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THE ENTOMOLOGIST S RECOKl). 



Is THIS A Yeak for Biston HiKTARiA '?■ — It luav Le of interest to 

 record that, on April 20th, I observed no fewer than twenty examples oi 

 this species resting on the trunks of four lime trees, which form part 

 of a row of these trees in one of the main thoroughfares in New Cross. 

 These trees have been under my observation for sixteen years, during 

 which period there have always been three or four examples (never 

 more at one time) on the tree-trunks during April. Until this year 

 (1910), however, they have never been so abundant. It would be 

 interesting to learn whether this is general. Another fact that struck 

 me was, that the whole of the twenty specimens mentioned were 5 s, 

 and, although I searched closely, not a <J could I see. The proportion 

 of ? s is always in excess of the J s, but this seems exceptional. — 

 Rosa E. Page, B.A., New Cross, S.E. 



URRENT NOTES. 



The I'vuieedini/s of the South Lomlon EntoinuloijicaL ami Satiiral 

 ILutorij Societi/, 1909-10, has just come to hand. It consists of 13:{ + 

 xvi pp., and 13 full-page plates, and is especially well- indexed. We wish 

 some of the larger Continental Societies (Belgium, Italy, Berlin, 

 Vienna, etc.) would adopt the method of indexing found here in their 

 publications- — most of the work in the Annals or Transactions of the large 

 Contmental Societies is absolutely buried for want of proper and 

 sufficient indexing. The published price is 5s., and it can be obtained 

 from The Secretary of the Society, Hibernia Chambers, London 

 Bridge, S.E. 



The papers are of a high standard of excellence, and when we 

 remember that our three most capable illustrators of entomological 

 subjects by photography in the whole of Europe, possibly in the world — 

 Messrs. F. Noad Clark, Hugh Main, and A. E. Tonge — are essentially 

 South London Society men, and are responsible for the plates, it is 

 needless to add that they are of the very best that photography, aided 

 by half-tone process, is able to give us. 



The papers most attractive to the lepidopterist will be '• Stray 

 notes on the variation and distribution of Boannia repandata in 

 Britain," by K. Adkin, F.E.S. ; " Resting attitudes of Lepidoptera," by 

 A. E. Tonge, F.E.S. (excellently illustrated); "Ticks," by F. Noad 

 Clark (with an abundance of beautiful photos) ; " Notes on the 

 Diptera," by H. W. Andrews, F.E.S.; " Our Authorities," by H. J. 

 Turner, F.E.S., "Notes on the, earlier-stages of Xola albulalis, by R. 

 Adkin, F.E.S., great credit is due to Mr. Adkin and his illustrators 

 for the work in this paper, whilst the " Larval stages of Chri/sojiora 

 hennamuila, Fab.," by A. Sich, F.E.S., and illustrated by his own 

 drawings, will, no doubt, as in the case with all the biological work 

 done by Mr. Sich relating to the Micro-lepidoptera, become the standard 

 work of reference on the biology of the speci(!s. Mr. Sich's thoughtful 

 Presidential address, " Lepidopterous Kvolution," also will not be 

 overlooked. 



The large number of references to aberrations, varieties, particulars 

 of life-histories and habits of various species, makes this one of the 

 most valuable of the smaller annuals published in Britain, and reflects 

 great credit on the Publication Committee — Messrs. R. Adkin, T. W. 

 Hall, A. Sich, R. South, H. J. Turner {Secretary), and E. Step {Editor). 



