208 [September, 



and other small sea-weeds. This is, T believe, the first record of C/itnio marinus 

 from Scotland and the east coast of Britain. References to the occurrence of the 

 insect on the coasts of Ireland, Isle of Man, and the South of England will be 

 found in this Magazine for the years 1894 and l'.)(>3. — William Evans, 38, 

 Morningside Park, Edinburgh: July 2ith, 1908. 



Nephroeerus flavicomis, '/At., at Lyndhurst. — After a lapse of eleven years 

 I have once more had the good fortune to take, on July 28th last, in my garden 

 here, a ? specimen of this rare Dipteron. — h\ C. Adams, Fern Cottage, Lyndhurst : 

 August 2nd, 1908. 



Ukuieur. 



Pkactical Hints fob the Field Lepidopteeist : by J. W. Tutt, F.E.S. 

 Second Edition, Part I. London : Elliot Stock, 62, Paternoster Row, E.C. 

 Berlin : R. Friedlander & Sohn. April, 1908. 



In a previous number of this Magazine (vol. xli, p. 73) we had the pleasure 

 of noticing Mr. Tutt's very useful and comprehensive work under the above title. 

 The first edition of ' : Practical Hints " being now in the hands of nearly every advanced 

 student of the Order Lepidoptera in our Islands, and thus being out of print, the 

 indefatigable compiler has found time in the intervals of the other work on which 

 he is engaged to bring out a new edition. This is substantially the same as the 

 first, with the addition to Part I of several Chapters, separately paged (1) — (28), 

 dealing with matters of general interest to the Lepidopterist ; and it is with these 

 new chapters that we are now mostly concerned. The first is devoted to the 

 apparatus required for a day's work in the field, according to the author's experience 

 of many years ; and Chapter II is occupied with the various methods of killing 

 Lepidopterous insects in the best condition for setting. The old-fashioned but very 

 useful " laurel-jar " is described on p. (6) ; but in our own experience we find the 

 laurel equally effective and much less likely to "go wrong" when simply cut up 

 finely and not bruised as recommended. Chapter III deals with " Pinning," and 

 in the next chapter the case for the various kinds of pins— enamelled black, gilt, 

 and plain white or "silvered " — is decided in favour of the first-named, though we 

 notice that the Curators of most, if not all, the chief public collections are unswerv- 

 ing in their adherence to the last, as well as to the " high setting " alluded to on 

 p. (19) in the very interesting and practical Chapter V on " Setting Lepidoptera." 

 The methods and importance of labelling form the subject of Chapter VI, especial 

 reference being made to the elaborate and detailed system in use in the " Hope 

 Department " of the Oxford University Museum. Chapter VII, entitled " Holiday 

 Collecting," contains on p. (28) a very useful reference list, compiled by the Rev. 

 C. N. Burrows, of papers and notes on the more famous British and Alpine localities, 

 contributed to the " Entomologist's Record." As before, the work is interleaved 

 for the collector's own notes ; and we heartily wish this new edition the same 

 success as its predecessor has deservedly gained. 



