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"British Butterpliks," by A. M. Stewart (" Peeps at Nature" series). 

 With 16 plates, 8 coloured. London : Adam and Chiirlcs Black. 1912. 



" How TO USE THE MICROSCOPE : A GuiDE FOR THE NoviCE." By the Rev. 

 Chas. A. Hall. With I'O plates. London : A. and C. Black. 1912. 



Tlie outstanding feature of the first-named little book is the excellence of 

 the illustrations, especially when the low price at which it is issued is taken 

 into account. Practically every British butterfly (including the immigrant 

 Anosia archippus) is figured on seven plates by the three-colour process on a 

 slightly reduced scale direct from the insects themselves ; a life-like group of 

 the transformations of Vanessa urticm appears on the; cover, and a selected series 

 of undersides is shown in two half-tone plates. We have no hesitation in 

 saying that in point of clearness and brilliancy these coloured figures are the 

 best of the kind that we have seen, and species so difficult to deal with 

 adequately by this process as the " Blues" (in particular Agriades corydon), and 

 even that crucial test of colour-work Gonepteryx rhamni, are here presented with 

 life-like fidelity. The only figiux'sto which exception may be taken are those of 

 A'patura iris and Linienitis sihylla, in both of which the red block is rather too 

 much in evidence. The notes on each species are brief, but well and clearly 

 written, as are also tlie hints on the capture and preservation of butterflies and 

 their larvae ; while those on " home-made " apparatus will V)e found useful by 

 many. Altogether the book may be strongly recommended to the incipient 

 Lepidopterist as a very useful introduction to the knowledge of our native 

 butterflies. 



The second work, though not so directly concerned Avith our science, is 

 equally well written and got up, and the excellent half-tone plates include 

 several well-known entomological objects for tlie microscope. 



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Lancashire and Cheshire Entomological Society: The Annual Meeting 

 of the Society was held at the Royal Institution, Colquit Street, Livei"pool, on 

 Monday, December 16th, 1913. — Dr. P. F. Tinne, Vice-President, in the Chair. 



Mr. Charles Percy Rimmer, Liverpool, was elected a Member of the Society. 



Tlie following Members were elected Officers and Council of the Society 

 iov 1913 -.—President : F. N. Pierce, F.E.S. ; Vice- /'residents -. R. Wikiing, 

 Wm. Webster, Hugh Main, B.Sc, F.E.S. ; Treasurer : J. Cotton ; Librarian : 

 F. N. Pierce; Hon. Secretary: Wm. Mansbridge, F.E.S. ; Council : C. B. Williams, 

 R. T. Cassall, F.E.S., L. West, H. S. Leigh, F.E.S , A. E. Gibbs, F.L.S., F.E.S., 

 A. W. Boyd, M.A., F.E.S., C. E. Stott, P. F. Tinne, M A. 



The Vice-Presidential address by Mr. Claude Morley, F.E.S., entitled 

 " Ichneumons," was read, and a vote of thanks to the author was unanimously 

 carried. The following exhibits were made, viz. : — Mr. F. N. Pierce, Dionthoecia 

 luteago, D. barrettii, and D. argillacea ; Mr. Rimmer, a small collection of Macro- 

 and Micro-Lepidoptera, including Polyommatus plilxas var. schmidtii, a specimen 

 from Anglesey, and a spcH-imon f)f Amjjhipyra pyramidea from Carnarvon,— 

 Wm. Manshruxie, if oh. Secretary. 



