T64 THE ENTOMOIiOGIST's RECORD. 



One of the least satisfactorily known of the Saturnia hybrids/so far, 

 has been Saturnia hybr. hybrida {>ipini$ xpavonia $ ), which, for a long 

 time, rested only on the evidence of captured wild specimens, and had 

 not been bred, and we have suggested {Nat. Hist. Brit. Lep., iii., p. 297) 

 the desirability of making certain of the hybrid by experimental crossing 

 of the two species. Frings {Societaa Entom., vol. xxi., p. 25) gives an 

 account of the rearing of crosses of Satnrtiia hybrida $ x pavonia $ , 

 which would suggest that the <? hybrid parent, S. hybrida, has also 

 been obtained in confinement. Is this so ? 



A meeting of the Entomological Club was held on the evening of 

 May 18th, at " Wellfieid,"Lingards Eoad, Lewisham, when Mr.R. Adkin 

 was the host. The guests were received by Mr. and Mrs. Adkin, and 

 a pleasant evening was spent in Mr. Adkin's library, among his books 

 and insects. Many well-known entomologists were present, and when 

 supper was served, at 8 p.m., the following members and friends, 

 amongst others, sat down — Dr. T. A. Chapman, Messrs. J. E. Collin, 

 W. J. Distant, H. St. J. K. Donisthorpe, A. Harrison, A. H. Jones, 

 H. Main, G. T. Porritt, E. J. Smith, R. South, J. W. Tutt, G. H. 

 Verrall, etc. After supper, the members of the Club transacted a 

 considerable amount of business, after which informal discussion of 

 matters entomological occupied the time till somewhat after 11 p.m., 

 when the guests took leave of their host and hostess. 



The Froceedings of the South London Entomological and Natural 

 History Society'"'' for 1905, has just come to hand, this year in advance 

 of that of the sister society. It is an interesting volume with the 

 usual variety of papers, very well reported Proceedings, and, above all 

 thiugs, a first class index, so that one can use the contents for further 

 work. The illustrations are particularly well done, and Mr. Adkin's 

 paper on " Seal Chart," and his plan of the district, should be of the 

 greatest use to naturalists in general (and entomologists in particular). 

 The Presidential Address (pp. 55-68), by Mr. Hugh Main, is a 

 thoughtful and useful essay, and the plate of melanic Aplecta nebulosa 

 is exceedingly good ; whilst of the other papers, Mr. F. N. Clark's 

 "Practical Hints on the Manipulation of the Microscope and a 

 description of its parts," will prove of the greatest use to all those 

 who are interested in working out the biological branches of our 

 science, and the details as to the making of exact measurements will 

 be sure to be well appreciated. The other papers are, " Our British 

 Plume Moths," by J. W. Tutt; " On the lengthened period of the 

 pupal stage in sundry species of Lepidoptera," by R. Adkin, F.E.S. ; 

 " Echinoderms," by W. Manger, F.E.S. ; " The genus Eurymus 

 (Colias) with special reference to E. eurytheme," by H. J. Turner, 

 F.E.S. ; " Random Notes on the Entomology of the lowlands of 

 Oahu (Hawaiian) Islands," by G. D. Kirkaldy, F.E.S. ; " Mendel's 

 Law of Heredity," by D. J. Scourfield, F.R.M.S. ; " Report of the 

 Seal Chart Field Meeting," by R. Adkin, F.E.S.; "Report of the 

 Field Meeting at Reigate," by H. J. Turner, F.E.S. ; "Report of the 

 Field Meeting held at Clandon," by W. J. Kaye, F.E.S. ; "Report of 

 the Field Meeting held at Chislehurst," by Mr. F. B. Carr ; "Report of 

 the Fungus foray," by E. Step, F.L.S. 



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