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De[lephila livorntca at Christchurch. — On May 20th I had the 

 pleasure of taking oa the wing an example of Deilephila livorniGa on my 

 premises at Christchurch. The specimen is in good condition. It was seen 

 alive by my brother, and identification confirmed l)y Mr. R. E. Brameld, of 

 this place. Can any reader give the records of the capture of this insect 

 for the last ten years or so? — John H. Ashpord ; Christchurch. 



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Entomological Society of London. — May 10th, 1893. — Henry 

 John Elwes, Esq., F.L.S., F.Z.S , President, in the chair. Mr. A. Cowper 

 Field, of 81, Wiltshire Road, Brixton, S.W., was elected a Fellow of the 

 Society. Mr. McLachlan exhibited, for Dr. Fritz Miiller, of Blumenau, 

 Santa Catarina, Brazil, specimens of larvae and pupae of a dipterous insect, 

 Paltostoma torrentium, and read a letter from Dr. Fritz Miiller on the 

 subject. Tne writer stated that these larvae were of the same nature as 

 those exhibited by Mr. Gahan, at a meeting of the Society in October, 

 1890, and which were then thought by Lord Walsingham and Mr. 

 McLachlan to be allied to the Myriapoda. Mr. Gahan, Mr. Jenner Weir, 

 Colonel Swinhoe, Mr. Blandford, Mr. Verrall, Mr. Slater, and Mr. Jacoby 

 took part in the discussion which ensued (c/. Proc. Ent. Soc. 1891, p. ii.). 

 Mr. S. G. C. Russell exhibited Hesperia alveolus, variety taras, taken by 

 him at Woking in April last. Mr. J. M. Adye exhibited a long series of 

 Moma orion, Eurymene dolobraria, Amphidasys betularia, and Hylophila 

 prasinana, and a few specimens of Notodonta dodonea, N. chaonia, and 

 N. trqnda, Acronycta alni, and Selenia illustraria, the majority having 

 been bred by him in March and April last, indoors, from larvae obtained 

 in the autumn of 1892 in the New Forest. Mr. Goss read a copy 

 of a letter received by the Marquess of Ripon, at the Colonial Office, 

 from the Governor of the Gold Coast, reporting the occurrence of 

 vast swarms of locusts at Aburi and Accra, West Africa, about the 

 middle of February last. The writer stated that at Accra the swarm 

 extended from east to west as far as the eye could see, and appeared 

 to occupy a space about two miles wide. Colonel Swinhoe stated that 

 some years ago he had been requested by the Indian Government to 

 report on plagues of locusts. He said he had witnessed swarms of these 

 insects far larger than the one just reported from the Gold Coast, and 

 mentioned that many years ago, when going up the Red Sea in one of the 

 old P. and 0. paddle-boats, the boat had frequently to stop to clear her 

 paddle-wheels from locusts, which had settled in such swarms as to choke 

 the wheels and stop their action. Mr. C. G. Barrett called attention to a 

 field excursion to the Cotswolds which it was proposed to have in June, 

 Fellows of the Society were requested by the President to communicate to 

 Mr. Barrett, as early as possible, their views as to the date which would be 

 most generally convenient for such excursion, and to offer any other 

 suggestions on the subject which might occur to them. Mr. E. C. Reed, 

 of Valparaiso, Chih, communicated a paper entitled " Notes on Acridium 

 paranense, the migratory locust of the Argentine Republic." Colonel 

 Swinhoe, Mr. Champion, Mr. Elwes, Mr. McLachlan, and Mr. Merrifield 

 took part in the discussion which ensued. Professor L. C. Miall communi- 

 cated a paper entitled " Dicranota ; a Carnivorous Tipulid Larva." Dr. T. A. 



