RECENT LITERATURE. 31 



of a somewhat dull coloration, from Shorncliffe, and a series of B. perla, 

 including one particularly dark form. — Mr. W. J. Kaye, two species of 

 Lepidoptera new to science, discovered by him at Bartica, British 

 Guiana, during a collecting expedition this year, viz. Fapilio sp.? 

 near F. latinus, and a Sphingid Ambulyx sp. ? near A. strigUu. — Mr. 

 H. Moore, specimens of Sphinx convolvuli taken at Rotherhithe this 

 autumn, and an example of S. litjustri bred from a larva found in the 

 same place. — Messrs. Harrison and Main, six specimens of -S. ro?it'o/r«Zi 

 taken at the electric lights on the Romford Road, E. — Mr. R. Adkin, 

 bred series of Plusia muneta from larvcB found in a garden at Bexley, 

 and a bred series of P. gamma from eggs laid by a female which flew 

 into his house. He contributed notes on the occurrence, feeding, and 

 habits of the latter species. Mr. Adkin also showed a series of Boarnda 

 repandata taken by Mr. McArthur in the Isle of Lewis in 1901. The 

 latter gentleman exhibited the same species, captured in 1887 and 

 1901 in the same place ; also a case set up to show the resting habit of 

 the species on the rocks. He also showed a series of Melauippe sociata 

 var. ubscurata from the same locality. — Mr. Main, an unusually large 

 specimen of the spider Tegenaria domestica. — Dr. Chapman, Jir;oM^ia 

 urania, a beautiful North American Noctuid he had bred, and three 

 New Zealand specimens of a species of Oeketicus. 



November ith. — Mr. W. J. Lucas, B.A., Vice-President, in the chair. 

 Mr. Lowe, of Putney, was elected a member. — Messrs. Harrison and 

 Main exhibited a long bred series of Agriopis aprilina from the 

 New Forest, and series of Calocainpa exoleta from Delamere Forest. — 

 Mr. Moore, a trap-door spider's nest from Corfu. — Dr. Chapman, long 

 and varied series of Purnassius apollo and P. delius from various 

 European localities, with many intermediate forms. — Mr. Percy F. 

 Smith gave a lecture on " Spiders," illustrated with a large number of 

 lantern slides. — Hy. J. Turner, Hon. Report Sec. 



RECENT LITERATURE. 



D. W. CoQuiLLETT. A Systematic Arrangement of the Families of the 

 Diptera. (1901 Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. xxiii. pp. 653-8.) 



The old Latreilleian primary divisions (1805) are adopted, with 

 names '^ Proboscidea" and '' Epruboscidea" (Pupipara).''' The latter 

 embraces the families Nycteribiidas and Hippoboscidre, and is con- 

 sidered to differ so importantly from the other forms in structure, 

 habits, and reproduction, as to justify its separation into a group 

 equivalent to all the other Diptera. The Tipulidfe are placed at the 

 lowest rung of the Proboscidea, on account of their " comparatively 

 large size, elongated form, weak organization, numerous, many- 

 branched veins, and long, many-jointed antennae." At the head 

 are the Borboridte, a family of Muscse Acalypterse. 



The Proboscidea comprehend the Orthorhapha and Cyclorhapha ; 

 the former with two subsections, Nemocera (Tipuloidea with eight 



* The name "Proboscidea" as limited by Latreille and Coquillett is 

 much more extensive than that of Scbiner aud other dipterists. 



