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tributes a paper on " New Species and Subspecies of Pierinae" in the 

 Hope Collection, Oxford. G. C. Champion, "Revision of the Mexican 

 and Central American Telephorinae with descriptions of new Species." 

 J. J. Joicey and W. F. H. Rosenberg, " Descriptions of New Species 

 of the Pierine genera Catasticta and Daptoneiira." Dr. H. Eltringham, 

 *' Further Observations on the Structure of the Scent Organs in certain 

 male Danaine Butterflies." The Proceedini/s are even more interesting 

 and important than usual. They contain (1) a valuable paper, " The 

 Mimetic Theory — A Crucial Test," by Colonel N. Manders, F.Z.S., 

 F.E.S. (who we are grieved to say has just been killed in the 

 Dardanelles), and a very weighty reply by Mr. C. F. M. Swynnerton, 

 " A brief Preliminary statement of a few of the Results of five years' 

 Special Testing of the Theories of Mimicry," with the discussion 

 which ensued ; (2) "Life History of Ai/rotis luceDica,'' by Mr. Lupton; 

 (B) " The African Meiiajioiwra foetens and its raids upon Termites," by 

 Prof. Poulton, based upon letters received from his various corres- 

 pondents in Africa ; (4) " Butterflies from Biak, the largest of the 

 Schouten Islands north of New Guinea," by Messrs. Joicey and Talbot; 

 (5) " Brenthia pales and U. aysilache from Norway," by Mr. P. A. 

 Buxton and others ; (6) " A hybernating Pupa of Pijrameis atalanta," 

 by Mr. L. W. Newman ; (7) " The Gregarious Habit during Hyber- 

 nation of Miisra corvina,'' by Prof. Poulton ; (b) " Records of the 

 Nuptial Flight of Butterflies (British)," by Dr. F. A. Dixey ; and many 

 other smaller items concerning exhibits, and communications to the 

 Society. 



The Annual Pwport of tJw Kntomaloijlcal Societi/ of Ontariu for 1914 

 contains, among other interesting items, (1) Photographs of the Rev. 

 C. J. S. Bethune, one of the great pioneers of Entomological Work in 

 the Colony, of Dr. Williams Saunders " one of the first to realize the 

 practical significance of entomological work," of Henri Fabre the 

 author of " Souvenirs Entomologiques," and of Hy. H. Lyman the 

 great helper in all natural history work in the colony who was lost in 

 the wreck of the "Empress of Ireland"; (2) An account from various 

 sources and with several illustrations of the great 1914 outbreak of the 

 " army worm " CnjpliHs {Heliophila) [Leucania) unipuncta and its 

 devastations in pastures and fields of cereals throughout the country ; 

 (3) An interesting summary of the Life and Work of the great French 

 observer, Henri Fabre ; (4) An article on " Mountains and Hills " by 

 that ardent lover of nature, the Rev. Dr. Fyles ; and (5) the various 

 reports of the sectional societies, economic work, and Canadian records, 

 complete a useful volume of 152 pages and many illustrations. 



The June quarterly part of the Journal of Entoiiwlofi;/ ami Zooloijij 

 (Pomona, California, U.S.A.) is mainly filled with articles on Ento- 

 mology. Perhaps one by Edna Mosher is the most important, an 

 investigation into the " Homology of the Mouth Parts of the Pre- 

 imago in the Lepidoptera." 



Ji^EYIEWS AND NOTICES OF BOOKS. 



The Proceedings of the South Londox Entomological and Natural 

 History Society. — 1914. — With 10 plates and 1 map. Published 

 at the Society's Rooms, Hibernia Chambers, London Bridge. Price 4s. 

 — Although the matter for this admirable annual always must be 



