52 THE KNTOMULOGIST's KEGOKD. 



Oxfordshire, and U. cephaloten, obtained from sedge stacks at Weston- 

 on- the- Green, both new to science. 



Practically the whole of the November number of the Can. Knt. is 

 taken up with the Report of the fiftieth Annual Meeting of the 

 Entomological Society of Ontario, including a number of the papers 

 read thereat, with several plates, one of which portrays the faces of 

 many entomologists well known to us by the repute of their labours as 

 specialists. 



There are one or two very interesting articles in the November 

 number of the Rnt. Seiva. Frank E. Blaisdell writes on the "Variations 

 in the Maculation of (Hla ahdonunalis [Cucciuellulae)," with a plate of 

 some dozen striking forms. Phil Rau and Nellie Rau contribute an 

 excellent paper of field observation and experiment with several species 

 of mud-wasp, Velnpaens. 



In the December number of the Ent. Mo. Mag., Dr. J. H. Wood 

 continues his investigations on the more obscure sections of the Diptera. 

 He describes a species of Dulic/mpodidcc, Tltrij]iticiis niiiricaiida as new 

 to science. Several specimens were taken in July, 1912, at Moccas 

 Pool, and there is also a specimen from Norfolk in the late Mr. Verrall's 

 collection. 



An account of the " Preparatory stages of Apocheima rachelae," a 

 species of Geometrina allied to our A. Jiispidaria is given by Arthur 

 Gibson in the December number of the Can. Ent., with one plate and 

 text figures. Another paper which may turn out to be more than 

 ordinarily useful is that by E. Harold Strickland, of Ottawa, entitled 

 " Some Parasites of Simiilin)n Larvae and their possible Economic 

 Value," illustrated by one plate. 



A series of articles is running through the pages of the Entomolo- 

 (jiHche Rnnihchau on the Wasps, with figures of the nests of the various 

 species. In the July issue there is an article on the Island of Capri 

 and its entomology. Dr. Seitz contributes two articles on the Butter- 

 fly Fauna of Egypt in September and October. 



The Entuinolo(jische ZeiUchrift for the past few months has 

 the following more or less useful articles. Emil Hoffmann 

 names the form of Erebia gorge without eyespots on either side as 

 ab. iinpanctata. His specimens came from the Tiinnen Mts., in 

 Salzburg. Dr. Richard Schmidt gives an account of the Udonata of 

 the Miinster Thai ; Dr. H. Geital gives his experience of the breeding 

 of the Phasmid, Eurijcnei)ia verfanciata ; Paul Wolff gives the results of 

 a series of temperature-experiments with butterfly pupje, the species 

 dealt with being Arctia villica, Arctia caja, CalUuiurpha doiiiinula, Pieris 

 brasnicae, Aglah loiicac, and V. io, a considerable number of figures of 

 the resulting imagines being given ; Assessor Fuchs has commenced a 

 series of articles on "Forest Entomology"; Dr. P. Martell contributes 

 some articles on the "Insect Enemies of Books"; H. Burgeff gives 

 several articles on the Anthroceridae [Zygacnidav) of North Africa, 

 with numerous illustrations of each species and its life-history, etc. 



The Sixth Annual Iteport of t/ie National Mn^enin of Wales, pre- 

 sented by the Council to the Court of Governors is just to hand. From 

 it we gather no effort has been spared to make this Museum worthy of 

 the Principality and its usefulness will grow as time goes on. Our 

 readers might well consider whether they can help the Council by 

 offers of standard works of reference, or natural history specimens. — 

 H.E.P. 



