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raised lately in the Entouuihxjii^t'a llccord, I may state that I have neVer 

 found it in the wild state in Norfolk or Suffolk on any other food than 

 whitethorn (C. (Kvyacantlia). This insect is always somewhat rare in 

 these counties, half-a-dozen or so larvte being generally all that fall to 

 my lot in a season. Two years ago a female laid me about 20 ova, 

 and the young larvae took at once to the whitethorn I gave them, and 

 fed up fairly well. — M. A. Pitman, 11, Park Lane, Norwich. 



Proposed acclimatisation of foreign Lepidoptera. — I should be 

 glad to receive advice as to the best species of foreign Lepidoptera on 

 which to experiment with a view to their introduction into the county 

 of Sussex : also any information as to experiments already made. — 

 A. H. Rydon, Awbrook, Lindtield, Sussex. 



Data of British Lepidoptera wanted.— Now that the first volume 

 of my work on the "British Lepidoptera" has been published, andlepi- 

 dopterists have formed an idea of the scope of the proposed work, I 

 would again beg for material and data to complete the manuscript still 

 in hand and for which space was not forthcoming in the first volume. 

 This relates to the Psychids, the Pterophorids, the Lasiocampids, the 

 Saturniids, the Endromids, the Sphingids, the Hepialids, the Zeuzerids, 

 and the Cossids. I am particularly anxious to see the eggs (or to have 

 good descriptions and measurements of the eggs), the newly-hatched 

 (as well as full-fed) larvte, and pup^e, myself, for the purpose of descrip- 

 tion. At the same time, I want complete lists of localities, dates of 

 capture or breeding (spread over as many years as possible) from every 

 part of the country, lists of food-plants, notes on parasites, and any other 

 interesting facts that may come to the notice of any observer. Notes 

 on the eggs of Hepialids, as soon as laid, with further notes on the 

 rapidity of their colour-changes, are badly needed. Still more so are 

 descriptions of the eggs of Psychids and Pterophorids. Will lepi- 

 dopterists please make a point of sending me eggs of any species in 

 which they are specially interested and which they know particularly 

 well ? I am also anxious to get cases (with or without larva?) of Ttichohia 

 rerhndlcUa, Diplodonia vmiyjinepiinctdla, Xijkuiatixhnna mclandla, Taloe- 

 jioria jiscuddbuinhi/cdla, &c., Solcnohia i)ic(nispiciidla, &c., Fiiiiica, all 

 species, when' available. — J. W. Tutt. 



dfURRE NT NOTES. 



On January 17th the Entomological Club held a meeting at the 

 Holborn Restaurant. After the meeting a great many well-known ento- 

 mologists, the guests of Mr. G. H. Verrall, sat down to an excellent supper 

 in the " Entomological Salon." Among the members present were : — 

 Messrs. Adkin, Hall, Porritt, South, the veteran Sam. Stevens, and Dr. 

 Mason, the only absentee of " the eight" being, we believe. Dr. Lowne, 

 of " blow-fly " fame. It is impossible to mention all the well-known ento- 

 mologists present, ^Ye noticed Colonels Swinhoe and Yerbury, Drs. 

 Chapman and Dixey, the Rev. H. S. Gorham, Messrs. Austen, ]5arrett, 

 Bateson, Blandford, Bradley, Burr, Carrington, Champion, Distant, 

 Druce, Edwards, Elwcs, Fenn, W. H. B. Fletcher, Gahan, Godman, 

 Goss, Jacoby, Janson, A. H.Jones, Kirby, Lloyd, Martineau,McLachlan, 

 Trimen, Tutt, Vice, Wainwright, Walker, Waterhouse, &c. The host 

 proposed "The Entomological Club," giving a brief nsinnc of its his- 



