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Braconid parasites. Prof. Poulton said that he had also been shown, 

 by Mr. J. H. Durrant, similar spherical bodies scattered over the 

 cocoon of the Tineid moth Mannaro aalirtella. The food of the 



CARNIVOROUS LyC^NID LARVA, SpALGIS LEMOLEA, H. H. DrUCE 



(S. sktNata, Holland). — Prof. Poulton exhibited specimens and gave 

 an account of observations sent by Mr. Lamborn, which threw further 

 light on the letter written January, 1891, by the Rev. A. C. Good, 

 Ph.D., from West Africa, from which ])v. W. J. Holland had inferred 

 that the larvae of S. letnolea are aphidivorous ; extracts from Mr. 

 Laraborn's letters, together with an investigation of his material, 

 indicate that their food consists of ('i)ccidae. Brazilian Syntomids. — 

 Mr. W. J. Kaye exhibited a drawer full of Syntomidac that had been 

 collected by himself in south Brazil in the early part of 1910. The 

 following papers were read : — " On the yirtitan>i Group of the genus 

 Hi/t(roecia, Gn.," by the Rev. C. R. N. Burrows, and "On the Dates of 

 the Publications of the Entomological Society," by the Rev. G. 

 Wheeler, M.A., F.Z.H. 



:^EYIEWS AND NOTICES OF BOOKS. 



Social Life in the Insect World. — By J. H. Fabre (Illustrated). 

 Price 10s. 6d. Published by T. Fisher Unwin, 1, Adelphi Terrace, 

 London, W.C. 



To those acquainted with Mons. J. H. Fabre's previous writings 

 there is no need to recommend this, his latest achievement. In other 

 words " good wine needs no bush." Mons. Fabre has the singular 

 felicity of being able to write about his observations with literary skill 

 combined with scientific accuracy. His experiments (vide Chaps. 14 

 and 15) show that he has lost none of his skill as an investigator of a 

 high order, at once tenacious of purpose and fertile in resource. 

 This work is simply a confirmation of his well-known aptitude. 

 Where Reaumur failed, Fabre succeeded {vide pp. 55 ct aeq.). We can 

 conceive of no book better calculated to convert a mere collector into a 

 real student of nature. All entomologists will, we hope and expect, 

 read the book with delight and profit. Mons. Fabre refuses to confine 

 his observations within the ring fence of a single Order of insects. 

 He prefers to roam tbe Insect World at large. Hence he gives us 

 many new and interesting records relating to The Mantis {Mantin 

 reliijiosa, Iwnn.), The Field Cricket, The Sisyphus Beetle, The Great 

 Peacock or Emperor Moth, The Oak Eggar, The Pine Chafer 

 {MeUdontha Julio, Linn.), etc. 



It is to be regretted that the translator has failed to differentiate a 

 "moth" from a "butterfly," and further renders the "Golden Carabus" 

 as the " Golden Scarabeus." Whilst these lapses do not detract from 

 the absorbing interest of the book, they tend to give the reader 

 purposeless mental shocks. - (H.E. P.) 



Butterfly-hunting in many Lands. — Bv Geo. B. Longstatt", M.A,, 

 M.D., Oxon ; F.R.C.P., F.S.A., F.G.S., late Vice-Pres. Entomological 

 Society of London, etc. (with 16 plates, 7 coloured). Price 21s. 

 Published by Longmans, Green and Co., 39, Paternoster Row, London. 



The author in his Preface says his work appeals only to entomo- 

 logists. We opine that he will find it appeal very strongly. 



All entomologists are of necessity travellers. But among his peers 

 Dr. Longstaflf is facile piiiici'ps, inasmuch as there are none that we 



