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in the High Alps, a find which Mr. Harvey subse- 

 quently characterized as very curious, considering 

 the location of the insect here. — The fifth annual 

 Pocket Box Exhibition was held September 24th, 

 1896. Mr. L. J. Tremayne exhibited ]'icia 

 tetrasperina, Torilis nodosa, Barum se^etum, and 

 some curious and unnameable specimens of 

 Epilohium from Leigh ; also living examples of 

 Lastraea aemula and Hymenophyllum tunhridgense, 

 from Tunbridge Wells. Mr. R. W. Robbins 

 showed butterflies from Lucerne, including 

 Parnassius apollo, several species of Erehia, 

 Lycaena, etc., also British Lepidoptera, including 

 Bombyx trefoUi, from Lyndhurst, Staiiropus fagi 

 from Oxshott, etc. ; also plants from Lucerne, 

 Selborne, Boxhill, etc. Mr. Battley had specimens 

 of Sesia chrysidiformis, Tapinostola bondii, Xylophasia 

 subhistris, Lithosia griseola, Eupithecia coronata, and 

 Acidalia imitaria from Folkestone, and Lithosia 

 ■complana, L. mesomella, Mi7ioa murinata and Henninia 

 derivalis from Canterbury. — Lau'vence J. Tremayne, 

 Hon. Secretary. 



Lambeth Field Club axd Scientific Society. — 

 The Annual Soiree and Exhibition was held on 

 Monday, October 12th. at the Lambeth Wesleyan 

 School, and was well attended in spite of unfavour- 

 able weather. A varied collection of objects was 

 •shown, among which may be specially mentioned 

 varieties of Helix nemoralis and H. hortensis, by Mr. 

 Carrington ; living reptiles, Mr. Crow ; Lepidoptera, 

 rSIr. Chadwick ; fungi, Mr. Rivers ; botanical speci- 

 mens from ilanitoba, ]Miss F. AVinstone ; African 

 curiosities, ^Ir. Sauze ; and a series illustrating the 

 ■development of the ''jumping bean," ilr. Yeatman- 

 Woolf ; physical science was illustrated by a 

 Wimshurst machine, ISIr. Baker ; the electric spark 

 under the microscope, ^vlr. Keane ; the production 

 of acytelene gas, Mr. Caffrey ; the telephone, ISIr. 

 Stokes ; and the spectroscope, through which the 

 spectra of Argon and Helium were shown, ]Mr. 

 Denton. An especial source of attraction was the 

 demonstration of the " X " rays, kindly given by Dr. 

 Rose ; photographs were taken by the rays, and 

 visitors were shown the bones of their hands on the 

 fluorescent screen. A short lecture on the Felidas 

 was given by ^Irs. Rose; the subject was treated 

 from an evolutionary standpoint, and it was explained 

 that the apparently conspicuous stripes of the tiger 

 and spots of the leopard were really excellently 

 adapted for concealment in the jungle or forest. — 

 H. Wilson, Hon. Sec, 14, Melbourne Square, Brixton. 



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