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(Atropos) pulsatoria has beeu superseded ; in other words, that the pulsatoria 

 of 1865 is not the pulsatoria of 1861. Mr. Lewis's complaint has its 

 foundation in the facts that the (Atropos) pulsatoria of 1861 is called 

 (Atropos) divinatoria in 1865, and that the (Clothilla) pulsatoria of 1865 is 

 not the (Atropos) pulsatoria of 1861. Yet we are told that the Atropos of 

 1861 is the Clothilla of 1865 ! If this were really so, the pulsatoria of 

 1865 would be the pulsatoria of 1861, Dr. Hagen would be calling by the 

 Linnean name that which he is now satisfied is not the Linnean insect, and 

 Mr. Lewis might have cited him as (in practice, if not in theory) a supporter 

 of Communis error!" 



In conclusion, Mr. Dunning remarked that he had purposely abstained 

 from discussing the correctness of Dr. Hagen's determination of the Linnean 

 species or the propriety of the change of nomenclature which Dr. Hagen 

 introduced. His only object was to show that our Honorary Member, 

 who was not present to defend himself, had not in fact done that which 

 Mr. Lewis supposed him to have done. 



New Part of the proposed General Catalogue of British Insects. 

 A further portion of this Catalogue, comprising the Chrysididse, Ichneu- 

 monidse, BraconidiE and Evaniidae, compiled by the Rev. T. A. Marshall, 

 was on the table; and remarks thereon, by Mr. Marshall, were read. 



New Part of ' Transactions.' 

 Part iii. of the ' Transactions ' for 1872, published in August, was on the 

 table.— 2i. M'L. 



Death of Mr. J. R. lord. — With much regret we announce the death of 

 Mr. John Keast Lord, the manager of the Brighton Aquarium. Mr. Lord 

 some months ago, just before the aquarium was opened, had a severe stroke 

 of paralysis, and was unable to take any active part in the ceremony, though 

 he was present at the opening. Since then, though he recovered his 

 faculties slowly, it was evident that his constitution was heavily shaken. 

 A severe cold, taken about a fortnight since, confined him to the house, and 

 he died at his residence at Dorset Gardens, Brighton, on Monday last. 

 Mr. Lord was the author of two works, ' The Naturalist in Vancouver' and 

 ' At Home in the Wilderness.' — ' Field ' of December lith, 1872. 



Death of Thomas Dii. — Thomas Dix, a well-known naturahst, and an 

 occasional contributor to the ' Zoologist,' died at West HarUng, Norfolk, on 

 the 19th of November, in the forty-second year of his age, and was buried 

 in the Ipswich Cemetery on the 25th. He was a man of the kindest 

 disposition, and was beloved by all who knew him. — Edward Newman. 



