48 THE entomologist's record. 



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OTICES, REVIEWS, Etc. 



Larva Collecting and Breeding, etc., by the Rev. J. Seymour 

 St. John, B.A. This handy Httle book is perhaps the best compilation 

 that has been put into the hands of the practical lepidopterist for some 

 years. The size of the book will increase the value, and the lepidopterist 

 who is not able to derive information from it must be in a very happy 

 condition. The index is a very valuable addition. No lepidopterist 

 should be without it. — Ed. 



Catalogue of British Hymenoptera, by E. Saunders, F.L.S. 

 This new and revised Catalogue, which should be in the hands of every 

 hymenopterist, can now be obtained either as a reference or label list 

 from Mr. W. H. Harwood, Colchester. — Ed. 



fgOCIETIES. 



City of London Entomological Society.— ^/y-// 17///, 1890, Mr. 

 J. A. Clark, F.E.S., President, in the chair. Mr. Bellamy exhibited 

 specimens of Eriogaster lanesiris, and a discussion took place on the 

 habit of this and other species remaining in the pupal stage more 

 than one season ; Mr. J. A. Clark a bred series of Aleucis pictaria ; 

 Mr. Tutt three specimens of E. lutulenta from Sligo, which he suggested 

 might be a species distinct from lutulenta^ a strongly marked var. of 

 T. crepuscularia from Clevedon, and Halia wavaria from A\'isbech ; 

 Mr. Marsden larvfe of M. artemis and B. repandata. Messrs. Battley 

 and Simes also exhibited lepidoptera, and some preserved larvae by Mr. 

 Raine. Mr. Marsden exhibited Otiorhynchus te?iel>ricosus and Staphy- 

 linus c(esareiis ; Messrs. Lewcock and H easier many species of coleoptera 

 from Loughton, Chattenden, Brockenhurst, and Farnham. Mr. LfiA\xock 

 read a paper on behalf of Mr. R. Gill of Bath, " On the Coleoptera and 

 Geology of the Bath District." — G. Lewcock and E. Hanes, Hon. Sees. 



May jsf, 1890, Mr. J. A. Clark, F.E.S., in the chair. Mr. F. Milton 

 exhibited specimens of Hydrophilus piceus^ Hydrous caraboides, and other 

 coleoptera, also the aquatic Ranatra linearis. Mr, Clark a series of 

 E. lutulenta from the North and West of Ireland, chiefly of the black 

 var. (usually called lunelnt?-gensis), but one of the slate-coloured variety 

 with a darker central band, Mr. Tutt making some extended remarks on 

 the variation of this species and its distribution ; Mr. Quail a very pale 

 coloured cocoon of S. carpiui (the silk almost white) from Cambridge, 

 a form which appeared to be almost unknown to the members present ; 

 Mr. Marsden a pupa of M. artemis ; Messrs. Raine, Quail, and Simes 

 exhibited excellently preserved lepidopterous larvae. A discussion on 

 the early appearance of some species also took place. — G. A. Lewcock 

 and E. Hanes, Hon. Sees. 



