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April nth. — Mr. C, P. Pickett, Pararge egeria, third brood, bred 

 August, 1904, and their descendants, which passed the winter as pupte 

 and emerged in March and April, 1905. — Mr. T. H. Hamling, larvae of 

 C. dominula, from Kingsdown, Kent, where he had also found larvae of 

 Liparis chrysorrhcea plentiful. — S. T. Bell, Hon. Sec. 



KECENT LITEEATURE. 



Proceedings of the South London Entomological and Natural History Society. 



1905-6. Pp. i-xvi, 1-123. With Plates, Diagrams, and Map. 



The Society's Rooms, Hibernia Chambers, Loudon Bridge. 1906. 

 Among the papers of special interest to the entomologist are — 

 «' Our British Plume Moths," by Mr. J. W. Tutt ; " On the Length- 

 ened Period of the Pupal Stage in sundry Species of Lepidoptera," by 

 Mr. R. Adkin; " The Genus Eurymus (Colias)," by Mr. H. J. Turner. 

 In the Presidential Address, Mr. Hugh Main refers to the increased 

 attention now given to the early stages of Lepidoptera, and he touches 

 on the Meudelian hypothesis in regard to insects. 



There are also among the papers and other contents of this volume 

 a resume of a lecture by Mr. D. J. Scourfield on Mendel's Law of 

 Heredity, and Reports of the Field Meetings held during the year. 

 Mr. Adkin's account of the Seal meeting is accompanied by a map 

 of the district, as well as two plates showing some of the "Chart" 

 scenery ; the latter are from photographs taken by Mr. Step. 



The Natural History of Selborne. By the Rev. Gilbert White, M.A. 



Rearranged, classified in subjects by Charles Mosley. Crown 



8vo, pp. 266. London : Elliot Stock. 1905. 

 This popular work was first published in the year 1789, and since 

 that time it has passed through many and various editions. In the 

 present volume the celebrated letters have been arranged under 

 the different subjects to which they refer. Thus in reference to insects 

 (Entomology), the few letters in which various species are mentioned 

 are given in their original sequence, but are arranged under the 

 names of the orders to which the species belong. There is a useful 

 index, and a facsimile reproduction of the original frontispiece. 



AVe have also received the following : — 

 A Study of the Aquatic Culeoptera and their^ Surroundings in the Norfolk 



Broads District. By Frank Balfour Browne. (Reprinted 

 . from the ' Transactions of the Norfolk and Norwich Naturalists' 



Society,' vol. viii.) 

 Lepidoptera from the Edinburgh (or Forth) District: Further Piecords. 



By William Evans. (Reprinted from ' The Annals of Scottish 



Natural History,' July, 1905.) 

 Manchester Microscopical Society : Annual Report and 'Transactions, 1904. 



Pp. 86. Plates i-iii. Contains a paper dealing with Forest 



Entomology, entitled "Further Notes on Arboreal Insects," by 



A. T. Gillanders. 

 The Cultivation of Silkworms. A Guide to their Bational Treatment, with 



notes on every species grown in Ceylon. By Percy N. Braine. 



