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end of May, and many others were at least a month later than at other seasons, and 

 some common species he had not observed at all ; while some of the scarcer kinds had 

 made their appearance in greater numbers than usual, for instance, Macaria nota- 

 ria, Bapta taminaria, and some others. The butterflies seemed unusually scarce ; he 

 had seen but one specimen of Hamearis Lucina, although he had been in the woods 

 nearly every day. He had no doubt, from what he had heard, that entomologists ge- 

 nerally had met with great disappointment this year up to the present time. 



Mr. Harding exhibited a box of insects taken during the past month, containing, 

 among others, the following: — Trochilium Cynipiformis, T. Culiciformis, Sesia Bom- 

 byliformis, Lobophora sexalisata, Melanippe hastaria, Bapta taminaria, B. temeraria, 

 and Ephyra Omicronaria. 



Boxes of insects were likewise exhibited by several other members. 



Mr. Miller was proposed as a member by Mr. Dalman. 



In the Report for May (Zool. 3924), for Lithocolletis alnipaliella read L. alnifo- 

 liella.—J. T. N. 



The Entomological Club. 



The usual annual field-day of this little Association was held at Birch Wood, on 

 Thursday, the 7th of July. The following Members and Visitors dined together, Mr. 

 S. Stevens presiding : — Mr. Bennett, Mr. Bevington, Mr. Birkett, F.L.S., Mr. Bow- 

 erbank, F.R.S., &c, Mr. Collingwood, Mr. Cuming, F.L.S., Mr. Deane, Pres. Pharm. 

 Soc, Dr. De la Rue, F.R.S., &c, Mr. W. De la Rue, Mr. George, Mr. Gratton, 

 F.R.B.S., Mr. Hanson, Mr. Hirst, Mr. R. Hudson, F.R.S., &c, Mr. Hutchinson, Mr. 

 Janson, F.L.S., Mr. Keddell, Mr. Marchant, Mr. Marsh, Mr. Marshall, Mr. Newman, 

 F.L.S., Pres. Ent. Soc, Mr. Powle, Mr. Salmon, F.L.S., Mr. Saunders, F.R.S., V.P. 

 Ent. Soc, Mr. Scott, Mr. Smee, F.R.S., Mr. Stevens, F.L.S., Mr. Tebbs, Dr. Tyndall, 

 F.R.S., &c, Mr. Wakefield, F.L.S., &c, Mr. Wenham, Mr. Harrison Weir, Mr. 

 Woodward, F.R.S.. &c, Mr. Van Voorst, F.L.S., &c, and Mr. Yarrell, V.P.L.S., &c. 



Note on the Carnivorous Propensities of the Hedgehog. — The following anecdote, 

 for the accuracy of which I vouch, is not much in accordance with the term " harm- 

 less hedgehog " which occurs in the Rev. A. C. Smith's paper in the June number 

 ( Zool. 3903). Attached to the foreman's cottage, on the farm of a relative of mine, is 

 the hen-house. Not long since, hearing a very unusual commotion amongst the in- 

 mates of the latter, the man went to ascertain the cause ; and on entering the place, 

 he found it to proceed chiefly from a nearly full-grown pullet, which was struggling 

 on the ground. On closer inspection, he found that the thigh of the fowl was firmly 

 held by the jaws of a hedgehog, which was very unwilling to relinquish its hold. T 

 scarcely need add that the latter suffered the penalty of death for its temerity. — J. 

 Catchpool,jun. ; Colchester, June 16, 1853. 



