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the same dates Cheimatobia brwnata swarmed on the birches in the 

 swampy parts of the wood. On October 30th the males flew freely 

 at 9.30 p.m. On November 3rd they were flying just as freely at 

 8.30 p.m. ; whilst on November 8th, a crisp, frosty night, with the 

 grass "crunching " under our feet, not a single specimen was observed 

 flying during the time we were there (8-10 p.m.). Every male had 

 forsaken the twigs, and taken up a position on the thicker stems, 

 with wings pressed closely to the back, although on previous nights 

 the wings had invariably been held together above the back. I have 

 but little doubt that the males of our winter moths carry the females 

 to the trees. Many paired examples may be found on the brackens 

 and sticks lying on the ground some distance away from the birches. 

 The capture of two specimens of Poecilocampa idopuli on a street-lamp 

 on November 13th brought our season virtually to a close, for since 

 that date the weather has been so severely wintry in character as to 

 prohibit collecting in any shape or form. Viewing the year as a 

 whole, we have been favoured with more than an average share of 

 fine collecting days and nights, and I shall look back upon the season 

 1910 as one full of interest and enjoyment. — Frank Littlewood ; 

 10, Aynam Eoad, Kendal. 



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Entomological Society of London. — The Annual Meeting of 

 this Society was held on Wednesday, January 18th, at 11, Chandos 

 Street, Cavendish Square, when the Officers and Council for the forth- 

 coming session, 1911-12, were elected. Owing, however, to the death 

 of Mr. J. W. Tutt, the President-nominate, no successor to the out- 

 going President, Dr. F. A. Dixey, M.A., M.D., F.E.S., was chosen, and 

 a Special General Meeting will be held later in the year for that 

 purpose. Meanwhile, the following Fellows were elected to act as 

 Ofiicers and Members of the Council : — Treasurer, Mr. A. H. Jones ; 

 Secretaries, Commander J. J. Walker, M.A., E..N., F.L.S., and, in 

 place of Mr. Rowland-Brown, M.A., who resigns after eleven years' 

 service, the Rev. G. Wheeler, M.A., F.Z.S. ; Librarian, Mr. G. C. 

 Champion, F.Z.S. ; other members of the Council, Mr. R. Adkin, 

 Mr. G. T. Bethune-Baker, F.Z.S. ; Professor T. Hudson Beare, 

 B.Sc, F.R.S.E.; Mr. M. Burr, D.Sc, F.L.S., F.Z.S.; Dr. F. A. 

 Dixey, M.A.,M.D.,F.R.S.; Mr. H. St. J. Donisthorpe, F.Z.S. ; Mr. J. H. 

 Durrant ; Professor Selwyn Image, M.A. ; Dr. K. Jordan, Ph.D. ; 

 Mr. A. Sich, Mr. J. R. le B. Tomlin, M.A., and Mr. H. J. Turner.— 

 The President, in the course of his Address, after referring to the 

 losses by death sustained during the preceding year, went on to speak 

 of various events of special interest to entomologists, among these 

 being the appointment of Professor Meldola, F.R.S., as Herbert 

 Spencer Lecturer, and Mr. Selwyn Image as Slade Professor of Fine 

 Art at Oxford ; the award of the Royal Society's Darwin Medal to Mr. 

 Roland Trimen, F.R.S., and the meeting of the first International 

 Congress of Entomology at Brussels. He then proceeded to deal 

 with certain problems of general biology on which special light had 



