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this pabulum, as compared with those fed upon thistle, Mr. A. Bacot. 

 Sesia culiciformis. — An Essex specimen, with the belt white instead 

 of red. T^NiocAMPA opima. — From an Essex locality, where the 

 ground had been burned over some years since. The specimens were 

 of much lighter coloration than those taken shortly after the fire, 

 suggesting response to environment by some more rapid process than 

 selection, Mr. A. W. Mera. Mimas tili^. — A rust-red specimen ; 

 Amorpha populi, with lilac-tinted bloom ; and Adscita geryon, from 

 the Chiltern Hills, Mr. C. P. Pickett. 



<grU R R E N T NOTES. 



Mr. W. Denison Eoebuck, 259, Hyde Park Road, Leeds, would be 

 pleased to have- any records of Yorkshire hymenoptera that entomolo- 

 gists are able to send him, for a forthcoming new list which is in 

 preparation. Full data are desirable wherever possible. 



There are some very spiteful remarks being published in Ent. Neirs, 

 concerning Dr. H. G. Dyar. We know Dr. Dyar's excellent work 

 and we do not think his traducers improve their entomological 

 position by such amazing pettiness ; one is inclined to suspect the 

 science of people whose manners are bad and spitefulness evident. 



Mr. W. G. Wright, whose just-finished book The Butter fiies of the 

 West Coast of North America, was in the hands of the publisher, has 

 had everything destroyed in the recent San Francisco holocaust — book, 

 original blocks, stereotype plates — everything has been annihilated. 



Mr. E. B. Williamson, who some years ago questioned the 

 accuracy of the orthodox explanation as to the manner in which the 

 S dragonfly grasps the $ during copulation, has published some very 

 interesting notes on the subject in Ent. News, xvii., pp. 143 et seq. 



The Societe Entomologique de Belgique has reached its jubilee 

 this year. In commemoration thereof the Society determined to 

 publish a " Jubilee Volume," and this has just come to hand. The 

 various memoirs included are — " Dipteres de la Belgique," by J. C. 

 Jacobs; "Recherches sur les deux Pseudocuma de la Mer Flamande," 

 by Gustave Gilson ; " Une chasse de nuit en 1859," by L. Becker ; 

 " Histoire naturelle de Hypoplectes adspersaria, Hb.," by L. J. L. 

 Lambillion ; " Notes pour la classification des Dipteres," by Aug. 

 Lameere ; "Le Macroglosse (observations et experiences)," by Felix 

 Plateau; "Notes pour servir a I'etude des Hydrachnides de Belgique," 

 by E. Rousseau; "Catalogue des Aphides de Belgique," by H. 

 Schouteden ; " Un Nouveau Collembole Marin {Anuridella marina)," 

 by V. Willem. The parts, however, that will interest the general 

 entomologist are the discourse of M. E. Fologne, the President, and 

 one of the foundation members, and that of Aug. Lameere, the well- 

 known Vice-president. These give not only a resume of the Society's 

 work and position fifty years ago, but also considerable historical 

 detail relating to the evolution of entomological work in Belgium 

 during the last half-century, a period full of the most striking advance 

 in all branches of biological science, an advance in which the society 

 has fully shared, and the work of whose members has done much 

 towards a thorough knowledge, not only of the fauna of the home 

 country, but also of those countries into which its members have, for 

 various purposes, found their way. May the society live long and 

 increase in prosperity are our heartiest wishes. 



