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grouped by Linnaeus, Fabricius, Schrank, Gerraar, Burmeister, Fallen, 

 Kirschbaum, Sahlberg, Fieber, Walker, Edwards, and Scudder. The 

 author of this note finds himself in good company as to the choice of a title 

 to his forthcoming illustrations of this group of insects. Dr. F. Zavier 

 Fieber published his * Katalog. d. Europasischen Cicadinen '(embracing the 

 Fulgoridae, &c.) in 1872. The posthumous papers of this " grand 

 hemipteriste " were edited by M. Keiber, assisted by Messrs. Puton and 

 Lethierry, in 1875. Dr. Stal dedicated his fourth volume of ' Hemipteres ' 

 to his friend Dr. Fieber in 1866. I fail to see why the author of 1875 is 

 to be dismissed as an authority on European Cicadinae, as being the least 

 modern of the two. A friend proposes the names Stridulantes and 

 Silentes, instead of the neuter names Stridulantia and Silentia, as inserted 

 in my sketch-plan ; they seem to be better. — G. B. Buckton. 



More Notes from the New Forest. — I can corroborate Mr. Blaber's 

 remarks (Entom. 261), as to the general scarcity of Lepidoptera, and the 

 complete failure of " sugar " at Lyndhurst in 1889. I went there on the 

 25th June and stayed till the 10th July. The first ten days were all that 

 could be desired as far as the weather was concerned, but after that rain 

 set in, and, I believe, continued intermittently till the middle of August. 

 Of Diurni, Lycoena agon was common and in splendid condition, but, as 

 usual, rather local. Of L. icarus I did not see a single specimen, and 

 only one Thecla quercus. My experience, however, does not coincide with 

 Mr. Blaber's as regards Argynnis paphia. I only saw a few males at first, 

 but both sexes became very abundaut towards the end of my stay. Of the 

 variety valesina I saw two, one of which I took. I hear they have 

 been rather common there this season. A. aclippe was fairly common, but 

 I only took one aglaia. Limenitis sibylla was by no means scarce, as I 

 frequently saw two or three at once. The Pieridae were conspicuous by 

 their almost total absence. Epinephele ianira and E. hyperanthes were 

 extremely abundant, as usual. E. tithonus and Hesperia thaumas \linea) 

 were just coming out, though H. sylvanus was common. I was too early for 

 Vanessa io, V. atalanta, Pararge megara, and Gonopteryx rhamni, though 

 a few hybernated specimens of the latter were still to be seen. Of 

 Melanargia galatea I took five specimens in an enclosure near the station. 

 Of moths, Nemeophila russula was not uncommon on the heaths ; but 

 night-flying moths were remarkably scarce, especially Noctuse. Larentia 

 pectin ilarla, Melanippe montanata, and Acidalia remutata, seemed to be 

 the principal things, and Tortrix virldana was a perfect pest, when flying, 

 from its knack of looking like any other insect but itself. I noticed that 

 the trees did not present such a miserable appearance as they did last year, 

 which was, perhaps, on account of the comparative scarcity of larvae. — 

 C. Nicholson; 202, Evering Road, Upper Clapton, N.E. 



Erratum. — Entom. December, 1889, in Mr. Bignell's communication, 

 page 306, lines 5 and 7 from foot, for Trogus exaltorius read T. exaltatorius. 



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Entomological Society of London. — December 4th, 1889. — The 



Right Hon. Lord Walsingham, M.A., F.R.S., President, in the chair. 



Prof. Franz Klapulek, of the Zoological Department, Royal Museum, 



Prague, was elected a Fellow of the Society. Mr, W. L. Distant 



