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of Gelechia (Lita) obsoletella among Atriplex, and of coutse Oecophora 

 pseiidoKpretella from the lighthouse itself. There is one record which 

 requires completion, that of " pupa eases common on stones," etc., 

 among Silene maritirna. The moths emerged in July and were 

 identified for me by Mr. Barrett, Coleophora solitariella.'' Now C. 

 soUtariella has nothing whatever to do with Silene, but is attached 

 exclusively to Galium holostea. Does this plant grow there ? The 

 cases, of course, are distinct enough. Of the Hymenoptera, two ants 

 are recorded, Tetramorium caespitum and Myrniica ruginodis, one Vespa, 

 V. sylvestris and two Bombiis, B. lap})unicus and B. terrestris race 

 lucoruvi. About a dozen species of Coleoptera and one Orthopteron 

 {sens, lat.), the ubiquitous Forficula atiricularia. 



The following is a list of the Officers and Council of the Entomo- 

 logical Society of London for the ensuing year. President, Comm. 

 J. J. Walker, M.A., R.N., P.L.S. ; Treasurer, W. G. Sheldon ; Secre- 

 taries, Rev. G. Wheeler, M.A., F.Z.S. and Dr. S. A. Neave, M.A., 

 F.Z.S. ; Librarian, G. C. Champion, P.Z.S., A.L.S. ; Council, E. C. 

 Bedwell, G. T. Bethune-Baker, F.L.S., F.Z.S., K. G. Blair, B.Sc, 

 Malcolm Cameron, M.B., R.N., W. C. Crawley, B.A., J. Hartley 

 Durrant, Dr. H. Eltringham, M.A., F.Z.S., Dr. C. J. Gahan, M.A., 

 Dr. A. D. Imms, B.A., F.L.S., Dr. G. A. Marshall, F.Z.S., Rev. F. D. 

 Morice, M.A., and H. E. Page. 



The Canadian Entomologist for November has (1) an article on 

 " Insect Tropisms," the behaviour of insects in response to the environ- 

 ment in which they live. (2) A record of a " Long-fasting Lepidopter," 

 twenty-four cocoons of a moth, Rothschildia jorulla, were received from 

 Texas in May, 1915, collected in the autumn of 1914, and the emer- 

 gences were, October, 19l5, one ; October, 1916, three ; July and 

 September, 1917, two ; April and May, 1918, one. (8) A new species 

 of the Order Zoraptera, from the United States, Zorotypus hubbardi. 

 The only species known previously are Z. guineensis (Africa), Z, ceylo- 

 nicus (Ceylon), Z . javanicus (Java), and Z. 7ieotropicus (Costa Rica), all 

 described by Prof. Silvestri, of Portici, Italy. 



The Entomologist for November contains articles on the Lepidoptera 

 of Purbeck in 1918, Cannock Chase in 1918, a record of Anosia plex- 

 ijjpus (which ?) taken in Cornwall, and notes on minor butterfly 

 aberrations in 1918. 



In the Ent. Mo. Mag. for December R. S. Bagnall announces a 

 Campodea {C. devoniensis) as new to science, from the neighbourhood 

 of Torquay. J. E. Collin announces the occurrence of the Dipteron 

 Hormopeza obliterata, associated with the rave beetle MelanojjJiila acu- 

 minata on burning pines in Berkshire, sent to him by Messrs. W. E. 

 Sharp and Bedwell, and hitherto only recorded from Finland. 



An aberration of the larva of Eumorpha elpenor is recorded in the 

 Irish Naturalist tov December, "remarkable in having three pairs of 

 well-defined eye-markings, showing as six eyes when the sphinx atti- 

 tude is assumed, and remarkable also in having the caudal horn 

 reduced to little more than a rudiment." 



The gold medal of the Linnean Society has been awarded to Dr. 

 F. D. Godman, the surviving author editor of the Biologia Centrali 

 Americana. 



In the Entomological Neivs for December Prof. Skinner reports a 



