224 THE rntomologist's rkcord. 



var. asliirnrtliii, a splendid ab. of /Uplialin ridcufi, having the base 

 and apex broadly light, and the central fascia very dark, and 

 a Noctuid which is probably an ab. of Af/rotis af/at/dna. Mr. Prince: 

 series of lloiuhiix trifolii, and two Li'Uroma salicis, with the outer 

 margins of the fore-wings suffused with smoky black. Mr H. 

 Bickerton Jones: series of Lcucania Uttoralis and iJasi/c/iira fascdi)ia, 

 including two asymmetrical ^ s, both having black blotches on the 

 costa of the left upper- wing ; also a box of Geometrids, including 

 Psixlos tirpidan'a, tiijria auroraria, Asthoia blomeri, Lohophora viretata 

 and Phihalaptcii/.r lapidata. Mr. F. N. Pierce : abs. of CJiri/sophanm 

 phlocax, and a curious malformation of Strenia dathrafa. Dr. J. 

 Harold Bailey : a collection of Coleoptera, from the banks of the 

 Ribble, including Bli'dim .subtrrraneus and ]>. pallipcs, and Ti'li'phorus 

 pahuhimn, which is new to Lancashire. — H. Bickerton .Tones, Jion. 

 Sec, 180, Lodge Lane, Liverpool. 



The Xoi:th London Natural History Society. — The 5th Annual 

 Pocket-Box Exhibition was held on Thursday, September 29th, IHOG. 

 Mr. R. W. Bobbins exhibited I'aniassius apolln, several Erebias, 

 Lycfenas, etc., from Lucerne ; also British Lepidoptera, including 

 Boinbijx trifolii, from Lyndhurst ; Stmiropm fatji, from Oxshott, etc. ; 

 Mr. Battley exhibited specimens of Sena cliri/sidifoyini.s, 'J'apinustula 

 viorrisii (^hnndii), Xi/lophasia subliistria, Lithosia uriscola, Eupithccia 

 (■(inniata, and Aciilalia imitaria, from Folkestone; also Lithosia 

 coiiiplana, L. iiicsoiiifila, Minoa murinata, and ficrminia deriralis, from 

 Canterbury. 



Jg^EYIEWS AND NOTICES OF BOOKS. 



DiK Saturniiden (Nachtpfauenaugen), by A. Radclifte Grote, M.A. 

 Mit 3 Tafeln und 18 Zinkographien. Juni 1896. [Published by 

 August Jax, Hildesheim. Price 8 marks] . — This is an excellent 

 piece of work, being a revision of the Saturniikes, and is notable as 

 containing the first illustrations of living Lepidoptera by means of 

 photography. Scientifically, it demonstrates the fact that there are 

 only two families in this super-family, riz., Saturniid.e and Agliid.e. 

 It attempts to show, from the study of the newly-hatched larvae of 

 Kndnmris and of Jloiubi/x viori, that these are not Saturniids, but are 

 allied to the Lasiocampids, and belong, in reality, to the superfamily 

 Agrotides, as defined in the Sijstema Hildesiae, but which is now 

 called BoMBYCiDEs. To those who are working at this superfamily, 

 the publication is indispensable, and the Catalogue of the Saturniids 

 of America and Europe, with their distribution, etc., is excellently 

 worked out. The photographic illustrations, referred to above, are 

 exceedingly good, as also are the illustrations (antennae, neuration, etc.) 

 scattered throughout the book. 



Errata.— p. 162, line 12, for " 155," read " 133 "; p. 175. line 2, for " 13th," 

 read " 18th." 



The NEURATION OF Sphinx ligustri. — On comparing my original 

 drawings with i';«^ liec, Vol. viii., Plate i., I find that fig. 7 (Sjdiiii.r 

 li(imt)-i) wants another hind-wing nervule close to the lower margin 

 (there should bo two nervules). This escaped my notice when I 

 examined the proof. I have rectified my own copy by filling in with 

 ink, the required nervule. — Ambrose Quail, Sej)t. 22)id, 1896, 



