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Fauna Hawaiiensis, or thr Zoology of the Sandwich (Hawaiian) 

 TsLES: being Rt-siilts of the Explorations instituted by the Joint Committee 

 appointed by the Ro^fal Society of London and the British Association for the 

 advancement of Science, and carried on with tlie assistance of those Bodies and of 

 the Trustees of tlie Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum of Honoluhi: edited by David 

 Shahp, M.B., M.A.,F.RS. 4to. London : C. J. Clay and Sons. 1899-1903. 



Kleven parts of this work (with many plates), which was commenced on March 

 20th, 1899, have now been published, and considerable progress has been made with 

 the Insecta. The subjects dealt with so far are — Coleoptera: Carahoidea and 

 Pht/lofihaqa, by Dr. Sharp ; and Rhifiirhophora, Proferhinida, Heteromera, and 

 Cioidre, by Mr. R. C. L. Perkins. Ifi/menoptera : Aculeata by Mr. Perkins ; 

 Forniicidre by Prof. A. Forel ; and ParaxUica by Mr. W. H. Ashinead. Macro- 

 Lepidoptera, hy Mr. E. Meyrick ; Orthoplera and Neuroptera by Mr. Perkins; 

 Dipfei-a by Mr. P. H. Grimshaw ; Hemiplera by Mr. O. W. Kirkaldy. The 

 greater part of the material was colleetec) by Mr. Perkins (much also by the Rev. 

 T. Blackburn), who has resided for years in the Islands. We will content ourselves 

 at preseni by quoting some of Dr. Sharp's general remarks on the Carahoidea, 

 so as to give an idea of the essential peculiarities of this important item of 

 the Hawaiian Insect-fauna. " The chief features of the Caralldce are (1) 

 flightlessness ; (2) a diminished ehaetoiaxy." "Amongst upwards of 200 precinctive 

 species, no less than 90 per cent, are incapable of llight, possessing only vestigial 

 wings— a parallel to them being found in St. Helena, where eleven out of the 

 twelve Bemhidiids discovered by Wollaston are wingless. Of the 212 species of 

 Carahoidea, 210 belong to the Garahidce, and two only to the Dytiscidce." The 

 AnohiidfB, not yet published, appear to be exceedingly numerous, both in indi- 

 viduals and species, while the Staph iiVmida; are represented by minute uninteresting 

 forms. The Micro- Lepidoptera have been undertaken by Lord Walsingham. 



A List op the Lepidoptera found in the Counties of Cheshire 

 Flintshire, Denbighshire, Carnarvonshire and Anglesea : compiled and 

 edited by George O. Day, F.E.S., with the assistance of J. Clarke, Herbert 

 Dobie, M.D., and Robert Newstead, A.L.S., F.E.S., &c. From the Proceedings of 

 the Chester Society of Nat. Sci., Lit. and Art. 8vo, pp. 112. Chester: Grosvenor 

 Museum. 1903. 



Still another local List of British Lepidoptera and a very excellent one, em- 

 bracing one English and four Welsh counties, or an area of 2878 square miles, 

 with an average length and breadth of 120 and 24 miles respectively, the highest 

 points being over 3u00 feet. It is avowedly based upon the Cheshire List published 

 by Mr. A. O. Walker, F.L.S., in 1885, and Dr. Ellis's Lancashire and Cheshire List 

 has also been called into requisition ; the names of a long list of willing helpers 

 are likewise given. The classitication and nomenclature are those of the new 

 " Staudinger " (1901). It ends somewhat abruptly at T'ortrix paleana, {icterana), 

 about 670 species listed to that point ; perhaps it might have been better to have 

 to deferred publishing the fragment of Torlricidce until sufficient materials were 

 accumulated for continuing the Micro-Lepidoptera. This corner of the United 

 Kingdom is well-known to produce several species peculiar to it. The list reflects 

 the greatest credit upon Mr. Day and his colleagues, and must be studied by all 



