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FIELD CLUBS AND SOCIETIES. 
Cambridge Entomological Society. —At the last meeting 
of this Society Mr. Farren exhibited a very fine series of SesiidcB 
and Degeridce , also a “ little auk ” ; Mr. E. Porter some specimens 
of Pciniscus caught in Newbold Wood, near Lincoln; Mr. Jones 
a female Antiopa taken at Cambridge ; and a vulture (Gyps kolii) 
which had been shot near Cambridge, was also shown. 
North Kent Entomological and Natural History 
Society. —The above Society held their half-yearly exhibition on 
Wednesday at the Coffee Tavern, New-road, Woolwich, The 
visitors who attended were much interested in the various exhib¬ 
its, of which the following were the most noticeable :—Mr. B. L. 
Nussey, 5 cabinet drawers of British butterflies containing some 
splendid series of good species ; Mr. Allbuary, a good collection 
of preserved larvae which were very natural and life-like Mr. All¬ 
buary also exhibited series of British diurni and nocturni; Rev. 
J. W. Horsley showed a large collection of land and fresh-water 
shells, among which some very rare specimens were noticed ; Mr. 
A. Old was well to the front again with a remarable collection of 
skulls of various animals, enormous lizard skins wings ofalbatross, 
a lamb with eight legs, two families of live vipers and slow worms, 
and a large number of other zoological and geological specimens 
too numerous to mention ; Mr. Poore had a very good selection 
of land and fresh-water shells, the mounting of which was very 
much admired, also some fine living grass snakes and a number of 
eggs; Mr. H. Broughton had British and foreign lepidoptera; Mr. 
Potter some very large specimens of water beetles and other 
aquatic curiosities ; Mr. Webb, snakes skins, fossils and seeds 
from Burmah ; Mr. W.Broughton, British and foreign lepidoptera; 
Mr. Woodward had some neat frames of lepidoptera and a collec¬ 
tion of poisons, seeds and minerals; Mr. Wilson exhibited a 
portion of a fossil horn found when diggingthe foundation of an 
office in the Royal Arsenal. A naturalist from the North of 
England, Mr. Fieldhouse, gave a microscopic display ofa number 
of interesting objects, and assisted greatly towards the success of 
the affair. A vote of t; Links to Mr. Fieldhouse concluded the 
proceedings. 
Lambeth Field Club.— October 16 : A very successful 
meeting was held at the Society’s rooms, Newington Butts, s. E. 
The following specimens were exhibitedThe very frequent 
fungus Coprinus comatus , from Kensington Gardens (this species 
is edible when young, makes good ketchup when older, and 
furnishes a black liquid as it decays which can be used as ink); 
a frog ( Pelobates fuscus ) from France, and an unknown snake of 
the genus Propidonotus , (to which our grass snake belongs) from 
Germany; also a large number of fruits and seeds illustrating the 
