812 THE entomologist's record. 



Introduction of the Insect Enemies of the Brown-tail Moth [Kuiiroctis 

 ehri/.wrr/ioca, L.) into New Brunswick," by J. D. Tothill. 



Fascicule 4 of volume II. of the Hull. Soc. Lep. Genh-e has been 

 issued with the index completing the volume and the ('omiite Rendu 

 (It's Seances for 1912. There are three plates two of which are drawn 

 and coloured by M. J. Culot in his usual exquisite style. One is a 

 plate of local forms and aberrations of Western Palfearctic butterflies, 

 the other contains a series of beautiful figures of the species 

 illustrating a further paper by Dr. Reverdin, " Notes on the genera 

 Hesperia and i'arcliarodiis." M. Marcel Rehfous contributes an 

 article, " Contribution to the study of Li/caena ci/llarns, Rott., Biological 

 Observation ;" Prof. Chas. Blachier, the Editor, writes a series of 

 " Notes on some butterflies of Algeria and Morocco ; " and Dr. Arnold 

 Pictet gives accounts at considerable length of his (1) " Experiments 

 on the hibernation of Lasiocainpa tjiiercus," (2) " Experiments on the 

 resistance to cold and longelivity of Lepidoptera, in the adult stage." 

 The Ihtlletin is certainly one of the best of the continental productions. 

 The Knto)noloi/ical News for October is a very interesting number. 

 It contains a plate of two figures of abnormal specimens of Samia, the 

 aberration of 8. cecropia having a fifth wing. It was a bred specimen, 

 the supernumerary wing being quite independent and a complete 

 repetition of the left secondary wing, markings and all. Among the 

 more attractive papers are a continuation of A. A. Girault's " Fragments 

 on North American Insects," "The Butterflies of Omaha," by R. A. 

 Leussler, " Some Beetles reared from a Dead Elm Stick," by Dayton 

 Stoner, " Notes on some N. American Noctnidae, by F. H. Wolley-Dod 

 and " Some Ticks from Florida " by F. C. Bishop. 



In the last two parts of the Knt. Mitt. (September and October) 

 further considerable instalments are made in the Entomological Fauna 

 of Formosa; G. Warneche gives "Notes on a melanic form of 

 Ct/inatophora or," from the neighbourhood of Hamburg-Altona, and 

 named ab. albiiu/ensis : Fritz Wagner complete his account of the 

 butterflies of Sary-Dschas (Central Asia); Dr. L. G. Courvoisier writes 

 on "A few new or little known Lijcaena Forms from the Pahiearctic 

 Region " ; E. Meyrick describes a small collection of Micro-lepidoptera 

 made by M. von 0. Leonhard, in Tunis. 



In the Knt. Mo. Mckj. for August, September, and October, a long 

 series of "Notes on Lepidoptera from Gibraltar and the surrounding 

 country," is contributed by Capt. J. J. Jacobs, R.E. (retd.), F.E.S. 



In the Ivnt. Mo. Maij. for October, Mr. Norman H. Joy announces 

 two species of Xantholhius as new to science, viz., X. sitbstri(/osiis, in 

 Mr. Tomlin's collection labelled Peckham, and A', scoticus from 

 Inverness-shire and Sutherland. 



We are much pleased to hear that Mr. H. Eltringham, M.A., 

 F.E.S., who is well-known for his able "Monograph of the genus 

 Acraea," published in the Transactions of the Kntomohy/ical Society 

 of London, has just received the degree of D.Sc. at the Ancient House 

 of Congregation, Oxford. The above named work and various 

 contributions which he had made to the Theory of Mimicry were 

 submitted to the examiners. 



Dr. Burr has forwarded an extremely good sample of the rubbish 

 that is consistently dealt out to the public in our daily newspapers on 

 all matters of natural history. There are four illustrations, headed 



