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on the alert all the time. The paper included the following subjects : — 

 A night in Delaniere with an electric arc lamp ; the occurrence of 

 Zeuzcra cbscuH in Cheshire ; the assembling of Saturnia jmvonia ; jays 

 and the larvae of Geometra i^apilionaria ; the genus Sei^ia in Delamere ; 

 Tipula olcracea and its ravages — how the rooks and gulls destroy it 

 by thousands, four hundred being found in a single pellet or casting of 

 the black-headed gull ; the life-history of Selandiia atra, or pear-tree 

 sawfly ; and recent researches amongst the scale insects. Hearty 

 thanks were offered to Mr. Newstead by Mr. R. Wilding, Dr. J. W. 

 Ellis, and Mr. W. Gardner. — Frederick Birch, Hon. Secretary. 



Birmingham Entomological Society. — November 18th, 1901. — Mr. 

 A. H. Martineau in the chair. Dr. Stacey Wilson and Mr. E. A. 

 Laxar were elected members of the Society. — Mr. Waiuwright ex- 

 hibited the Tachinid Brachyclmta spiniijcra from near Hampton-in- 

 Arden, and said that this was the species which had been described by 

 Meade as Desroldca fusca, and not StaiirocJioita gracilis, as supposed by 

 Brauer and Von Berganstamm. — Mr. P. W. Wynn, a number of Lepi- 

 doptera taken by himself in South Devonshire, during the last week of 

 August and first of September this year ; amongst others were Lithosia 

 caniola, three worn specimens; Leucania albijnmcta, one orxlj ; Cara- 

 drina exigua, two only; C. ambigua, a nice long series in very fine con- 

 dition ; Heliotlm arviigera, worn ; Aspdates ochrearia (citraria), a nice 

 long series; Acidalia siibsericeata ; and a very fine long series of A. 

 marginepunctata. — Mr. A. D. Finns, mounted preparations and draw- 

 ings of marine larvte which he believed to belong to the genus Clunio, 

 and which were taken submerged in rock-pools at Port Erin Bay, Isle 

 of Man. — Mr. J. T. Fountain, Lepidoptera from Jersey : — a series of 

 Callimorpha quadripunctaria (Jiera), including forms running into 

 yellow ; a long and very variable series of Bryophila muralis, and a 

 very fine series of Psecadia bipunctella ; the last species, he said, was 

 found early in the morning, and the earlier they were looked for, the 

 more there were, most being found at six a.m. — Mr. R. C. Bradley, a 

 series of Felecocera tricincta from Bournemouth, taken this summer ; 

 this time he found them on the top of the cliffs, not in the hollows of 

 the chines as before. — Colbran J. Wainwright, Hon. Sec. 



RECENT LITERATURE. 



Photography for Naturalists. By Douglas English. Illustrated by 

 the Author's photographs from the living objects. London : 

 Iliffe and Sons, Limited. 1901. 



Present-day biologists have a great advantage over their prede- 

 cessors in that they have a ready means of recording facts in con- 

 nection with animal life other than by drawing, painting, or verbal 

 description. To the brothers Kearton, perhaps, we owe chiefly the 

 popularizing of the camera in field natural history, and in Mr. 

 English's book we are reminded of the work of the better known 

 writers just mentioned. In addition to general information on 



