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had ever seen in English collections. He also remarked on the recent dis- 

 covery of Hesperia lineola Ochs., which hitherto had been passed over as 

 Hesperia thaumas, Hufn.,in Britain. The same member, referring to Mr. 

 0. Goldthwaite's exhibit of Lycaeuidse, pointed out the similarity of these 

 and other Continental species to Lepidoptera indigenous to this country, 

 and considered, that as the latitude, climate, and geology were nearly iden- 

 tical, other species might have been overlooked. In Coleoptera, Mr. 

 Cripps exhibited Plymouth species. Mr. Heasler, Dromius 4,-notatus, 

 Panz. Mr. Bellamy, Hydrophilus piceus, L., Dytiscus punctulatus, F., 

 Molytes coronatus, Goeze, and M. germanus, L. Mr. Milton, Cardbus 

 nitens, L., and Trichiusfasciatus, L. Mr. Gr. A. Lewcock reported on the 

 Coleopterous species prevalent in 1889, giving an account of the insects 

 obtained by him at Chattenden, including Brachytarsus scabiosus, F., 

 Tillus elongatus, L., Anthribus albinus, L. (by Mr. Cripps), and 40 speci- 

 mens of Malachius aneus, L. ; at Rainham (Essex), Geodephaga were 

 plentiful in early spring; at Epping Forest aquatic species were abundant 

 in both spring and autumn, and several specimens of Dytiscus punctulatus, 

 F., Hydrous caraboides, L,, Ilybius ater, De Gr., &c, were among the 

 captures ; many species were also obtained from Farnham, Esher, Woking, 

 and other localities. — Gr. A. Lewcock, E. Hanes, Hon. Sees. 



Birmingham Entomological Society. — January %0th, 1890. — Mr. 

 W. E. Blatch, President, in the chair. The Rev. Chas. F. Thornevvill ex- 

 hibited Acidalia immorata, also Noctua /estiva var. conflua, the latter being 

 from Scotland. Mr. C. J. Wainwright showed Cabera rotundaria, from 

 Sutton Park. Mr. H. Tunaley read a paper on the entomology of Porlock, 

 in Somersetshire and the neighbourhood, giving a good description of the 

 place, and a list of the Lepidoptera taken, which included some rare species. 

 The insects captured were exhibited. 



February 3rd. — Annual Meeting. — Mr. W. E. Blatch in the chair. The 

 report of the Council for the past year was very satisfactory, showing a con- 

 siderable amount of work done in this their first year. The Treasurer's 

 report was read, which showed a slight balance in hand. The following 

 gentlemen were elected as officers for the ensuing year: — Mr. W. E. 

 Blatch, President ; Rev. Charles F. Thornewill, F.E.S., Vice-President; 

 Mr. R. Bradley, as Treasurer ; and Mr. C. J. Wainwright, as Secretary, 

 the remaining members of the Council being Messrs. W. E. Lee and E. 

 C. Rye. — Colbran J. Wainwright, Hon. Sec. 



OBITUARY. 



Arthur Bliss died January 29th, 1890, at the early age of 32 years. 

 For some time past his health had been far from robust, but the immediate 

 cause of his death was pneumonia supervening on influenza. Mr. Bliss 

 was a member of the South London Entomological and Natural History 

 Society from 1874, and at one time ably discharged the duties of secretary 

 to that body. In March, 1885, he was elected a Fellow of the Entomo- 

 logical Society of Loudon. Although specially interested in the lepidopterous 

 fauna of his own country, he also formed a collection of tropical species, but, 

 with the exception of a few observations recorded in the ' Entomologist,' 

 he does not seem to have contributed much to the literature of his study. 



