XXxiii, '22] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS 95 



CATALOGUE OF INDIAN INSECTS. Part I ACRVDIDAE (TETTH.IDAK), by 

 T. BAINBRIGGE FLETCHER. Calcutta. Superintendent of Government 

 Printing, India. 1921. 40 pp. 11 Annas. 



This section of the proposed catalogue brings up to date the list ot 

 species of the Indian Acrydiidae, offering several very important im- 

 provements over the last comprehensive catalogue of this division of 

 the Orthoptera. The most important* of these lies in giving, on the page 

 margins, the exact localities given in the list of references, referring 

 these to each reference by small numerals. In this way the localities 

 originally given by each author can be determined at a glance. 



Another decided improvement is tbe omission of numbers, which in 

 Kirby's Catalogue were given even more than usual importance, as 

 they were used for genotypic citations. 



In the present Catalogue the genotype is in every instance cited and. 

 if described from a locality outside of India, that locality is given. We 

 believe the system would have been improved, had a reference to the 

 original genotypic designation been given. 



The present section is well handled and the Catalogue should be of 

 the highest value to students of Indian Entomology. 



We are, as a rule, not in favor of general catalogues and believe 

 that, unless thorough and complete in every detail, they can be ot 

 real disadvantage to the student, who, relying on such, is sure to miss 

 the literature overlooked. In the present case, however, it is evident 

 that a general catalogue of Indian insects is greatly needed and the 

 present section promises well for a thorough and satisfactory series. 

 M. HEBARD. 



THE BULLETIN OF THE HILL MUSEUM, Vol. 1, Xo. 1. A magazine 

 of Lepidopterology. Edited by J. J. Joicey and G. Talbot, with the 

 assistance of L. B. Prout, A. E. Prout and W. Hawker-Smith. Issued 

 October 17th, 1921, at the Hill Museum, Witley, Surrey, England. 

 With 24 photographic plates of Lepidoptera and 8 photographs of other 

 subjects. London. John Bale, Sons and Danielson. Oxford House, 

 83-91 Great Tichficld St., Oxford St., W. Price 30s. There are 200 pages 

 including the index. 



"Tin's magazine has been established by Mr. J. J. Joicey for the pur- 

 pose of giving to the entomological world the results of studies car- 

 ried out at the Hill Museum, Witley." An interesting account is given 

 of the museum and the personnel of the scientific staff, and the large 

 and valuable collections it contains. A bibliography of the previous 

 publications of the museum is given. The first paper in the new jour- 

 nal is by George Talbot and is entitled, "Euploeincs Forming Mimetic 

 Groups in the Islands of Key, Aru, Tcnimber, Australia and Fiji." 

 The other papers arc as follows: "New Lepidoptera Collected by Mr. 



* Kirby, Synonymic Catalogue of Orthoptera, III, PP- 1 to 62. 



