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likely to occur at the time, and the locality 

 for ditto, for the use of those coming from 

 a distance. 



" I am directed to state that the members 

 of the Lancashire and Cheshire Entomo- 

 logical Society (or as many as conveniently 

 can of them), will be on the Sandhills, in 

 order to give what assistance they can to 

 strangers. For those who would like to stop 

 the night, suitable accommodation might, 

 I think, be found in Wallasey village. I 

 would also advise friends not to go to New 

 Brighton, or return from thence on account 

 of the delay by crowded boats, but to go to 

 Seacombe, and if they cannot get a tram, 

 follow the tram lines to Wallasey Road, 

 and ask for Wallasey. Will write again 

 shortly." 



" John W. Ellis." 



The promised list of what is likely to be 

 found, will be of much interest, and shall 

 appear next month, when we shall have a 

 few final words to say. In the meantime 

 we shall be glad to hear from any one who 

 has any further suggestions to offer. 



REPORTS OF SOCIETIES, 

 &c. 



ROYAL AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY 

 OF ENGLAND. 



This Society has issued a series of six 

 large diagrams of insects injurious to farm 

 crops, with such information printed at the 

 foot as has been found by experience useful 

 in checking their ravages. The diagrams 

 illustrate the Large Cabbage White, the 

 Turnip Flea-Beetle, the Beet Fly, the Hop 

 Aphis, and Lady Bird, and the Daddy 

 Long-Legs. These diagrams are suitable 

 for hanging in Schools, Agricultural Shows 

 &c., and cannot be too highly recomended. 

 They have been prepared from drawings 

 by Miss Ormerod, F.M.S., The Honorary 

 Consulting Entomologist to the Society. 



YORKSHIRE NATURALISTS' UNION. 



At the Annual meeting of this Society 

 held at Selby, on the 3rd of March, the 

 members did me the honour of electing me 

 the Recorder of Economic Entomology for 

 the County. I now appeal to all naturalists, 

 especially Entomologists, as well as Horti- 

 culturists, and Agriculturists, within the 

 County to forward to me particulars and 

 specimens of all insects doing damage to 

 farm produce, garden crops, or in other way 

 proving of injury, also of remedies they find 

 practicable at a paying rate. I shall also 

 be glad to give such information as is known 

 of simple remedies, and am promised the 

 able assistance of Miss Ormerod on the 

 more difficult points. — S. L. Mosley. 



LANCASHIRE AND CHESHIRE 

 ENTOMOLOGIST SOCIETY. 



We have been favoured with the sixth 

 Annual Report of this Society, which 

 appears to be in a very flourishing con- 

 dition. It numbers about sixty of the En- 

 tomologists of the two counties, and six 

 Honorary Members. The meetings are 

 held monthly in the Museum Building, 

 Liverpool. The president is Mr. S. J. 

 Capper, and the Secretary Dr. J. W. Ellis. 

 The library contains some of the best works 

 on Entomology in the respective branches. 

 The Secretary is thoroughly working out 

 the Coleoptera of the Liverpool district, 

 and being a county society its work might, 

 with advantage, be carried further afield. 

 Since the report was issued the society has 

 sustained a serious loss in the death of one 

 of its best members — Mr Benjamin Cook of 

 Southport. We are pleased to notice in the 

 circular calling the monthly meeting, that 

 the line " Visitors (ladies especially) are in- 

 vited " stood out in marked prominence. 

 We hope that a goodly number of them 

 responded to the invitation. 



