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A Catalogue of the Lepidoptera of Northumberland, Durham, and 

 Newcastle-upon-Tyne. By John E. Robson. Vol ii. — Micro- 

 Lepidoptera. Part i. — Pyralidina and Tortricina. Pp. 106. 

 [Natural History Transactions of Northumberland, Durham, 

 and Newcastle-upon-Tyne. Vol. xv., part i.] Williams & Nor- 

 gate, London. 1905. 



Again we have to compliment the author on the very satisfactory 

 manner in which he has brought his work to its present stage. 

 "Micro" Lepidoptera are not favourites with the collector generally, 

 and the consequence of this is that the distribution in Britain of the 

 Pyralidina, Tortricina, and Tineina is only imperfectly known. This 

 unfortunate state of things has created a difficulty with which Mr. 

 Robson had to contend in the compilation of the instalment of this 

 list under notice. He has managed, however, to get information as 

 to the occurrence of nearly two hundred species of Tortricina in the 

 area discussed. Under Pyralidina seventy-six species are treated, but 

 of these some had been referred to in previous sections, and one or two 

 belong to the Noctuina. We shall be glad to see the remainder of this 

 important catalogue. 



The Insects of Jethou, pp. 1-3 ; The Insects of Herm, pp. 1-14 ; and 

 the Fauna and Flora of the Samian Islands, pp. 1-6. 

 The above are three reprints from the ' Transactions ' of the 

 Guernsey Society of Natural Science for 1904. The first two are by 

 W. A. Luff, but the third is without compiler's name. 



Transactions of the Hertfordshire Natural History Society and Field Club. 

 Edited by John Hopkinson, F.L.S., F.G.S., &c. Vol xii., part 

 iv, pp. 137-168. London : Dulau & Co. 1905. 

 Among the contents are several papers on entomological subjects ; 

 two of these deal with the Coleoptera found in the county, one by Mr. 

 A. E. Gibbs and the other by Mr. E. George Elliman. The former 

 author also gives some very interesting notes on Lepidoptera observed 

 in Hertfordshire in the year 1904, a resume of which was published in 

 this Journal last year (xxxvii. 139). There is also " Notes on 

 Variation in Melitaa aurinia" by Mr. V. P. Kitchin, which is ac- 

 companied by a plate. 



Transactions of the City of London Entomological and Natural History 

 Society for the year 1904. Pp. 1-56. The Society : London 

 Institution, Finsbury Circus, E.C. 

 In addition to a large amount of exceedingly useful matter com- 

 prised in the " Reports of Meetings," the present volume contains the 

 following papers : — " Are the attacks of Lepidopterous Larva) beneficial 

 to the plants they attack? " by Dr. Chapman; " Venusia cambrica and 

 its Alles," and " Supplementary Notes on Cidaria," both by Mr. L. B. 

 Prout ; and " Aid to the Study of Lepidopterous Leaf-miners," by Mr. 

 Alfred Sich. All these are of much importance to the student, and 

 will be of considerable interest generally. 



