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Brighton, where he died somewhat suddenly. He leaves three daughters (to one of 

 whom we are indebted for particulars of her father's early life). An only son, a 

 young lieutenant in the Navy, died in 1872, to his father's great grief. In addition 

 to his collections, Mr. Pascoe amassed a very extensive Library on all branches of 

 Natural History. — R. McL. 



Rev. Henry Burney, M.A. — We have to announce the death of Mr. Burney, 

 which occurred on July 16th, in his 80th year. He graduated at Oxford, and was 

 ordained so long ago as 1839. For the last 47 years he had been Rector of Waven- 

 don, in Buckinghamshire. He was a well known student of British Lepidoptera, 

 and amassed a large collection. He was a constant contributor to the " Intelligencer," 

 and his name appears frequently in the pages of this Magazine. 



The South London Entomologhcal and Natural History Society: 

 July 13ih, 1893. — Chas. Gr. Barrett, Esq., F.E.S., Vice-President, in the Chair. 



Mr. C. Oldham exhibited specimens of Macaria liturata, Clerck, Melanthia 

 albicillata, L., and many others, some fine forms of Odonestis potatoria, L., and a 

 specimen of Plusia moneta, captured at Woodford on June 2nd ; Mr. Adkin re- 

 marking that this species appeared to be distributing itself gradually over the country. 

 Mr. South showed a remarkable form of Triplicena pronuba, L., it being the typical 

 pronuha on one side, and the variety iwrawSa, Tr., on the other, also a series of Coccyx 

 Ochsenheimeriana ,Zq\\., and a variable series of C. tadella from Middlesex. Mr. Fenn 

 exhibited long bred series of Dicranura bifida, Hb., Boarmia roboraria, Schiff., and 

 Notodonta dictcea, L., from Bexley, the New Forest, and Deal respectively. Messrs. 

 Adkin, South, Frohawk, and Briggs showed very long series of Fieris brassiccB, L., 

 from many parts of England, Scotland, and the Isle of Man, &c., for the purpose of 

 showing the variation existing, both in size and markings. Mr. Adkin drawing 

 attention to the manner in which the depth of colour in the tips varied from black 

 to dove-grey. One shown by Mr. South was no larger than an average P«erJ5 rapcB, 

 L. Mr. Frohawk's comprised, amongst others, a number from Harwich, these cor- 

 responded to the southern French type, and had, no doubt, immigrated. Mr. H. 

 Moore showed three specimens of the harlequin beetle, Acrocinus longimanus, from 

 Trinidad, &c. Mr. Auld, a fine var. of Lomaspilis marginata, L., from Folkestone. 

 Mr. Step, a number of pupae of the bacon beetle, Dermestes lardarius, which he 

 stated were being experimentally tried as bait for fishing when in the larval con- 

 dition. M r. Barrett mentioned a curious instance in which a number of Lepidopterous 

 larvse had been found in earthen cells in a book drawer, and were supposed to have 

 been placed there by one of the fossoi'ial Hymenoptera. Mr. West, of Streatham, 

 showed 8esia bembeciformis, D. L. Mr. Turner, two varieties of Argynnis Selene, 

 Schiff., and a number of Tortrices and TinecB, including Penthina pruniana, Hb , 

 Sciaphila subjectana, Q-n., S. hybridana, Hb., Tortrix ministraiia, L., Phoxopteryx 

 Mitterbacheriana, Schiff., Nemophora Swanimerdamella, L , &c. Mr. Briggs also 

 exhibited a portion of the outer covering of a tree wasps' nest, which was cui'iously 

 striped with blue, the insects having no doubt been using blue paper or other 

 material of that colour in its formation. — H. Williams, Hun. Secretary. 



