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wards, and the larvae fed well ; I reared one (a^ S)> which emerged on October 7th 
On August 23rd I took S. sacraria, close to St. Helen's Churchyard, on Hemp- 
Agrimony, and another on the 28th, near the same place, on the same plant. I 
was walking on the side of Brading Down, and, while beating among a quantity of 
Reseda hitea growing in the chalk-pit, was agreeably surprised to see a female 
P. DapUdice flutter into my net. A. saucia was plentiful at sugar, and also the 
common A. suffusa, C. difinis, &o., &c. In September A. pyramidea, C. nupta, X. 
silago, &o., appeared at sugar. In this month blackberries produced X. cerago, 
silago, citrago, fcrruginea,, A. limosa, and one C. cxolcfa, besides .i host of commoner 
species. Ivy was very unproductive and very late in blossoming. I took only two 
D. ruhiginea this season, although I was searching every night for more than a 
month; the first on October 19th, the second on November I7th. — James Ingram, 
Nettlestone, Hyde, December IGth, 1867. 
§n\nKi |ttfofmati0n» 
Death of Bohert Bakewell, Esq. — This gentleman died on Christmas-Day last, at 
the age of 57. He was originally a Nottingham man, and was there engaged in 
the wool trade ; but he afterwards resided in the Australian colonies for many 
years, and there formed a very extensive collection of insects. After his return he 
assiduously added to his collections, and became possessed of the celebrated collec- 
tion of Lamellicom Coleoptera formed by the Marquis de la Ferte, including those 
of Dejean and Reiche. The most important part of this collection has been 
acquired by the British Museum. The Australian insects have been bequeathed to 
Dr. Howitt, of Melbourne, in whose hands we hope they will serve to instruct the 
numerous band of entomologists springing up in Australia. Mr. Bakewell was a 
Fellow of the Linnean Society ; he joined the Entomological Society of London in 
1857, and that of France in 1860. We are not aware that he published any 
memoirs, but his name is connected with the specific appellations of several Cole- 
opterous insects. 
The Americam, Entomological Society. — Under this more general title, the old 
Entomological Society of Philadelphia will henceforth be known ; and its 
"Proceedings" have been correspondingly altered. 
American State Entomologist. — We have every reason to believe that the State 
of Illinois is about to appoint to this newly-erected office, a gentleman in every 
way qualified for it ; one who has for years tried to induce his fellow-countrymen to 
adopt more rational remedies for the injuries inflicted upon agriculture and horti- 
culture by insect pests. We mention no name, as the appointment is hardly yet 
confirmed. The salary will be about £400 per annum. 
Entomological Society of London, 6th Janua/ry, 1868. — Sir John Lubbock, 
Bart., F.U.S., &c.. President, in the Chair. 
Professor Newton, M.A., F.L.S., &c., of Magdalen College, Cambridge, G. A. 
J. Eothney, Esq., of Addiscombe, and Stephen Barton, Esq., of Bristol, were elected 
Ordinary Members ; and Baron Edgar von Harold, of Munich, a Foreign Member. 
Mr. Smith exhibited two examples of the species of Polistes taken at Penzance, 
alluded to in the " Entomologist's Annual" for 1868, pp. 87, 88. He was unable to 
determine the insects as a described species, but they were closely allied to two 
