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THE YOUNG NATURALIST. 



PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED. 

 Abstract of Proceedings of the South London Entomological and 

 Natural History Society, for the year 1886, together with the 

 President's Address. 



This Society again presents us with a lengthy and well got up report, 

 showing considerable progress. That of last year was of 50 pages, this 

 extends to 83. The 55 members of last report have increased to 101, and 

 the cash in hand has grown to £12 18s. 5d. The greater part of this volume 

 is occupied with a reprint of the abstract of proceedings, which has already 

 appeared in the various entomological magazines. The address of R. Adkin, 

 Esq., the President, is an interesting resume, not only of the Society's work, 

 but of what has been done generally during the year, additions to the British 

 Fauna, new works in Natural History, notices of distinguished Naturalists 

 who have died during the year, &c, &c. Five excursions were again held, 

 the Annual Exhibition appears to have been still more successful than the 

 previous one. Mr. Adkin regrets that more papers have not been read 

 at the meetings, only three having been submitted. We would suggest 

 to the Society, whether it would not be better to print the more valuable 

 papers that are read, rather than the account of the meetings, which have 

 already appeared in the Magazines. Possibly this course might induce more 

 of the members to prepare papers. It sometimes entails considerable labour 

 to write a suitable paper, and if it is only read once before a very limited 

 audience, the result scarcely seems to repay the author. 



A plate accompanies the pamphlet, containing figures of four vars. of 

 Lepidoptera, seven Ichneumons, two of the larva of Smaragdaria, and one of 

 the pupa of Exulans. 



The " Transactions" is sold to non-members for 1/6 and can be had from 

 the Hon. Sec, Mr. Barker, to whom we believe much of the success of the 

 Society is due. 



NOTES AND OBSERVATIONS. 



TjENIOCAmpa Opima three years in Pupa. — The only live moth I have 

 seen this year was a very pretty specimen of Tceniocampa opima, which came 

 out in an old cage where I had reared that species three years ago ! It has 

 a very distinct band across the wings. — Frances I. Battersby, Cromlyn, 

 Rathowen, Ireland. 



