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shave at a time, and continuing until a depth of four or five inches is 

 reached ; if nothing is found, a move is made a few feet further, and the 

 scraping again proceeds. If fortunate, out runs a fine amber-coloured tiger 

 beetle ; if two are found in a sandhill, operations are carried on until the 

 whole of the surface is removed, and all the beetles are captured. Cicindela 

 capensis, a pretty tiger beetle about the size of the British C. campestris, but 

 brown, with longitudinal irregular lines, is frequently found in this mariner 

 on the South African coast. — G. A. Lewcock and E. Hanes, Hon. Sees. 



Birmingham Entomological Society. — June 16, 1890. — Mr. W. G. 

 Blatch, President, in the chair. Mr. Herbert Stone presented a number 

 of dried plants to form the basis of a herbarium for the Society's use. Mr. 

 E. C. Tye showed larvae of Lobophora viretata. Mr. R. C. Bradley showed 

 a long and variable series of Selenia tetralunaria. Mr. W. G. Blatch 

 exhibited the following Coleoptera from Bevvdley, all being new to the 

 locality : — Perileptus areolatus, Homalota longula, H. subtilissima, Scopaus 

 — — sp. ?(same as the one exhibited on June 2nd, and taken at Ludlow), 

 Thinobius longipennis, Calodera umbrosa, Trogophlceus subtilis, and Actidium 

 concolor ; the last two species being also new to the Midlands. Dr. P. B. 

 Mason then exhibited his Icelandic insects, and made remarks on them. 

 He described the country and the difficulties of collecting there ; he related 

 all that had hitherto been known of Icelandic Entomology, and he gave a 

 complete list of the insects he had taken, and made many interesting 

 remarks on them. The list has already appeared in the Ent. Mo. Mag. 

 for July. The great peculiarity about the insect fauna is the entire absence 

 of Rhopalocera and Orthoptera. — Colbran J. Wainwright, Hon. Sec. 



REVIEW. 

 The Lepidopterous Fauna of Lancashire and Cheshire. By John W. 

 Ellis, M.B.(Vic), F.E.S. 8vo, pp. 136. Leeds, 1890. 



A most useful annotated list of the lepidopterous insects found in 

 Lancashire and Cheshire. Of the 2079 species known to occur in Britain 

 the author enumerates 1355 as found in his district. 



The arrangement of the Macro-lepidoptera is in accordance with that 

 adopted by Kirby in 'European Butterflies and Moths,' whilst the Micro- 

 lepidoptera are arranged as in Dr. M. Wocke's portion of the ' Catalog der 

 Lepidopteren des Europaischen Faunengebiets.' 



OBITUARY. 

 With very great regret we have to record the death of William 

 Clayton, of Wadworth Wood House, who died on June 9th, 1890, at the 

 early age of twenty-one years. Mr. John N. Young, of Rotherham, writes 

 of the deceased as follows; — "Living at the edge of the wood, he had a 

 grand opportunity of working up the insect fauna of the district, and of 

 this he was not slow to avail himself. He was always most willing to give 

 information and assistance to entomologists visiting the wood at any time. 

 The frequent visits of myself and other brethren of the net were always a 

 source of real pleasure to him. Always a pleasant companion, a sincere 

 friend, and a most enthusiastic collector, he will be sorely missed, not only 

 by his sorrowing parents and family, but by his entomological friends and 

 correspondents." 



