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white strife, one on costa of secondaries, and another just ahove centre 

 of primaries ; also larvas of this species found feeding on Genista an- 

 glica and heather blossoms. — Mr. A. W. Mera, Malacosoma (Bombyx) 

 castrensis from Essex, including a unicolorous buff aberration. — Mr. 

 J. Eiches, a series of Plusia moneta from Hornsey. 



September 15th. — Mr. J. A. Clark exhibited Sirex juvencus, female, 

 two and a quarter inches across, taken in his garden at Crouch End. 

 — Mr. T. H. L. Grosvenor, variable series of Gmionympha iMmpliilus, 

 including specimen with ocelli on under side of fore wings obsolete. 

 — Dr. G. G. C. Hodgson, pupjfi of Lyccena bellargus in lightly-spun 

 cocoons of silk and leaves ; also a bleached Argynnis euphrosyne, 

 Sussex, May, 1908. — Mr. G. H. Heath, Anosia plexiiypus found dead 

 in the grass at Sandown, Isle of Wight, September 13th, 1908, while 

 searching at night for Aporopliyla australis. — Mr. L. W. Newman, 

 Crimodes exulis, from Shetlands, including a specimen of female, 

 which is rarely met with ; a variable lot of Abraxas grossulariata, 

 including var. varleyata, from Yorks ; Argynnis j^^phia ab., with 

 upper wings suffused wnth black, save for small area at base ; and a 

 yellow Arctia dominula — -in connection wnth the latter exhibit, Mr. 

 Newman stated that the imagines raised from a pairing of same with 

 type proved to be all typical, but the progeny of these typical speci- 

 mens included twenty-five per cent, of the yellow form. — Mr. C. P. 

 Pickett, Epinephele hyperanthus var. obsoleta, Dawlish, July, 1908 ; 

 also Caviptogramma bilineata, with inner line on upper wings much 

 accentuated, so as to form a black blotch. — Mr. L. B. Prout, Zonosoma 

 linearia, from Ashford, showing a somewhat similar exaggeration of 

 central line on fore wings. — Several members mentioned having re- 

 ceived advice from friends, entomological and otherwise, on the south 

 coast of large immigrations of Pieridae. — S. J. Bell, Hon. Sec. 



RECENT LITERATURE. 



Forest Entomology. By A. T. Gillandees, F.E.S., Woods Manager 

 to His Grace the Duke of Northumberland, K.G. Pp. i-xxii 

 and 1-422 ; with 351 illustrations in the text. Edinburgh and 

 London : William Blackwood & Sons. 1908. Price 15s. net. 



This well-illustrated volume opens with some general remarks 

 on classification, life-history, and structure of insects. Then we 

 have ten chapters as follows: — 1. Eriophyid® (Gall-mites); 2 and 

 3. Coleoptera ; 4 and 5. Hymenoptera (oak-galls, sawflies, &c.) ; 

 6. Cocciclae ; 7. Lepidoptera ; 8. Aphididss ; 9. Diptera. Chapter 10 

 is divided into Part 1. Psylhdae, and Part 2. Cicadidas. Chapters 

 11-13 deal with Collecting, Preparation and Mounting, Insecticides, 

 &c., and Beneficial Insects. A list of trees and their injurious insects 

 comprises Chapter 14. There is also an index of six pages. 



Perhaps the best chapters are those on the Coleoptera, especially 

 that in which the Scolytidae are considered, and the Hymenoptera. 

 The order Lepidoptera is not treated at any great length, and the 



