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Hammond. Four species of Diptera at least were brought 

 forward in igoo as new to the British hst — Xylota coiifinis, 

 Calobata stylifera, Lencophenga macnlata, and Hyetodesia 

 aculeipes. 



Some additions to the hterature of the British Hemiptera 

 have been made in the form of articles by Messrs. G. W. 

 Kirkaldy, J. J. Walker, F. Knock, and W. Evans, to which 

 must be added Mr. R. Newstead's article on " Injurious 

 Scale Insects and Mealy Bugs of the British Isles," in vol. 

 xxiii. of the " Journal of the Royal Horticultural Society." 

 In this natural order Elasfnostethus ferrugatus, Nabis bvevis, 

 Typhlocyba candidula and T. crncntata were brought forward 

 as British during the year. To our Curator, Mr. W. West, 

 we owe the addition to our list of the last but one. 



The number of British Hymenoptera has been increased 

 by no less than eight species — Tenthredopsis thornleyi, 

 Prosopis palustris, Osiiiia ineruiis, Ellanipus truncatus, Odynerus 

 tomeniosus, Pompilus sanguinolcntns, Crabro carbonarius, and 

 Blacus ar/untulus, while Noniada airata has been reinstated. 

 To the literature of the order has been added Part I. of Mr. 

 Claude Morley's " Hymenoptera of Suffolk." 



There has of course been a large addition to the literature 

 of the Lepidoptera, of which two works relating to the British 

 representatives ofthe order are of pre-eminent value — Vol. II. 

 of Mr. Tutt's " Natural History ofthe British Lepidoptera" 

 and Vol. VI. of Mr. Barrett's " Lepidoptera of the British 

 Isles." Five species seem to have been added to the British 

 list — Bacotia jepiuin, Tinea richardsoni , Tortrix Jiiusculinana, 

 Zellevia phillyrella, and Eriocrania fimbriata, the last being 

 due to Mr. A. H. Hamm, a member of our Society. While 

 speaking of the Lepidoptera I should refer to the immigra- 

 tion of AcJierontia atropos, Chcevocampa nerii, C alias edusa, and 

 especially of C. hyale. Many members, no doubt, have 

 taken the opportunity of enriching their collections in these 

 species, or some of them, while Mr. Montgomery and others 

 have been breeding the last two — a much more important 

 proceeding scientificall}^ Mr. Montgomery has indeed been 

 doing remarkably good work in the matter of breeding our 

 Rhopalocera, of which hardly sufficient notice seems to have 

 been taken, and I am glad to see that we are to have a paper 

 from him on the subject shortly. 



As regards the Orthoptera little seems to have been done 

 in Britain during the past 3'ear, and no new species has been 

 added to the British list. Abroad we have Mr. M. Burr's 

 " Essay on the Eumastacidse," De Bormans and Krauss' 



