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not absorb water and spoil the bottle, keeps at full strength until all 
gone, can be easily recharged, and the substance is not very poisonous 
to higher animals. The only disadvantage is that in hot weather 
crystals form on the sides at times. 
Circumstances prevented our attendance at the Annual Congress of 
the Union of Scientific Societies in June last, at Tunbridge Wells. The 
meeting was a momentous one, in that it was commemorative of the 
coming of age of the Union, which was founded in the same place just 
21 years before and under the same President, the Rev. T. R. R. 
Stebbing, F.R.S. From the admirable account of the gathering given 
in the pages of the Naturalist for July, and from other sources, we hear 
that the Annual Address was an expression of extremely liberal and 
broad minded views, while its reception was very mixed, and even was 
a striking example of the intolerance which is so prevalent at the 
present time. Eventually it was agreed to print the address in the 
Annual Report. So far as we understand Entomology was conspicuous 
by its absence. 
In the Entomologist for July, Prot. F. O. Theobald announced a 
species of Aphid, Macrosiphum hibernaculorum, as new to Britain, and 
describes two British species, M. piceaella from Woking and Rhopalo- 
siphum tulipaella from Kent, as new to Science. 
The July number of the Canadian Entomologist gives an account of 
“A Few Days in Newfoundland,” by Mr. EK. M. Walker; ‘‘New N. 
American Lepidoptera,” by Messrs. Barnes and McDunnough ; ‘‘ Some 
Rocky Mountain Andrenid Bees,” by Prof. T. D. A. Cockerell ; 
“ Geometrid Notes,” by Mr. L. W. Swett; ete. 
The Zransactions of the Cardiff Naturalists’ Society for 1915 contains 
the final section of Mr. Tomlin’s “ Coleoptera of Glamorgan,” in which 
he deals with the Heteromera and Rhynchophora. The usual entomo- 
logical notes are by Mr. H. M. Hallett, who remarks on Celastrina 
argiolus aS occurring ‘‘in great numbers in early spring,” on the larve 
of Pieris brassicae being “ extremely partial to the garden nasturtium,”’ 
and to the species of 7ipula appearing ‘“‘in enormous numbers in the 
autumn.”  <‘‘ Wasps seem very partial to these flies and appeared to do 
great execution among them.” A considerable number of records and 
additions to the local Hymenoptera-aculeata are made, including the 
finding of two nests of the very local wasp Vespa norvegica. 
In the Ann. Soc. ent. France appeared an article by Dr. Roger 
Verity “Sur deux Lycaena confondus sous le nom de L. (Agriades) 
coridon, Poda.” This has produced an interesting article from Mr. H. 
Rowland Brown in the August number of the Hntomoloyist, adding 
further facts in evidence of Dr. Verity’s views from his own experience 
and research. Probably more light will be thrown on the question 
when a detailed examination of the genital characters has been made. 
We regret to see that the wretched noninformative polynomial nomen- 
clature is used, obscuring the clearness of the argument. 
In the Ent. Mo. Mag. for August Mr. D. Sharp introduces and 
describes two species of British Coleoptera as new toscience. Bibloplectus 
maryaretae was taken by Mr. H. Britten at Brockenhurst ; it is closely 
allied to B. ambiguus. Ernobius oblitus is another Brockenhurst species, 
and is very like small specimens of F. consimilis. Mr. Sharp adds two 
more species as new to Britain. Liozowm parvicolle, taken near Brandon 
