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The Nonpakeil Entomological and Natural History Society. — 

 October Ist, 1896. — Exhibits : — By Mr. Samson, very fine series of 

 Arge galatea, caught on Andover Downs ; also specimens of Choero- 

 campa elpenor which were in faultless condition. By Mr. Martin, a 

 nice specimen of Acherontia atropos, which he had bred from a larva 

 found in the Isle of Wight. By Mr. Gurney, specimens of Dianthoecia 

 conspersa, Plusia chrysitis, and Cymatophora ridens, the latter being of a 

 very dark form. By Mr. Huckett, good series of Polyommatus adonis^ 

 both male and female, taken at Folkestone. By Mr. J. A. Clarke, who 

 visited the Society towards the close of the evening, two specimens of 

 Nyssia lapponaria, and three splendid varieties of Abraxas grossulariataf 

 one showing the black mantle form, another being of the yellow mantle 

 form, whilst the third was almost devoid of markings on the fore 

 wings and quite so on the hind wings ; also a very variable series of 

 Oporabia Jiligrammaria. The result of the election of officers was as 

 follows : — President, Mr. Thos. Jackson. Vice-President, Mr. Wm. 

 Stevens. Curator, Mr. Harpur. Secretary, Mr. F. West. Treasurer, 

 Mr. H. Blake. Keporting Secretary and Librarian, Mr. F. A. Newbery. 

 Trustees, Mr. Gurney and Mr. Huckett. Committee, Messrs. Huckett, 

 Gurney, Norman (E.), Cooper, Harpur (W.), Farmer, Butt, Lusby, 

 Moore, Samson, and Norman (A.). Mr. Clarice was afterwards enrolled 

 a member of the Society. — F. A. Newbery, Reporting Secretary. 



EECENT LITEEATURE. 



* The Gypsy Moth {Porthetria dispar, Linn.) : A Report of the 

 Work of Destroying the Insect in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts ; 

 together with an Account of its History and Habits both in Massa- 

 chusetts and Europe.' By Edward H. Forbush and Charles H. 

 Fernald, A.M., Ph.D. 495 pp. Appendices and Index c; with Q6 

 plates (some coloured), numerous illustrations in the text, and 5 maps. 

 Published under the direction of the State Board of Agriculture by 

 authority of the Legislature. Boston : Wright & Potter. 1896. 



* Contributions towards a Monograph of the Aleurodidse, a Family 

 of Hemiptera-Homoptera.' By W. M. Maskell. 39 pp., 12 plates. 

 Extract from ♦ Trans. New Zealand Institute,' vol. xxviii. 1896. 



* Further Coccid Notes ; with Descriptions of New Species, and 

 Discussion of Questions of Interest.' By W. M. Marshall. 31 pp., 

 8 plates. Extract from * Trans. New Zealand Institute,' vol. xxviii. 1896. 



' Nineteenth Report of the State Entomologist on the Noxious and 

 Beneficial Insects of the State of Illinois for the years 1893 and 1894.' 

 By S. A. Forbes. 206 pp., 13 plates. Springfield, 111.: Ed. F. 

 Hartman, State Printer. 1896. 



* On the Mediterranean Flour Moth (Ephestia kuehniella, Zell.).' 

 Appendix to above. By W. G. Johnson. 



' New Mallophaga : 1. With Special Reference to a Collection made 

 from Maritime Birds of the Bay of Monterey, California.' By Vernon 

 L. Kellogg. 168 pp., 14 plates. Leland Standford, Jun. University, 

 Paulo Alto, California. 1896. 



