96 PROCEEDINGS OF SOCIETIES. 



"The Naturalist." It is by Mr. H. T. Stainton; one of the best Ento- 

 mologists of the day. 



Rustic Adornments, for Homes of Taste. By Shirley Hibberd, Price 

 lOs. 6d. London: Groombridoe and Sons. 



This is a beautifully got-up volume, and really and truly an '^Ornament 

 to the drawing-room table." The book itself is anything but a "rustic" 

 adornment. It will be found an internal decoration, as well as calculated 

 to improve vastly the "externals" of every suburban home, whose owner 

 •would exhibit himself as a man of taste. 



Those who remember the philanthropic wish of poor Suttum, uttered to 

 Mr. Layard as he waded his mare through a sea of bright blossoms on 

 the plain of Nineveh, — "Ya! what do the dwellers in cities know of true 

 happiness? God have pity on them! They have never seen grass or flowers! 

 What delight has God given us equal to this? It is the only thing worth 

 living for!" — will hail the publication of Mr. Hibberd's work as a practical 

 commentary on Suttura's kindly sentiment, which every one who loves the 

 country for the country's sake will share with him towards those who have 

 the misfortune to be dwellers in towns. 



Such works as the present are the only means of advancing the reali- 

 zation of the "Rus in Urbe;" and here moreover we have literally the sea 

 brought upon dry land, and the earth as it were carried down to the 

 depth of the ocean, and we upon it. The letter-press portion of the 

 present work appears to be all that it ought to be; and the illustrations, 

 which are very numerous, and many of them beautifully coloured, are likewise 

 all that can be wished or wanted. In a word, the matter and manner 

 of the work coincide happily, and each in turn well illustrat«ftr4Jl6 other. 



l^rnmMngs nf IntiBtiBi 



The London Working Entomologists' Society held their first meeting on 

 Wednesday, February 6th., when the Rev. F. 0. Morris was elected Presi- 

 dent; R. G. Schofield, F.G.S., Vice-President; Mr. E. Dow, Auditor; and 

 Mr. James Gardner, Hon. Secretary. 



The following donations were received, and a vote of thanks passed for 

 each, — "The Naturalist" for January and February, by the Editor; the 

 "Zoologist" for January and February, by the Editor. 



Some specimens of P. cassinea were exhibited, also a new plan of relaxing 

 insects. 



Several insects were mentioned for exhibition at the next meeting; also 

 a new description of Larva Box. 



