Nottingham Naturalists' Society for 1898-9, a list of Nottinghamshire 

 Diptera is given by the Eev. A. Thornley. The number of species 

 mentioned is two hundred and ninety, most of which were obtained 

 by the compiler himself, and these chiefly at South Leverton. He is 

 of opinion that the species referred to represent but a small portion of 

 the Diptera occurring in the county. Some remarks by Mr, Percy H. 

 Grimshaw are appended to the list. There are one or two other short 

 papers dealing with entomology in the Eeport. 



