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as a liir\;i as in the Esterel, although the imagiiB^- possibly appear 

 earlier in the spring and the species becomes cloukAe- brooded farther 

 south. The record of Colias ediim in Tangier, during the first fortnight 

 of January, is interesting from the point of view of its continued- 

 broodedness in the more southern part of its range. 



The South London Entomological Society has recently published its 

 volume''' for the year 1!)00, and it contains a number of first-class 

 papers : — " On the pupation of Cassiis lii/aijienla," R. Adkin ; 

 "Desultory days at Dawlish," H. J. Turner; "On some wing- 

 structures in Lepidoptera," Dr. T. A. Chapman ; "On the ova of 

 Lepidoptera," by F. Noad Clark. There are, besides, full reports of 

 the various field meetings at Banstead, Horsley, Paul's Cray Common, 

 Oxshott, as wellasan excellent presidential address by Mr. W. J. Lucas. 

 The Abstract of Proceedings contains many first-class details of 

 entomological work, relating- especially to Orthoptera, Odonata and 

 Lepidoptera. The important paper of the P;vKr('r/jy(//.s is undoubtedly Dr. 

 Chapman's " On some wing-structures in Lepidoptera," an advanced 

 treatment of many difficult points from the practical standpoint. 

 This paper and that of Mr. Clark are both illustrated with some 

 exceedingly well-produced micro-photographs taken by the latter 

 gentleman, which add a great deal of value to these useful contribu- 

 tions to our knowledge of the sul)jects treated. One notes, too, the 

 generosity of Messrs. Warne, A. Harrison, and S. Edwards in matters 

 relating to the library. There are one or two matters of detail that 

 ought not to have slipped the editorial eye, e.;/., " Mr. Tutt exhibited 

 a long and varied series of Epunda liitulcnta taken by Rev. E. Bur- 

 roughs at Mucking, Essex." After this rendering of the name of the 

 Rev. C. R. N. Burrows we shall soon wonder whether any of our 

 lepidopterists are known to those responsible for the report. Again, 

 " Mr. Tutt said that it {M. jinctuata) was a species which readily 

 responded to its environment, and referred to the well-known var. 

 neai>()lisata of South Europe, and to a somewhat similar form found 

 at Pitcaple." If our memory be not at fault, Mr. Tutt referred to the 

 dark Pitcaple form, and stated that he believed Milliere named and 

 figured the male of the var. neapolisata from a Naples example, but, 

 curiously enough, figured the female from Pitcaple examples. In 

 spite of these little slips, the volume is certainly one that ought to be 

 carefully read by all entomologists. On p. 15 is a remark that " The 

 larvte of Jtoti/s urticalh were unusually abundant on nettle on July 7th." 

 Is this species, in spite of its name, really closely attached to nettle, 

 and is the larva to be found on July 7th ? We have repeatedly 

 bred it from garden mint and wild labiates, but never from Urtica, 

 which, of course, is no evidence at all that larvae were not found 

 comnaonly on the latter plant, and we have often beaten the imago 

 from beds of stinging-nettles. We would still urge the leading 

 members of this society to insist on printing their Proccediwia in two 

 half-yearly parts up to date. The expense is practically identical, and 

 the advantage of publishing as early as possible is so great that it 

 more than compensates the want of satisfaction at showing a smaller 

 balance at the end of the financial year. 



* " Proceedings of the South London Entomological and Natural History Society, " 

 1900, pp. 117 and xvi, one chart and four plates. Price 2s. i'A. [Published at the 

 Society's rooms, Hibernia Chambers, London Bridge, S.E.] 



