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things that had been, rather than to take a share in the advance of 

 things that are. 



The last meeting of The Entomological Club was held in the 

 Entomological Salon of the Holborn Restaurant, on February 6th 

 last, Mr. Verrall being the host. Some 70 members and their friends 

 were present, including Professor E. B. Poulton, Professor Meldola, 

 Dr. T. A. Chapman, Dr. Dixey, Mr. F. Merrifield, and other well-known 

 entomologists. After a long gossip on matters entomological, supper 

 was announced, after which Mr. Verrall, in an excellent speech, proposed 

 the toast — "Prosperity to the Entomological Club." The toast of 

 " Our Host " was proposed in very happy terms by Mr. F. Merrifield, 

 the President of the Entomological Society of London. A most 

 enjoyable evening was spent, during which Mr. Jacoby charmed the 

 company with his delightful violin solos. 



OCIE TIE S 



Lancashire and Cheshire Entomological Society. — February 19th, 

 1906. — ^Androconia of Callophrys rubi. — Mr. F. N. Pierce exhibited 

 microscopical preparations to show the difference between the andro- 

 conial scales and the ordinary scales of Callophrys rubi ; the dissimi- 

 larity between the form and depth of the scars, left on the removal of 

 the scales, was also strikingly illustrated. British Phytophagous 

 coleoptera. — Mr. E. J. B. Sopp exhibited series of Chrysomela serealis, 

 Hydrothassa hannoverana, and other local and scarce species. 



Entomological Society of London. — February 1th, 1906. — 

 Lathrobium l.i:vipenne, Heer. — Mr. W. E. Sharp exhibited a specimen 

 of this beetle, which is new to Britain, taken by himself in a sandpit 

 near Oxted, Surrey, in August, 1905. Butterfly scents. — Dr. P. A. 

 Dixey exhibited South African butterflies, the odour of which he and 

 Dr. Longstaff had observed in the field, and suggested that odours of a 

 pleasant nature were, as a rule, confined to the male, while those of a 

 displeasing kind were common to both sexes. Male diptera visiting 

 bees' nests. — Professor Poulton exhibited two diptera which had been 

 observed by Mr. A. H. Hamm following the bee, Andrena labialis, and, 

 communicated Mr. Hamm's note. Col. Yerbury had pointed out that 

 both specimens were males, and Mr. G. H. Verrall had identified them 

 as a Chortophila. Professor Poulton suggested that their purpose was 

 to discover the females, which might have arrived earlier at their 

 habitat. 



City of London Entomological Society. — January 2nd, 1906. — 

 Pocket box exhibition. — Malenydris multistrigaria. — Melanic 

 examples from Huddersfield, exhibited by Mr. .J. A. Clark. Angerona 

 PRUNARiA. — Bred from Monmouth and Essex parents, showing a small 

 proportion of banded forms. Also a fine striated 5 of Spilosoma 

 lubricipeda approaching var. radiata, captured at Leyton in June, 1904, 

 Mr. G. R. Garland. Hylophila prasinana. — -With the area between 

 the silver lines on forewings, occupied by a white band, bred from 

 Tilgate in 1904, Mr. T. H. L. Grosvenor. Colotois pennaria. — 

 Suffused with black scales, Epping Forest, Mr. H. M. Edelsten. Aplecta 

 nkbulosa. — A long bred series ranging from the pale form to var. 

 robsoni, bred from larvte collected in Delamere Forest in 1905, 11% 



