262 [November, 



pp. 20-28), the Remerobiidpe (pp. 57-f!6), tlie Cioadidre (pp. 3k)-35l-), and the 

 Coccidse (pp. 371-387). As might, be expected, Mr. Froggatt. deals with his subject 

 largely from the bionomic and economic side, and it is from the latter jioint of view 

 that the book will be found of especial value in Australia, the numerous and de- 

 structive insect pests of that region being fully illusti-ated and described. The 

 Entomologist in the " Old Country " and elsewhere will, on the other hand, find a 

 great deal to interest him in the account of the varied forms — many of them un- 

 rivalled in beauty and singularity of structure by those of any other part of the 

 world — of the Coleoptera, Lepidoptera, lIymenoptera,AV.A Orlhoptera of Australin. 

 The numerous plates are on the whole exceedingly well executed, and some of them, 

 especially those representing the " Giant," and " iVIeridional " Termite mounds of 

 North Australia, the large and grotesque forms of Orthoptera, and the beautiful 

 beetles of the Buprestid genus Stigmodera, are very striking. We could, however, 

 have wished that, instead of the showy but not very characteristic butterflies 

 figured in Plate I (one of them being our old friend Anosia archlppus), some of the 

 beautiful Satt/ridw and Lycsenidie peculiar to Australia had been delineated. Tiie 

 text-figures, some of whicii have previously ap|)eared in illustration of papers by 

 the author in the " Agricultural Gazette of New South Wales," are also very good, 

 several of them, representing Coleoptera on an enlarged scale, being among the 

 best of their kind we have seen. Useful hinis as to collecting and preserving, an 

 interesting account of the chief collections of Australiati insects in their own 

 country and elsewhere, a list of the principal publications dealing with Australian 

 Entomology, anil a full index, conclude this interesting and valuable contribution 

 to the list of Entomological works. The printing, paper, and general " get-up " of 

 the book leave little to be desired, and we notice only a few misprnits or other 

 inaccuracies; indeed, almost the only statement which strikes us as open to 

 question is that on pp. 238-9, as to the frequent occurrence of the larva of 

 that strictly PaliBarctic hawk-moth, our familiar Sphinx ligustri, in Australian 

 gardens. — J. J. W. 



^orii'tics. 



TnK South London Entomological and Natueal Histoiit Society: 

 Thursday, Seplember \2th, 1907 — Mr. lluaH Main, B.Sc, Vice-President, in the 

 Chair. 



Mr. South exhibited specimens of Litliosia caniola, bred from larvae fed upon 

 lettuce, which they would only eat when in a decaying condition. Mr. Newman, 

 a few bred specimens of Eugonia autumnaria,, including two very beautiful ilark 

 forms, the result of a pairing of tlie unique form bred last year with a typical form. 

 He also showed varieties of Aylais urticw, including forms with black hind-wings, 

 rayed hind-wings, and with discal spots almost obsolete. Mr. Goulton, living larva; 

 of liankia argentula, and a series of Aiitidea badiata showing nmch variation in 

 the transverse banding and general coloration. Mr. Harrison, imagines of the same 

 species from Wicken, together with living larvae. Mr. Sich, imagines and ova of 



