148 THK entomologist's record. 



dealt with the relationship between species of Formicoxenus, Aneiffcitcs, 

 and Wheeleriella. A discussion, showing a general interest in the 

 subject, ensued, and a vote of thanks to the author was carried 

 unanimously. Exhibits. — A box of Micro-lepidoptera by Mr. A. W. 

 Boyd, collected in Lancashire and Cheshire during 1912, recording 

 many new localities for species already on the local list. Mr. W. 

 Mansbridge showed a bufi' male of Diaphora mendica from Co. Cork. 



e^EYIEWS AND NOTICES OF BOOKS. 



Text-book of British Butterflies and Moths. By L. W. 

 Newman, F.E.S., and H. A. Leeds. 3s. 6d. net. Gibbs and 

 Bamforth, St. Albans. — This is a thoroughly practical book for the 

 outdoor worker, the worker who means business, i.e., to acquire a real 

 knowledge of the Lej^idoptera in nature and at the same time to pick 

 up as much as possible of the real science as he goes along. The first 

 chapter, headed " Hints," coming from the experience of the senior 

 author, will be found of the greatest use, dealing as it does with Ova, 

 Larva?, Pupte, Imagines, Assembling, and How to obtain Eggs. 



Eecognising that probably at the present time the books most used 

 by the collector for the identification of his specimens and for the 

 purpose of getting a groundwork of knowledge of the Lepidoptera of 

 our own country were South's Butterflies and Moths of the British Lsles, 

 the authors arranged the whole of the English names in alphabetical 

 order, and have used them in the first column of their tabular arrange- 

 ment, qf which the main portion of the book is comprised. The next 

 column contains the specific name with synonyms and the names of 

 the chief varieties and aberrations, with a short diagnosis of each, and 

 often indications of the lines of variation to be looked for. Then 

 comes a series of columns for the months with indications of the 

 period during which the various stages of a species are obtainable. 

 Another column gives general remarks as to range of occurrence, 

 habits, etc. Finally, a column is devoted to the foodplants of the 

 larva, method of pupation, rearing hints, etc. 



Then follows a list of the specific names in scientific order with 

 numbers attached as well as the family, genus and English name 

 (South's), so that the exact natural position of any species can readily 

 be ascertained. 



The last comprehensive table is an alphabetical list of both the 

 specific and English names, with cross references to the main table, 

 so that it is an easy matter to at once, with a gmall amount of effort, 

 find out exactly the information one wants to facilitate any projected 

 field work. 



In additon there is a list of food-plants, the names used, both 

 English and scientific, being those in the " Wayside and Woodland " 

 Series of volumes written by Edward Step. 



Every endeavour has been made to verify and obtain the latest 

 information, and the book cannot fail to be a veal assistance to the 

 collector in enabling him to quickly gain such an intimate acquaint- 

 ance with the life histories of our Macro-lepidoptera, as will hold him 

 in good stead in the real scientific work, which by its use he will be 

 the sooner able to commence, before his enthusiasm has been quelled 

 by the length of time so often taken in mastering the preliminary 

 field-work.— H.J.T. 



