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Sugaring was useless until the end of August, but between the 26th 

 of that month and October 10th I obtained twenty-seven species, 

 among which were Agrotis puta, A. sujfusa, Noctua c-nigrum, Triphcena 

 fimbria, Amphipyra pyramidea, A. tragopogonis, Mania maura, Xanthia 

 citrago, Hndena protea, Catocala nupta, Hypcena rostraiis, Pyralis cos- 

 to^is (all at Bushey Heath) ; and Asphalia diluta and Polia Jlavicincta 

 (at Bricket Wood). Plusia moneta occurred in some numbers at the 

 end of July in our garden, and we took a fair number at dusk, hover- 

 ing over larkspur. P. gamma and Oporabia dilutata were quite as 

 plentiful as usual, if not more so. 



I was not able to devote much time to the Rhopalocera, but the 

 following were noticed in the Tring neighbourhood : — Lycmia bellargus 

 (adonis), males fairly plentiful, one female (June 27th) ; L. ahus {mi- 

 nima) (same date) ; L. corydon, swarms (August) ; Hesperia thaumas 

 {linea), five males; H. comma, one male. In the same locality I took 

 Euholia mensuraria (limMata), E. bipunctaria, and Carpocapsa yrossana, 

 the last beaten out of beech. One Vanessa io was seen in our garden 

 in the summer. Can anyone suggest a reason for the apparent rarity 

 of this species in more than one locality during the last three or four 

 years ?— PmLip J. Barkaud ; Bushey Heath, Herts. 



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Entomological Society of London. — January 'list, 1903. — The 

 Seventieth Annual Meeting. The Eev. Canon Fowler, M.A., D.Sc, 

 President, in the chair. After an abstract of the Treasurer's accounts, 

 showing a satisfactory balance in the Society's favour, had been read by 

 the Auditor, Mr, H. Goss, one of the Secretaries, read the Report of the 

 Council. It was then announced that the following had been elected 

 Officers and Council for the Session 1903-1904 : — President, Professor 

 Edward B. Poulton, M.A., D.Sc, F.R.S. ; Treasurer, Mr. Robert 

 McLachlan, F.R.S. ; Secretaries, Mr. Herbert Goss, F.L.S., and Mr. 

 Henry Rowland-Brown, M.A. ; Librarian, Mr. George C. Champion, 

 F.Z.S. ; and as other Members of Council, Colonel Charles T. Bingham, 

 F.Z.S.; Mr. Malcolm Burr, B.A., F.L.S.; Dr. Thomas A. Chapman, 

 F.Z.S. ; Mr. Arthur John Chitty, M.A. ; Mr. Hamilton H. C. J. Druce, 

 F.Z.S. ; the Rev. Canon Fowler, M. A., D.Sc, F.L.S. ; Professor Raphael 

 Meldola, F.R.S.; Professor Louis Compton Miall, F.R.S. ; the Rev. 

 Francis D. Morice, M.A. ; Dr. David Sharp, M.A., F.R.S. ; Colonel 

 Charles Swinhoe, M.A., F.L.S. ; and Colonel John W. Yerbury, R.A., 

 F.Z.S. It was announced that Professor Poulton, the new President, 

 would appoint the Rev. Dr. Fowler, Professor Meldola, F.R.S., and Dr. 

 D. Sharp, F.R.S., as Vice-Presidents for the Session 1903-1904. Canon 

 Fowler, the retiring President, in the first part of his Address, dealt 

 chiefly with the many facts that have been recently brought forward with 

 regard to Cryptic Coloration and Mimicry, more especially as affecting 

 the Order Coleoptera ; the facts are indisputable, but the hypotheses 

 founded upon them are, perhaps, sometimes pressed too far. In the 

 second part the question of the origin of the Coleoptera was discussed : 



