118 THE ENTOMOLOaiST'S RECORD. 



Berlin Entomological Society, like almost every periodical for some 

 years, from the central area of the continent of Eiarope, exhibits 

 Parnasshis-vaama.. Herr Felix Bryk describes Parnattsius iiinoiwsi/ne 

 SLib-sp. u(/rjn))wvi as new from Jelabuga in the Wiatka province of 

 of east-central Russia. At the same time he describes and names no 

 less than five " forms " of the sub-species, mostly characterised by 

 the aberrant disposition of the veins, rlz., ab. interci(hitalis, ab. 

 kriilili-oirshi/, ab. acJtulzei, ab. si'r(/eji, and ab. syDiplecta. In a black and 

 white plate he figures the sub-species 3^ and 5 , the sub-species 

 craspi'dontis, the only form hitherto known from European Russia, 

 with ab. incerta, from the Caucasus, and ab. karjala. The figures of 

 ithe forms with aberrant neuration are also given. 



In the April number of the Knt. Mitt., our colleague, Mr. G. T. 

 Bethune-Baker, contributed notes on the various species of Riiralidac, 

 from Formosa, and gives descriptions of several new species. Among 

 the species noted from this far eastern island we find " a single speci- 

 men of typical Celastrina ari/iohts taken at Suisharyo in February." 



The Can. Ent. for January contains descriptions of a number of 

 new species of Xeptioda, and notes on several others, natives of North 

 America, by Annette F. Braun, Cincinnatti. Several figures are given 

 showing the characteristic mines of the species. In an article on the 

 Synonymy of Florida Lepidoptera Messrs. W. Barnes and J. M. 

 Dunnough "climb down " very considerably under "a grilling calcu- 

 lated to prevent less enthusiastic entomologists from ever again 

 •obtruding on the notice of the long-suffering entomological public," as 

 the}^ say. The castigation was at the hands of Prof. Dyar. 



In the Revue Memnelle Naniiir for December Baron de Crombrugge 

 makes some interesting remarks on the life histories of Aiz/i/iolepia 

 (Plialonia) badiana and A. cnicana, Platyptilia goiiodactyla, Stenoptilia 

 pterodactyla and Coleophora vacciniella. The last a new species to the 

 Belgian fauna. 



Mr. H. Donisthorpe is engaged in writing a monograph of the 

 British Ants. We understand that there will be full descriptions of 

 all the genera and species, with separate tables of the distinguishing 

 characters of males, females and workers. The ori<iinal descriptions 

 will be given, with a large number of references. Included will be a 

 full account of the distribution of the genera and species, both in 

 Britain and in the world. The habits of the various species, so far 

 as is known, will be described at length, and any peculiarities of 

 habitat and association. There will also be descriptions of the larvte 

 and pupa?, and the myrmecophiles of each species will be given. 

 Another part of the work will describe the external structure of the 

 insects with full details of the internal structure. Wherever possible, 

 comparison will be made with the allies of eacb species on the 

 continent of Europe and every use will be made of tbe work previously 

 done, both in Europe and in America. The volume will be illustrated 

 by plates giving figures of all the species and there will be numerous 

 text figures of critical details in the structure, etc. Mr. Donisthorpe 

 is also writing a second work dealing with the myruiecopbiles specially. 



It is announced that Mr. F. M. Pierce's second volume, " The 

 Genitalia of the Uritish <_Ti'oinetridae," is in the hanils of the printers, 

 and that ere long we may expect it to be published. There will be 

 some 1570 outline drawings of about 280 species, practically every 



