﻿308 THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 



Proceedings of the South London Entomological and Natural History 

 Society, 1911-12. Pp. i-xvi, 1-104, with four plates. Pub- 

 lished by the Society, Hibernia Chambers, London Bridge, S.B. 

 The ' Proceedings ' of this Society for the past Session contain an 

 interesting Presidential Address by Mr. W. J. Kaye, F.E.S., dealing 

 with the effect of last summer's abnormal temperatures upon the 

 abundance or otherwise of insect-life, and also, shortly, with many 

 very interesting facts connected with Mimicry, chiefly among Lepi- 

 doptera. We notice with regret that beyond a short but interesting 

 paper by Mr. Lucas on "The Bracken," and some " Notes on the 

 Season " by Mr. Adkin, there is a dearth of those papers which 

 usually so greatly enhance the scientific value of the Society's pub- 

 lication. There is, however, a large mass of very interesting observa- 

 tions recorded in the Reports of the Meetings well worth perusal, 

 and we must not forget the excellent Index. N D R 



Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalcence in the British Museum. Vol. xi. 

 By Sir George F. Hampson, Bart. London : Printed by Order 

 of the Trustees. 1912. 



The Eutelianae, Stictopterinae, Sarrothripinse, and Acontianee are 

 treated in the present volume. 



In the first subfamily there are one hundred and seventy-five 

 species, and these are assigned to twelve genera, Eutelia, Hiibn., and 

 PcBctes, Hiibn., receiving over one hundred species between them. 



Eurhipia, Boisd. (t. adulatrix, Hb.), Pencillaria, Guen. (t. abla- 

 trix, Guen.), Eleale, Walk. (t. plusioides, Walk.), Bipogenus, Grote 

 (t. pulcherrima, Grote), Phalga, Moore (t. sinuosa, Moore), Zohia, 

 Saalm. (t. snelleni, Saalm.), Targallodes, Holl. (t. oculatrix, Saalm.), 

 Silacida, Swinh. (t. inextricata, Moore), Atacira, Swinh. (t, approxi- 

 mata, Walk.), and Alotsa, Swinh. {t. discistriga, Walk.), are all merged 

 in Eutelia, Hiibn. (t. adnlatrix, Hiibn.). 



Thirty-four species are referred to Stictoptera, Guen. (t. cuciiUoides, 

 Guen.), and thirty-five to Lophoptera, Guen. (t. squammigera, Guen.). 

 The remainder of the species, forty-three in number, belonging to the 

 second subfamily, are distributed among eight other genera, including 

 Stenosticta, Hamp., a new genus, the type of which is grisea, sp. n., 

 from British East Africa. 



Sarrothripus, Curt. (t. revayana, Scop.) comprises only twenty- 

 four of the three hundred and thirty species placed in the third sub- 

 family. Of the other fifty-seven genex-a twenty-one are new, and as 

 regards fifteen of them have been founded for single species. 



In the fourth subfamily there are six species fewer than in the 

 preceding, but the number of genera extends to seventy, of which at 

 least sixteen are new. The largest genus appears to be Carea, Walk, 

 (t. varipes, Walk.), with forty-five species, and next to this is Earias, 

 Hiibn. (t. chlorana, Linn.), with twenty-four species. 



Altogether nine hundred and forty- one species are presented in 

 this volume, which is the eighth of the series dealing with Noctuidse. 

 This brings the total number of species in this family so far considered 

 up to something over seven thousand species. 



An Atlas of eighteen beautiful plates accompanies the volume. 



