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and three of Sardina (Pilchard or Sardine). Synoptical 

 tables are given, and certain new species and subspecies 

 described. General accounts of the geographical distribution, 

 biology and economics of these important food-fishes conclude 

 the article, which should be useful and authoritative. One of 

 the plates is in the shape of a map showing the distribution 

 of the various forms of Sardina. 



In his " Notes from the Gatty Marine Laboratory, St 

 Andrews — No. xxxix." ^ Professor M'Intosh deals with (i) 

 the coloration of Ccesicirrus neglectus, Arwidsson ; (2) 

 Cirratulus {bioculatus) mcertus, M'l. ; (3) the British 

 Serpulidae ; and (4) a Placostegus, from the " Porcupine " 

 Expedition of 1870. In the 3rd of these sections, which 

 occupies some thirty-four pages, an interesting summary is 

 given of the Serpulids obtained by exploring ships and by 

 zoologists in various waters in order to indicate the propor- 

 tional abundance of the British species. This summary is 

 followed by a detailed description of all the British species, 

 fifteen of which are admitted by the author, and one of them, 

 Spirorbis caulleryi^ described as new. Professor M'Intosh's 

 careful investigations cannot fail to be of the utmost service 

 to students of our native marine worms. 



The volume of Proceedings of the South London 

 Entomological and Natural History Society for 191 5-16 

 contains several papers well worthy of perusal. Alfred Sich 

 contributes (pp. 15-20) a "Life Cycle of Tortrix viridana L.," 

 in which all the stages of this common little moth are fully 

 described, with details as to the time occupied by each. An 

 interesting statement at the conclusion of the paper indicates 

 the relative abundance of the species, for of sixty-two cocoons 

 gathered at random off oaks nearly 89 per cent, yielded 

 T. viridana. Pages 25 to 28 contain a well-written account, 

 by a Belgian author. Constant Sano, of the metamorphoses 

 of the Common Dor Beetle {Geotrupes stercorarius), 

 accompanied by an excellent photographic plate depicting 

 the egg, larva and pupa of this well-known insect. Then 

 follow two useful articles by W. J. Lucas, one of the most 

 active members of the Society. The first of these is on 

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