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related to Agromyza virem," with a plate of details ; " The Dipterous 

 Genus Si/inphoroiiiyia in North America," with figures; "A Revision of 

 the N. American Ichneumon-flies of the Sub-family Opiiiuie," with 

 plates; "Notes on some Sawfly Larva' belonginn- to the genus Diiiior- 

 pltojiten/.r ;" "The North American Bees of the Genus J>a//v>;r/," by 

 H. L. Viereck and T. D. A. Cockerell, the latter of whom has become 

 a great authority on Hymenoptera since we knew him years ago in the 

 South London Society ; " Notes on the Life-history and Ecology of 

 the Dragontlies {(hionata) of Washington and Oregon," with more 

 than 200 figures; "Notes on Neotropical Dragonflies, or Odonata," 

 with seven plates. " Lepidoptera of the Yale-i)ominican Expedition 

 of 1913 ; " and descriptions of many new species of Lepidoptera, 

 Odonata, Orthoptera, Hymenoptera (Aculeata, Parasitica and Tenthre- 

 dinoidea) and Diptera. 



The I'vansactioHH of the Cardiff' Naturalists' Societi/ for 1914, 

 recently to hand, contains a further long instalment of the excellent 

 account of the " Coleoptera of Glamorgan,' by our colleague Mr. J. R. 

 le B. Tomlin. It will be found that the locality records, brought 

 quite up to date, and the biological notes are extremely useful, while 

 the historical references aie interesting to those even who only take 

 passing notice of the smaller inhabitants of their homeland area. Mr. 

 Hallett gives a series of entomological notes for the year, mainly com- 

 prised of additions to the county records in the Hymenoptera Aculeata. 

 From the bird notes by E. Cambridge Phillips, we take the following 

 extract: — "We have had this year (1914) a visitation of countless 

 caterpillars of the White Butterfly, which have devastated all our 

 green stuff, brussels sprouts, broccoli, etc., to an extent that must be 

 seen to be believed, in many gardens not a vestige of green can be 

 seen on the grim skeletons of the stalks. Various remedies were tried, 

 amongst others lime, and also weak carbolic acid and water, but all to 

 no purpose. Poultry would not touch them, and the only aid was 

 rendered by the following kinds of Tits, viz., the Great Tit, Blue Tit, 

 and Marsh Tit, which came in numbers to eat them. I daresay other 

 Tits came, but these were the only ones I saw." 



We regret to hear that the youngest son of Mr. C. G. Champion, 

 our honorary Librarian at the Entomological Society of London, has 

 been wounded at the front. A later report says that his injury is 

 not serious, and that he is progressing very favourably. 



The second part of the Transactions of the Entf)tiiolo(/ieal Societ;/ of 

 London was issued early in August, and contains the following contri- 

 butions : — (1) " New Butterflies and a Moth from Biak," by J. J. 

 Joicey, F.L.S., and A. Noakes, F.E.S., with eight coloured plates. 

 Biak is an island oft' the north coast of New Guinea, which although 

 visited by W. Doherty in 1892, was not again explored until 1914, 

 when the Messrs. Pratt spent more than two months there. (2) " Notes 

 on the Larva and Pupa of Caligo uteiiinon," bj' Dr. Davis of Belize, 

 British Honduras, with a plate of figures. (8) The Descriptions of a 

 large number of new species of South American Micro-Lepidoptera, 

 seventy-two of them being created from the examination of either one 

 or two examples only, by E. Meyrick, F.Z.S., F.E.S. (4) A series of 

 excellent biological notes made by Prof. Poulton's correspondents in 

 various parts of Central Africa. 



