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melanic example of Depressaria aiJlana, from Carlisle. — Mr. A. E. 

 Tonge, a living specimen of CaUo2)hrys avis, bred ab ovo. — Mr. 

 Edwards, examples of the closely allied Ornithoptera 0. lydius and 

 0. croesus. — Mr. H. Main, the larva of the alder-fly, Sialis lutaria. — 

 H. J. Turner, Hon. Beport. Secretary. 



RECENT LITERATURE. 



Batter fly -Hunting in Many Lands : Notes of a Field Naturalist. 

 By George B. Longstafp, M.A., M.D., F.R.C.P., F.G.S., &c. 

 To which are added Translations of Papers by Fritz Muller 

 on the Scent-organs of Butterflies and Moths : with a Note by 

 E. B. PouLTON, D.Sc, F.R.S. Pp.-xviii, 1-728. Plates i-xvi 

 (seven coloured). London : Longmans, Green, & Co. 1912. 



Of the ten chapters into which this handsome volume is divided, 

 the first, entitled " Some Early Reminiscences," treats mainly of the 

 author's field-work in various British localities. Among other inte- 

 resting captures mentioned in this section we note— eighteen larvae 

 of Orgyia gonostigma on Wimbledon Common (1864) ; Anticlea 

 rubidata, Wimbledon Common (1865) ; Leticophasia sinapis, Lynd- 

 hurst (1865) ; Boarmia abietaria, Rugby (1866 or 7) ; and Macaria 

 notata, Combe Wood (1867). 



In chapters ii-ix the author's impressions of the countries he 

 travelled through, and the entomological observations he made 

 therein, are chronicled in narrative form. Not only as regards 

 butterflies, but every insect that presented itself to his notice seems 

 to have been annexed, accurately identified, and its name entered in 

 these interesting accounts of the author's wanderings in many lands. 

 India and Ceylon were visited in 1903-4 ; China, Japan, and Canada in 

 1904 ; Algeria in 1905 ; South Africa in 1905 ; West Indies and South 

 America in 1906-7 ; and New Zealand and Australia in 1910. 



Under the heading " Butterfly Bionomics " (chapter x. pp. 489- 

 600) are brought together valuable notes on several exceedingly 

 interesting subjects such as Scents, Tenacity of Life, Successful 

 Mimicry, Peculiarities of Life, Attitudes at Rest, Seasonal Forms, &c. 



A series of papers on scent-organs in Lepidoptera (twelve in 

 number) by the distinguished naturalist Fritz Muller, who died in 

 1897, form the Appendix (pp. 601-666). These papers, some written 

 in German, others in Portuguese, have been ably translated by Mr. 

 Ernest A. Elliott, and English students will be grateful to him, as 

 well as to Dr. Longstaff, for their publication in the present volume. 

 The Appendix, which is prefaced by an introductory note written by 

 Professor Poulton, D.Sc, F.R.S. , is illustrated by nine plates. 



We can heartily commend this capital volume of travel and 

 entomology. It is readable from cover to cover, highly interesting 

 throughout, and very instructive. If we were disposed to cavil at 

 aught, we might take exception to the title, which does not appear 

 to present an adequate conception of the contents of the book. 



The six excellent coloured plates, drawn by Messrs. Horace and 

 Edgar S. Knight, represent some forty-eight species belonging to 

 various Orders, and include twenty-two novelties. 



