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Captures of Lepidoptera at St. Ives, 8fc. — I have taken, during the prst season, 

 the following, among other insects : — Thecla pruni, Steropes Paniscus, Acherontia 

 Atropos (commonly), Gastropacha quercifolia (commonly), Epione vespertaria (one ? ), 

 Ennomos fuscantaria (one larva), Eupithecia consignata (one), Centra bifida (com- 

 monly), Clostera reclusa (commonly), Simyra venosa (larva commonly), Agrotis 

 saucia (commonly, but not before observed here), Cirrhcedia xerampelina (several), 

 Dicycla oo (two, at sugar), Epunda nigra (commonly), E. lutulenta (at sugar), 

 Calocampa vetusta (commonly), Xylina semibrunnea (seven, at sugar) and Catocala 

 nupta (more common than usual). Chcerocampa Celerio has been sent to me by a 

 friend from Middlesborough, who took it at rest ; one other was taken. — 

 W. Jaggek, St. Ives, Herts, December 9£7i, 1869. 



The Animal World ; a Monthly Advocate of Humanity. Parts 1 and 2. 

 London : S. W. Partridge & Co. Published for the " Royal Society for the Preven. 

 tion of Cruelty to Animals." 



On receiving from the Society two parts of their new publication, with a 

 request that we would notice it, we had, at first, serious misgivings that we should 

 find therein some dreadful agitation against entomologists generally, as opposed to 

 the principles advocated by it, but were much relieved at finding that not only 

 were naturalists not condemned, but even indirectly complimented. And so it 

 should be. Of all men, a true naturalist is the least likely to transgress any of 

 the noble principles so well and ably held up by this — we say it emphatically — 

 the most christian in its objects of all existing societies, whether religious or other- 

 wise. The Magazine is admiraby got up, and is published at a price that places it 

 within the reach of the humblest cottager ; the illustrations we have seldom seen 

 surpassed for fidelity; and the full-page reproduction of Mr. H. Weir's "Churchyard 

 Mourner" is really excellent. 



Entomological Society of London, 15th November, 1869. — H. W. Bates, 

 Esq., F.Z.S., President, in the Chair. 



D. J. French, Esq., of Chatham, and C. S. Websdale, Esq., of Barnstaple, were 

 elected Members ; S. G. Barnes, Esq., of Birmingham, N. E. Brown, Esq,, of Eei- 

 gate, E. M. Janson, Esq., of Chontales, Guatemala, 0. E. Janson, Esq., of Highgate, 

 W. H. Pearson, Esq., of Birmingham, and W. D. Bobinson, Esq., of Dalbeattie, 

 were elected Subscribers. 



Mr. P. Smith exhibited, on behalf of Mr. E. Brown, a locust, several specimens 

 of which had been recently taken at Burton-on-Trent (this has since been identi- 

 fied as Acrydium peregrinum, Oliv., a native of Asia and North Africa, but not 

 hitherto found in Europe). Mr. Smith also referred to a paper by Mr. Andrew 

 Murray, in the "Annals of Natural History," respecting the habits of Rkipipliorus, 

 in which Mr. Murray stated that, according to his opinion, the insect was an 

 inquiline in the wasp's nest, rather than a parasite. Mr. Smith combated this 

 opinion, and exhibited numerous larvas of Rhipiplwrus, received from the late Mr. 



