96 THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 



paper entitled "The Identity of the British Xojiagria neurica," in 

 which he showed that Hiibner figured two different species under this 

 name, and proved that the insect at present known in Britain as 

 N. neurica is really var. arundineta (Schmidt) of 'Sonmjria dissoluta 

 (Treitschke) {^neurica, Hiibner, figs. 659-61, non 381, hessii, Bdv.), 

 and that the form regarded as ab. hessii is the type of .Y. dissoluta (Tr). 

 S. T. Bell, Hon. Sec. 



Lancashire and Cheshire Entomological Society. — The usual 

 monthly meeting of this Society was held in the Eoyal Institution, 

 Liverpool, on March 19th.— Mr. R. Wilding, Vice-President, occupied 

 the cliair. — A paper was read by Mr. W. Mansbridge, upon the Micro- 

 Lepidoptera of the Liverpool district. About seventy species were 

 dealt with, some of them new to the county list. Among the more 

 interesting records was that of the moth Myetois ceiatonicB and its 

 aberration pnjfrella, with an intermediate form ; these were bred from 

 larvffi found in dates purchased in Liverpool. Another interesting 

 insect was a specimen of Dionjctria abietclla, a very dark form captured 

 in Delamere Forest. A bred series of the local Tortrix, Peronea permu- 

 tana, from Wallasey, was also referred to by the author, who exhibited 

 most of the species noted in illustration of his paper. Other exhibits 

 were a series of Semasia loceheriana, bred by Mr. G. L. Cox, from larvsB 

 found in cherry-bark at Oxton ; Mr. E. J. B. Sopp, F.E.S., the exotic 

 cockroaches Nyctibora holosericea and Fanchlora virescens, from the 

 ship-canal docks at Manchester. — H. L. Sweeting & Wm. Mansbridge, 

 Hon. Sees. 



EECENT LITERATURE. 



The Lepidoptera of the British Islands. Vol. X. By Charles G. 

 Barrett. Pp. 381. London : Lovell Reeve & Co. 1905. 



Almost up to the day of his much lamented death, the author had 

 been engaged upon the present volume, nearly half of which had then 

 been published, in monthly parts, or was in the press. The remainder 

 of the MS. continuing the work up to the end of the Tortriciua was 

 found to be practically ready for publication, and, although the pages 

 were not numbered throughout, this had been done sufficiently far to 

 give a clue to what his intentions had been with regard to final arrange- 

 ment. It was decided therefore to continue publication of the work to 

 the end of the Group, and to adhere as closely as possible to the order 

 in which the papers were found to be set out. The present volume 

 deals with the Pyralidina — Phycitidje, Anerastiidje, Crambidae, and 

 Galleriidae ; and Tortriciua — Tortricidje, Cnephasidas, Lozoperidae, and 

 Sericoridae. 



The British Tortricina are an exceedingly interesting group, com- 

 prising a large number of species. Many of these are to be obtained com- 

 monly when once their habits are understood. We believe that it has 

 been solely owing to the absence of a guide such as this work will prove 

 to be that the group has been so long neglected, but we are sanguine 

 enough to believe that the time is not far distant when a more active 

 and widespread interest will be taken in our Tortrices. 



