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Scientific Societies. His report appears on another page of this 

 volume. 



On June 8th, at the Scientific and Literary Reunion, Mr. 

 Waddington gave a demonstration of his beautiful preparations 

 illustrative of the metamorphosis of the mosquito. Living 

 examples of the larvae and pupae of gnats and mosquitos were 

 also shown. 



On July 4th there was a discussion on insects injurious to 

 garden crops and fruit trees, with an exhibition of some of the 

 species. 



It may be here mentioned that in many parts of the country 

 there were veritable plagues of caterpillars during the late spring 

 and early summer. In this neighbourhood, however, the devas- 

 tation and loss were not felt, at any rate at all acutely. 



There were no excursions, besides those to investigate the 

 distribution of g-nats and mosquitos. 



F.G.P. 



REPORT ON THE PREVALENCE OF ANOPHELES 

 IN THE BOURNEMOUTH AREA. 



In 1914, was published on behalf of the Bournemouth 

 Natural Science Society, "A Natural History of Bournemouth 

 and District." 



On pp. 234-235 Mr. H. J. Waddington, F.L.S., refers to 

 the presence of Anopheles as follows: — " In addition to the more 

 ordinary larvae of Culex pipiens , Corethra plumicornis , etc., there 

 are to be found here the larvae of Culex vexans, Theobaldia 

 annulata and Anopheles maculipennis " . . . " Bournemouth 

 and its adjoining districts of Parkstone and Poole have a rather 

 bad reputation for the prevalence of culicidae (gnats, etc.). This 

 is hardly to be wondered at, as the larvae abound in the neigh- 

 bourhood. The larvae of Anopheles maculipennis are found in 

 abundance in the backwaters at Iford and in the fresh water lake 

 in Poole Park. The larvae of another species, Anopheles bifur- 

 catus, are always to be found in the rainwater tubs in one of the 

 large nurseries at Bournemouth." 



During the past year some members of the Entomological 

 Section of the Society have followed up the question of the local 

 prevalence of the two species of Anopheles mentioned above. 



In January of this year Mr. A. J. Rayner obtained a few larvae 

 of Anopheles bifurcatus from some backwaters of the Avon near 

 Hurn Railway Station for Mr. Waddington. Some of these 

 pupated and hatched a few weeks later. 



A communication from Mr. Waddington was read at the 

 Royal Microscopical Society on June 19 last and quoted in the 



