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Arthur Claypon Horner, M.R.C.S., F.E.S., died suddenly from aneurism of 

 the aorta, at Tonbridge, where he had been long settled, and where he held impor- 

 tant medical appointments, on August 3rd. He was the youngest son of the late Rev. 

 Joseph Horner, of Everton, Bedfordshire. We are unacquainted with his exact age, 

 but he was in the prime of life, and will be greatly missed amongst the not too 

 numerous band of students of British Coleoptera, who numbered him amongst the 

 most diligent and successful of their colleagues, and there are those amongst them 

 who have to deplore the loss of a warm friend. He was educated professionally at 

 St. Bartholomew's Hospital, and was admitted M.R.C.S. in 1872 ; but prior to that 

 he held the appointment of Assistant Surgeon to the 5th French Ambulance Corps, 

 in the Franco-Prussian war ; in 1875 — 76 he was surgeon to the " Pandora " during 

 the arctic voyage undertaken by that vessel, in connection with which he published 

 some notes on Arctic Natural History. It was not until 1886 that he joined the 

 Entomological Society of London, but long previous to that he had made a name 

 amongst British Coleopterists. 



Lancashire AND Cheshire Entomological Society: September llth, 1893. 

 — Mr. W. E. Sharp, Vice-President, in the Chair. 



Mr. Gr. Morel-Deville read a paper, entitled, " A Fortnight's Entomology in the 

 Canary Islands," in which he described the diflSculties of collecting specimens in 

 Canary, owing to the intense heat, the large Cactus, and the laval nature of the 

 ground. He then recounted the species taken, the majority of which occun-ed in 

 G-reat Britain, and gave a graphic description of the capital and general features of 

 the country. The paper was illustrated by numerous photographs and specimens. 

 The Chairman exhibited a number of Coleoptera from Worcester and Delamere ; Mr. 

 Harker, Lepidoptera from Missouri and Kentucky; Mr. Watson, the female of 

 Fapilio Phorcas, which he stated was apparently very rare, although the male was 

 commonly received from Africa; Mr. Wewstead, nests or cells of Crabro chrysostoma 

 and Pemphredon lugubris, the former stored with a species of Syrphus, and the 

 latter with an Aphis, Melanoxanthus salicis, Lin., common on willow, to be used as 

 food, and Cassida viridis, taken on new land formed by the Manchester Ship Canal 

 at Ince, Cheshire. — F. N. Pierce, Ron. Sec, 7, The Elms, Dingle, Liverpool. 



The South London Entomological and Natural History Society: 

 September I4th, 1893. —J. Jenner Weir, Esq., F.L.S., President, in the Chair. 



Mr. Auld exhibited living larvae of Phorodesma smaragdaria, Fb., also two 

 breeding cages for larvae, as described in the Ent. Mo. Mag. for July last, by Dr. H. 

 Q-. Knaggs. Mr. South showed a fine series of Spilosojna lubricepeda, vars. zatima, 

 Cr., and radiata, St., a splendid var. of Argynnis Ettphrosyne, L., taken in Lan- 

 cashire, a pale var. of Vanessa urticcB, L., from Monmouthshire, a bluish specimen 

 of Procris statices, L., and a number of Zygcena trifolii, Esp., including almost all 

 the known forms. Mr. Tutt mentioned that out of about 200 specimens of this 

 insect taken in North Kent last year, five only were absolutely typical, the remainder 

 having a tendency to assume a six-spotted form, similar to Z.filipendulcB. Mr. Weir 



