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recording. I took at Fairlight last July, a developed specimen of Pithanus 
MdrAeli, and a developed specimen of Acalypta parvula, at Rye Harbour. — E. P. 
Collett, 12, Springfield Road, St. Leonards-on-Sea : March 15 th, 1881. 
Acalypta cervina near Hastings . — A few weeks ago, I found a specimen of this 
bug in moss in ITollington W ood. There were a number of larvre with it, which, 
from their appearance I should judge to be of the same species.— E. A. Butler, 
Hastings : March 1 Qth, 1881. 
Hibernating Hemiptera in Perthshire . — The winter here has been very severe, 
snon has been continuously on the ground for 11 weeks, and the temperature was 
on seveial occasions below zero, Frihr . ; lately, however, I have brought in daily, leaf 
and moss debris, but found nothing in the way of bugs except one specimen of 
Qnathodus punctatus, a curious time to find it.— G. Norman, Athole House, 
Pitlochry : March 3rd, 1881. 
Sericomyia borealis near Hastings . — I was much surprised to see here the last 
two seasons the very beautiful fly Sericomyia borealis, Fall. It has appeared very 
sparingly at Guestling, but when at Dallington Forest, September 1st, 1880, we saw 
it not uncommonly. I thought it an exclusively northern species. It has not, I 
think, been previously noticed as occurring in Sussex by any of our naturalists, such 
as Hr. Verrall, Mr. W. C. Unwin, and Mr. J. II. A. Jenner, all of whom have 
paid some attention to our Hiptera.— E. 1ST. Bloomfield, Guestling Rectory: 
March 4th, 1881. 
Sapromyza bipunctata, a Dipteron new to Britain . — Among some flies sent to 
Mr. A errall in 1879, one species, Sapromyza bipunctata, Meigen, seems to be new to 
Britain. I do not know at what time of the year I took it. — Id. 
Lathridius filum, Aube, at Burton-on Trent— Mr. Mason brought me over to 
Repton, at the beginning of last month, some beetles which he had found in his 
Herbarium, which, on examination, I found to be Lathridius filum, of Aube. Mr. 
Mason compared them with some specimens in Mr. Rye’s cabinet, with which they 
perfectly agreed. This insect was taken in Edinburgh, by Mr. McNab, of the Royal 
Botanic Gardens, and recorded in this Magazine, vol.iii, p. 46.— William Garnets 
Repton : March 17 th, 1881. 
Entomological Society of London : 2nd February, 1881.— II. T. Stainton 
Esq., F.R.S., President, in the Chair. 
The President appointed Sir J. Lubbock, Bart., and Messrs. Meldola and Dis- 
tant, Vice-Presidents for the year. 
The following were elected Members, viz. :— Alfred Lloyd, Esq., of The Dome 
House, Upper Bognor, and Theodore Wood, Esq., of 5, Sclwyn Terrace, Upper 
Norwood. 
Mr. Salvin exhibited a large collection of insects of all Orders from Guatemala 
recently received from Mr. Champion. 
Mr. W. A. Forbes exhibited (on behalf of Dr. Selater), a singular species of 
Coccidce from New Britain, covered with long white filaments. Also a large larva 
of one of the Blattidce, found by himself at Pernambuco, having a deceptive resem- 
blance to an Isopod Crustacean. 
