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Jules Migneaux, the celebrated French entomological artist, died at Billancourt 

 (Seine) on March 2nd, 1898, after a short illness. He probably first came into note 

 as an insect draughtsman by the plates illustrating Jacquelin Duval's Genera des 

 Coleopteres, and for many years the " Annales " of the Entomological Society of 

 France have been largely enriched by his pencil. Beginning as simply a draughtsman 

 he latterly (for more than ten years) engraved his own figures, showing a delicacy of 

 touch and beauty of finish that has been rarely equalled. 



Prof. Mariano de la Paz Graells, an entomologist of considerable merit, and a 

 Spanish Senator, died at Madrid on February 13th in his 80th year. He was Pro- 

 fessor of Comparative Anatomy in the University of Madrid, and at one time paid 

 much attention to entomology, publishing his papers in the Annales de la Soc. 

 Ent. de France, of which Society he had been a Member since 1832. 



Birmingham Entomoiogical Society : February 21st, 1898. — Mr. Gr. T. 

 Bbthune-Bakee, F.L.S., President, in the Chair. 



Mr. R. C. Bradley showed Capua favillaceana, which had been common in 

 Sutton Park last year, though in previous years he had only seen occasional speci- 

 mens. Mr. P. W. Abbott showed a very fine and well marked bright series of 

 Lyccena Arion from Cornwall, also Qnophos obscuraria from Lewes, with var. cal- 

 calceata and an intermediate form. Mr. Bethune-Baker showed two drawers from 

 his collection, containing a portion of the genus Colias. 



March 2lst, 1898.— The President in the Chair. 



Mr. J. T. Fountain showed a locust found in imported vegetables at King's 

 Norton ; it had been identified by Mr. Malcolm Burr as Acridium cBgyptium. Mr. 

 P. W. Abbott, a short series of Phorodesma lajularia from Wyre Forest ; a specimen 

 of Orammesia trigrammica with the outer half of the wings, from the median bar, 

 very dark, and the inner half light ; also a series of Hecatera dysodea from the Fens : 

 he likewise showed a series of the Cornish Lycmna Arion, for comparison with some 

 exhibited by Mr. Gr. T. Bethune-Baker from the Gloucester locality. The Cornish 

 ones were decidedly and conspicuously brighter and handsomer looking specimens, 

 with quite a distinct type of blue, quite different not only from the Gloucester ones, 

 but also from all of a long series shown by Mr. Bethune-Baker from Switzerland 

 and the Amur, &c. Both the Gloucester and Cornish specimens were taken in the 

 same year (1896), and all were in very good condition. Mr. Bethune-Baker also 

 showed some of distinctly darker colour belonging to well defined varieties, var. 

 ohscura from the Alps, and var. abralensis from the Urals ; in the latter specimens 

 the blue colour had nearly disappeared : also a number of other Palaearctic species 

 of LyccBna, including those most nearly allied to Arion. Mr. R. C. Bradley 

 read a paper on the Aculeate Hynienoptera, illustrating it with eight boxes of insects 

 and some very good diagrams, which had been drawn by Mr. A. H. Martineau ; 

 Mr. Martineau also showed in connection with the paper a collection of nests, &c., of 

 Aculeates in wood, pierced stems, &c. — Colbran J.Wainwright, Son. Secretary. 



