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with the facts that " the belief of the natives in the dangerous 

 character of the fly is universal," and that '' he never heard 

 any doubt expressed about it among the white hunters." 

 This surely is no proof of the existence of such a formidable 

 insect as the Tsetse is represented to be. All that Mr. 

 Buxton's note proves is that "clegs" in South Africa are 

 numerous, and that their bite is innocuous to human beings. 



Benzole for destroying mites. — Mr. C. E. Holford inquires 

 whether chloroform is the best remedy for mites in insect 

 cabinets. I think not : I much prefer benzole. 



Eastern Entomological Society of London. — This Society, 

 established in 1862, held a conversazione at its rooms, 

 333, Mile End Road, E., on the 19th and 20th of the present 

 month ; the company, consisting of the members and their 

 friends, exceeded four hundred in number; and many objects 

 of great interest were exhibited, including seventy- boxes of 

 British insects, illustrating all the families of our native 

 Lepidoptera, and a considerable number of Coleoptera, Dip- 

 tera, Orthoptera and Hymenoptera, among which were many 

 rare and some unique specimens. Mr. Machin exhibited two 

 well-filled boxes of European Lepidoptera; and Mr. ^Chitty 

 a specimen of Cabera pusaria suffused with lead-colour. 

 Upwards of one hundred and fifty volumes on insects were on 

 the table, and among them Curtis's ' British Entomology,' 

 Stephens's * Illustrations of British Entomology,' Drury's 

 'Exotic Insects,' Wilkes' 'British Insects,' and Humphrey's 

 * British Butterflies and their Transformations.' There were 

 a great many novelties for capturing insects shown, such as 

 nets, sugaring-apparatus, larva-tins, laurel-boxes, setting- 

 boards, drying-houses, collecting-boxes, and every improve- 

 ment known up to the present time ; also several most 

 ingenious contrivances for preserving larvae, which were 

 exhibited by Mr. Dugwell. 



Nyssia lapponica in Scotland. — Mr. Bond informs me that 

 the Rev. Mr. Curzon possesses a specimen of Nyssia lappo- 

 nica, taken by a collector of the name of Warrington, whom 

 he employed this spring to search the Rannoch district, 

 eiSpecially with the view of obtaining Petasia nubeculosa. 



Prizes for Collections of Economic Entomology. — The fol- 

 lowing prizes have been offered hy the Royal Horticultural 

 Society : — I. A prize of JGIO for the best collection of British 



