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but 1 have caught insects which, I have been told by good entomologists, 

 are varieties of T. incerta (instabilis), but which I have thought have been 

 either T. opima or T. jjopuleti. As the sallow season is coming on, if this 

 weather ever changes, I should be obliged for any information on the 

 subject through the 'Entomologist.' — Throwley; Lees Court, Faversham. 



Gynandromorphic specimen of Trichiura cratjsgi. — This specimen 

 (bred in August last) only differs from the one previously recorded (Entom. 

 xxiii. 345) in having both pairs of wings perfectly developed. The line of 

 division down the thorax and abdomen, between the pale grey of the male 

 on the right band, and the brownish grey of the female on the left, is very 

 sharply defined. — R. M. Prideaux ; 9, Vyvyan Terrace, Clifton, Bristol. 



Aberration of Dianthcecia nana. — In August, 1889, I took, at 

 MuUion in Cornwall, many Dianthcecia larvae in the capsules of Silene 

 infiata, and its var. maritima. In June and July, 1890, five perfect 

 D. nana came out, in four of which the cream-white markings are entirely 

 replaced by the buff; both the buff and smoky markings have an olive- 

 green tinge, which was very noticeable on emergence. In the fifth, the 

 change of colour is only partial. In all, the markings are otherwise 

 typical. — W. S. Riding; Buckerell Lodge, Honiton. 



Carabus nitens at WiMBORNi*; AND RiNGWooD. — I havc taken two of 

 these beetles, both in the spring; one at Wimborue, near a pond; the 

 other upon my lawn, whilst cutting the grass. — J. H. Fowler ; Ringwood. 



SOCIETIES. 



Entomological Society of London. — January 21st, 1891. — The 

 Fifty-eighth Annual Meeting ; the Right Hon. Lord Walsiugham, M.A., 

 F.R.S., President, in the chair. An abstract of the Treasurer's accounts 

 was read by Mr. Herbert Druce, one of the Auditors, and the Report of 

 the Council was read by Mr. H. Goss. It appeared therefrom that the 

 Society had lost during the year five Fellows by death and had elected 

 twenty-seven new Fellows ; that the volume of Transactions for the year 

 extended to nearly 700 pages, and comprised twenty memoirs, contributed 

 by seventeen authors and illustrated by twenty-one plates. It was then 

 announced that the following gentlemen had been elected as Officers and 

 Council for 1891 : — President, Mr. Frederick DuCane Godman, M.A., 

 F.R.S. ; Treasurer, Mr. Robert M'Lachlan, F.R.S. ; Secretaries, Mr. 

 Herbert Goss, F.L.S., and the Rev. Canon Fowler, M.A., F.L.S. ; 

 Librarian, Mr. Ferdinand Grut, F.L.S. ; and as others. Members of the 

 Council, Prof. R. Meldola, F.R.S., Mr. Edward Saunders, F.L.S., Dr. 

 David Sharp, F.R.S., Mr. Richard South, Mr. H. T. Stainton, F.R.S., 

 Colonel Charles Swinhoe, F.L.S., Mr. George H. Verrall, and the Right 

 Honble. Lord Walsingham, M.A., F.R.S. It was also announced that the 

 new President had appointed Lord Walsingham, Prof. Meldola, and 

 Dr. Sharp, Vice-Presidents for the session 1891 — 1892. Lord Walsing- 

 ham, the retiring President, then delivered an Address. After alluding to 

 some of the more important Eutomological publications of the past year, 



