312 ' [December, 



I had been sheltering for a long time under a spreading beecli tree in the wood close 

 by Dunford Bridge railway station, and on coining from beneath the tree tapped 

 one of the side branches with my stick, when ont flew a Trichopteron, which was at 

 once netted, and proved to be Stenophyhix alpestris. A short time longer was spent 

 in the rain among the dripping foliage, but no farther specimen was seen, so far as I 

 then knew. A few days ago, however, Mr. W. Mansbridge, of Horsforth, Leeds, 

 who was one of the members attending the excursion, brought me a box of Neu- 

 roptera, &c., he had kindly pinned for me when collecting Lepidoptera in various 

 localities, and among them was an alpesiris, labelled " Dunford Bridge, July 9th." 

 I was unable to visit the locality again until July 30th, when I could find no trace 

 of the species, and it was evidently over. Probably the beginning of June to the 

 middle of July will prove to be the right time for it. — GrEO. T. Porritt, Hudders- 

 field : November 5th, 1892. 



Catalogue of Eastern and Australian Lepidoptera-Heterocera, in the 

 collection of the Oxford University Museum : by Col. C. Swinhoe, F.L.S., &c. 

 Part i, Sphinges and Bombyces : large 8vo, pp. 324, with eight chromo-litho. plates. 

 Oxford : Clarendon Press, 1892. 



This work was undertaken at the request of Prof. Westwood, and is a valuable 

 addition to the systematic literature on Eastern and Australian Moths, more es- 

 pecially as hosts of Walker's types, principally from the eastern islands, are lying 

 in the Oxford Museum. Colonel Swinhoe's reputation as an authority on eastern 

 Lepidoptera is sufficient guarantee that the task he has undertaken will be well done. 



Over 1400 species are enumerated, with full synonymy (a very valuable point). 

 Of these, a certain proportion are new. As to the getting up we need say nothing, 

 as the work is issued from the Clarendon Press. The plates indicate over 140 species, 

 of which probably the majority are Walker's, drawn by Mr. F. C. Moore, whose 

 experience in this line is very great. It is the first time, we think, that we have 

 come across " veination " as a structural character, used in place of " venation," 

 an innovation much to be deplored, and which, at first, we put down as a misprint. 

 There are, however, several serious " misprints," which we are at a loss to account 

 for, such as " Hearsay " for " Hearsey," and " Stoudinger " for " Staudinger," both 

 of which are persistent, and therefore consistent. Namaqua Land (p. 23) is in South 

 Africa, and outside the author's province. 



YEaETABLE Wasps AND Plant Worms ; a popular history of Entomogenous 

 Eungi, or Fungi parasitic upon Insects : by M. C. Cooke, M.A., LL.D., A.L.S. 

 Pp. 364, 8vo, with numerous illustrations. London: Society for Promoting Christian 

 Knowledge, 1892. 



We are sorry the Society under whose auspices this book is issued should have 

 damaged a really important and valuable work by means of the catch-penny title 

 indicated above by the words in capitals. We understand the author is not respon- 

 sible for this, and intended that the sub-title should be used. The old colonists in 

 New Zealand used to speak of the " Yegetable Caterpillar," but in ignorance of the 



