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in having a long tale of such helpers, and the series of annual volumes 

 for the past thirty years is a lasting testimony of the fact. In spite of 

 the size of the volume being less, the plates not so numerous and less 

 papers published, the present annual volume is by no means wanting 

 in interest and usefulness. The year has been marked by one of the 

 finest and largest pocket-box exhibitions ever held under the auspices 

 of the Society. One hundred and three members and friends were 

 present, of whom more than thirty-five brought exhibits. Anothei' 

 strong feature of the year was the special exhibition of Ituniirio jjldaeos 

 and its allies held in December at the suggestion of the President, 

 Mr. W. J. Kaye. The result was most satisfactory, a very fine and 

 unique exhibition was arranged to which most of the well-known 

 entomologists within reach of London contributed of their best. On 

 other occasions most educative and comprehensive exhibits were made, 

 ('.//., Geographical races and comparative series of Mfhoiarfiia ualathea 

 by Mr. J. Piatt Barrett, the unravelling of the tangle concerning the 

 correct determination of lAipeiina iiiiciieei by Mr. Hy. J. Turner, the 

 comparison of the island forms of Rhopalocera from Corsica with 

 British forms of the same species byMr. A. E.Gibbs, the range of variation 

 produced by Pieria napi during the year 1911, by Mr. T. H. L. 

 Grosvenor, the hybrids produced by the crossings of Xyssia and Bisto)! 

 by Mr. R. Adkin, the breeding of Aidcrta nebidoso from a Mendelian 

 standpoint by Messrs. A. Harrison and H. Main, etc. The Annual 

 Address, read by Mr. ^V. .J. Kaye, deals in the first place with the 

 influence which the remarkably high temperature and continuous sun- 

 shine during the year 1911 has had upon the abundance oi otherwise 

 of the Lepidoptera, and in the second place with the vexed subject 

 " Mimicry," which he was able to illustrate very lucidly from his own 

 experiences gained during his entomological trip to S. Brazil in 1910. 

 A glance round the room at one of the ordinary meetings of the Ento- 

 mological Society of London reveals to one that no small proportion 

 of the Fellows present "matriculated " in the South London Entomo- 

 logical Society, a substantial and lasting testimony to the early 

 training, and the permanent interest aroused in biological science by 

 the associations induced under the auspices of this Society. — H.J.T. 



Lepidoptoru.m CataloctUS : edited by Chr. Aurivillius and H. 

 Wagner. W. Junk, Bkrlin, W. — If one may judge from the first 

 six parts, which have so far appeared, this most comprehensive work 

 bids fair to be of the utmost use to the syst'.'matist and student of the 

 order Lepidoptera. It will take the place of all such valuable sectional 

 works as Kirby s St/nonj/inir (!ataln(/iic of Rhopaloceia, Staiidimjcr and 

 RebeVa Cataloijiie of the Palaearctic lietiion, Menf/eVs Catalogue of the 

 Eriicinidae, etc., bringing everything up-to-date, and will mark a 

 standpoint from which all future work must be commenced and 

 constitute a volume which workers in everj' branch of Lepidopterology 

 will have to consult for most of their references whether systemic or 

 biological. 



The Catalogue will contain the names, synonyms, varieties, the 

 chief refei'ences, and the geographical distribution of all the species of 

 Lepidoptera of the whole world, known up to the date of publication 

 of the various sections. For each of the families the leading specialist is 

 chosen, and each part embracing one family or group is a complete work 

 in itself, with its own independent title page and index. Already six 



