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should be used. Careful attention had to be paid to the lighting of 

 the objects, a point in which entomological experience was of great 

 value. Prof. Poulton read a paper " On the Courtship of certain 

 European Acridiidae," from observations made in exceedingly favour- 

 able weather at the end of August and beginning of September, 1895. 

 He was much indebted to Mr. F. Jenkinson, of Cambridge, and Mr. 

 F. V. Dickens, for many independent observations and valuable confir- 

 mation. The observations were almost all made in the neighbourhood 

 of the Weisshorn Hotel, high above Vissoye, in the Val d'Anniviers. 

 Dr. Sharp had been kind enough to name the species referred to in 

 the paper. Mr. G. F. Hampson read a paper entitled ''On the 

 Classification of Three Subfamihes of Moths of the Family Pyralidae : 

 the EpipaschimcB, EndotrichincB, and Pyralina.'' — H. Goss, Ho7i. Sec. 



South London Entomological and Natural History Society. — 

 March 26th.— R. South, Esq., F.E.S., President, in the chair. Mr. 

 A. E. Eldridge, 50, Alpha Eoad, Surbiton, and Mr. F. A. Bo wen, 11, 

 Buckland Crescent, Hampstead, were elected members. Mr. F. Enoch 

 gave a most interesting and instructive lecture, with lantern illustra- 

 tions, entitled '' The Life-history of the Tiger Beetle {Cicindela cam- 

 pestris),'' being an epitome of his very numerous observations on this 

 insect, both in nature and in confinement, during the last five years. 

 Mr. Clark exhibited a number of photo-micrographic slides, many of 

 which were prepared from specimens lent by members of the Society, 

 and a fine specimen of the Eontgen ray photography. Many visitors 

 were present. 



April dth. — The President in the chair. Mr. R. Adkin exhibited 

 two specimens each of Margarodes unionalis and Mecyna polygonalis, 

 which were taken at Deal in 1877 by the late Mr. Tugwell, and contri- 

 buted notes on the occurrence of these and other species of Pyralides. 

 Mr. Barrett, on behalf of Mr. Capper, of Liverpool, some 400 drawings, 

 coloured by hand, of the remarkable varieties existing in his collection. 

 Mr. Tunaley, a lantern for entomological purposes, invented by him- 

 self, to obviate the inconvenience and smell of oil. It was thought 

 that it would be, when completed, a capital success. Mr. South, a 

 banded specimen of Vanessa urtica taken alive in his house at Tooting 

 on March 22nd. Mr. Williams, a living specimen of BomhyUus media. 

 Mr. Turner, an apparatus sent to him for exhibition for taking moths 

 from a lamp. It could be put on the end of a stick and worked by 

 means of a string. Mr. McArthur, a bred series of Hypsipetes tri- 

 fasciata from Hoy. They were of a rich chestnut colour, and had been 

 reared from larvae fed on heath ; this was considered to be a most un- 

 usual food. Mr. Edward exhibited a number of examples of mimicry 

 in Exotic Rhopalocera. — Hy. J. Turner, Hon. Report Sec. 



Obituary. — With the deepest regret we have to announce the 

 death of Mr. J. A. Cooper, of Leytonstone. The only particulars we 

 have up to the time of going to press is that he died on April 18th 

 from pneumonia supervening on influenza. 



