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the stand, to the No. 1 or No. 2 eye-piece, and to the a 2 objectives. 

 Other powers may be obtained subsequently. The combinations 

 mentioned give a magnification of only 20 or 24 ; of course any other 

 combination may be selected as a start, the magnifications varying 

 from 8 to 65. This microscope requires a good light, especially with 

 the higher powers, and particularly with the more powerful oculars. 

 The pleasure of entomological work is greatly enhanced by the 

 possession of one of these microscopes. — D. Sharp. 



A MEETING of the Entomological Club was held in the " Gordon 

 Eoom " of the Holborn Eestaurant on February 1st, 1910. Mr. 

 G. H. Verrall, M.P., was in the chair. 



Other members present were : Messrs. Adkin (R.), Donisthorpe, 

 Hall (T. W.), Porritt, and Rowland-Brown. 



Including the Honorary Members — Messrs. Jones (A. H.), Sich, 

 and Smith (E. A.) — there were seventy visitors. 



A MEETING of the Entomological Club was also held at 58, Ken- 

 sington Mansions, South Kensington, on February 22nd, 1910. Mr. 

 Horace Donisthorpe in the chair. 



Other members present were : Messrs. Adkin (R.), Rowland- 

 Brown, Verrall. Mr. A. H. Jones (Hon. Member) and thirteen other 

 visitors attended. 



CAPTURES AND FIELD REPORTS. 



Nemobius sylvestris (Orthoptera). — Mr. G. T. Lyle sent me 

 from the New Forest three specimens of the wood-cricket, which he 

 took on February 12th crawling and hopping about on fallen sweet- 

 chestnut leaves. Two were immature, but the third was a female 

 apparently quite full-grown. I was surprised to see a full-grown in- 

 dividual in the winter. — W. J. Lucas. 



T^NIOCAMPA OPIMA AND HiPOCRITA JACOB^^, AB. IN BeRKS. — 



It may be of interest to record the capture of Taniocampa opivia 

 (grey form) at light on April 24th, 1909, and of a yellow variety 

 of Hipocrita [Euchelia) jacobcecB in June, 1909. — H. S. Rutland ; 

 Letcombe Bassett, Wantage, Berks. 



Vanessa io in January. — On January 2nd of this year my father 

 was walking along a street, and saw a specimen of Vanessa io fly to 

 and rest upon a window. I think this is a record. — S. Jones ; 

 "Waimea," West Heath Road, King's Norton, Worcestershire. 



Ortholitha cervinata and Polia flavicincta in Epping Forest. 

 — My collecting in and around Epping Forest last year has yielded 

 two species which during my four years' collecting in this district I 

 have not before had the good fortune to capture ; they are Ortholitha 

 cervinata and Polia flavicincta. 0. cervinata I found in the larva 

 stage feeding on hollyhock in the garden of an empty house in 

 Chingford about the middle of May, and P. flavicincta came to sugar 

 on September 24th. I should feel greatly interested to hear from 

 your readers what the last record is for either of these insects with 



