120 THE AUSTRALIAN NATURALIST. 
was given under the enlightened administration of the De- 
partment of Education. 
The N.S.W. Gould League also held its annual meeting 
in December last, when an extremely satisfactory report was 
presented. 
Enormous benefit will surely follow the recognition of 
the value of birds, so well fostered by these institutions. 
INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS OF ENTOMOLOGY, 
1912. 
Last year, 1911, the First International Congress of 
Entomologists was held in Brussels, in the first week of Au- 
gust, when a large and representative gathering of entomolo- 
gists met and discussed the great) questions of economic and 
scientific entomology. 
Twenty-three States are represented, and leading ento- 
mdlogists act as local agents in different parts of the world 
from whom all information can be obtained. Mr. W. W. 
Froggatt, Government Entomologist, New South Wales, 1s 
representative for Australasia. Next year (1912) the Second 
Congress is to meet on August 17th, at Oxford University, 
where rooms for men will be available at a moderate cost, 
but the Executive Committee invites an early provisional no- 
tice of intention to join the Congress, in order that arrange- 
ments may be made for the necessary accomisodation. The 
proceedings of the first Congress are in the press, and will 
be published shortly. 
Dr. Malcolm Burr, c/o of the Entomological Society of 
London, is the General Secretary of the Executive Commit- 
tee. Any member of an Australian scientific society who con- 
templates visiting England this coming year, could, by send- 
ing a subscription of £41, become a member, and could have a 
very interesting visit to the famous city of Oxford, where he 
would meet fellow-workers from all parts of the world. 
The following letter from ‘‘Nature,’’ October 12th, 1911, 
will be read with interest :— 
THE DISTASTEFULNESS OF AWVOSIA PLEXIPPUS. 
In “Esays on Evolution,” p. 274, 1908, Prof. Poulton 
directed attention to the instance of mimicry amongst Lepi- 
doptera supplied by the American Danaine, Anosia plexippus, 
otherwise known as Danaida arshippus, and its mimetic spe- 
cies. It occurred to me, therefore, that it would be interesting 
to test the distastefulness of this butterfly. This I was enabled 
to do through the kindness of Mr. F. W. Frowhawk, who at 
my request senti me a newly emerged female on September 
22nd of this year. 
