210 THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 



REVIEWS. 

 Micro-Lepidoptera of Sufolk. Pamphlet by the Rev. E. N. 

 Bloomfield, Printed by Daniel & Co., St. Leonard's-on- 

 Sea, 1888. 



It is always pleasing to meet with anything from the pen of 

 this veteran entomologist, and although this is little more than a 

 mere list of species occurring in the county of Suffolk, it will be 

 useful as a basis for a fuller work at a later period. Even in iis 

 present form it should be known by those working in Suffolk ; 

 and we hope that at a later period, when the remainder of the list 

 of the Lepidopterous fauna of the county is published, the notes 

 will be largely amplified. Having this in view, it would greatly 

 help Mr. Bloomfield, if those who possess the material will for- 

 ward it for incorporation in the larger list, to his address, Guest- 

 ling, Hastings. — J. T. C. 



The Flora of Sussex. By the Rev. F. H. Arnold, M.A., LL.B. 

 London: Hamilton, Adams & Co. Chicliester: Wilms- 

 hurst. Price 8s. 6d. 



This Flora, the cheapest of the County Floras yet published, 

 may be of great use to Entomologists, as containing the 

 habitats of the food-plants of many rarer Lepidoptera. Amongst 

 these Sussex flowers may be mentioned the strong-scented let- 

 tuce {Lactuca virosa) ; the wild liquorice {Astragalus ghjcyphyllm), 

 said to be the food-plant of Xijlomiges coiispicillaris ; the black 

 mullein {Verbascum nigrum), which is almost confined to the 

 western part of Sussex ; the deadly nightshade {Atropa bella- 

 donna), which abounds at Harting; and the winter evergreen 

 {Pyrola minor), at Colworth. 



By the banks of several streams grows the great water- 

 dock {Rumex liydrolapaihum), a food-plant of Polyoinniatus dispar. 

 And by the way it may be noted that a startling rumour was 

 lately current that one had been taken in Hampshire, close 

 to the Sussex border. Anxious enquiry proved that this was 

 correct ; but the captor had obtained the coveted prize from the 

 cabinet of an old collector, and the specimen had formerly inha- 

 bited Whittlesea Mere. The ' Flora of Sussex ' is a portable 

 little volume, well suited for the pocket of the explorer. It 

 enumerates the plants of the arljacont counties as well as those 

 v/hich occur in the county itself. — J A. 



