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here, and on closer examination I saw her deposit an egg on one of 

 the unexpanded flower-buds. This rhododendron, of which the flowers 

 are white shghtly flushed with pink, is named "purity." During 

 the first week in July I beat some fifty argiolus larvae ofi' holly at 

 Danbury. They were of all sizes. I had never obtained many wild 

 larv£e of this species before, and was surprised to find how many pro- 

 duced ichneumons. — (Rev.) Gilbert H. Eaynor ; Hazeleigh Rectory, 

 Maldon, Essex, Jan. 8th, 1902. 



Emergence of Melanippe galiata in December. — In the autumn of 

 last year I fed up a couple of batches of M. ijaliata, one of which 

 pupated between Sept. 21st and 25th, and it was a surprise to me, on 

 examining the cage in which they were kept, to find six freshly 

 emerged imagines on the morning of Dec. 8th. The cage in which 

 the larvae were fed up, and in which the pupae remained, had through- 

 out the whole time been protected from rain and the direct sunshine, 

 but otherwise fully exposed to the weather. The 8th was a particu- 

 larly mild day, with a fresh south-west breeze, and warm rain-showers, 

 the shade-temperature reaching 55 degrees, while the minimum of the 

 preceding night had not fallen below 52 degrees. — Robt. Adkin ; 

 Lewisham, December, 1901. 



The Entomological Club. — A meeting of this ancient Club was 

 held at the Holborn Restaurant on June 14th last, on the invitation 

 of the host of the evening, Mr. G. H. Verrall. The reception was 

 held in the Entomological Salon, and the guests and members of the 

 Club commenced to arrive soon after 6.30 p.m. By 8 o'clock there 

 was quite a large assemblage of notables in the entomological world. 

 Several only paid a short visit, but nearly seventy sat down to a most 

 recherche supper, which was served about 9 o'clock. Mr. Verrall, in 

 proposing the toast of the evening — " The prosperity of the Entomo- 

 logical Club " — very properly embraced the opportunity afforded by 

 the occasion to refer at some length to the ballot that was to take 

 place in another place on the following evening. His remarks on this 

 head were thoroughly impartial in character, but at the same time 

 very much to the purpose. Further reference to the oration cannot 

 be made, however, without infringing the privileges of a guest, or 

 abusing the hospitality of the host. 



The pleasure of the evening was again contributed to by Mr. M. 

 Jacoby, who, accompanied by his son on the piano, enchanted the 

 company by his delightful performance on the violin. 



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Notes from East Suffolk, 1901. — The list of insects appended 

 below, and taken here during the last season, may possibly be of 

 interest, a few of the species at any rate being, I believe, somewhat 

 rare or local in this county. The earlier summer months were 

 certainly very productive of insect life ; but it has been a peculiar 

 season, and I have been disappointed in the non-occurrence of many 

 autumn insects ; ivy, as far as my experience goes, has been very 

 unremunerative. 



