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here figured in colour for the first time. This fact alone adds con- 

 siderable scientific importance to the book, especially as all tbese figures 

 are taken from the type-specimens. The neuration of each genus is 

 also illustrated by at least one figure, and altogether there are one 

 hundred and eighty five cuts in the text. 



The introductory chapters deal with the life-history and anatomy 

 of butterflies; capture, preparation, &c, of specimens; classification; 

 previous works. All tbese subjects are treated in a clear and concise 

 manner. 



With this volume for a guide, tbe merest tyro should experience 

 no difficulty in identifying his captures in North American Rhopalo- 

 cera, and there is no doubt that the book will be the means of largely 

 increasing the number of "butterfly-hunters" in the United States and 

 Canada. The student of European Lepidoptera will also find the book 

 of value. As already stated, the plates are excellent, and we may add 

 that the letterpress printing and general get-up are in every way 

 worthy of them. 



We are pleased to learn that the author contemplates the publica- 

 tion of a companion volume on the Moths. 



Note. — With regard to colour- photography and its application to 

 the illustration of books on Entomology, we may mention that the 

 art seems to be pretty well understood in this country. We recently 

 received from a firm in London some samples of this kind of work, and 

 among them was a plate of exotic butterflies. The specimens, which 

 had evidently been selected to give a wide range of colour, were all 

 most faithfully reproduced, and we understand that this result was 

 attained with three printings only. 



The Larva Collector's Guide and Calendar, giving the Times of the Appear- 

 ance of the Macro- Lepidoptera in all their stages. 

 In this handy little volume of ninety pages, which is published by 

 Messrs. Davis of Dartford, we have useful information concerning the 

 field-work of the lepidopterist. There are also notes on rearing Lepi- 

 doptera, on the general management of larva?, and on preserving larvae. 



Macro- Lepidoptera of North Staffordshire and Cannock Chase. Compiled 



by the Eev. T. W. Daltry, M.A., F.L.S., &c. ; and revised (1898) 



by John R. B. Masefield, M.A. 8vo, pp. 29. Stafford : J. & C. 



Mort. 1898. 



This list, which is reprinted from the ' Transactions ' of the North 



Staffordshire Field Club, is on the same model as that published in 



1875, when 378 species were enumerated. The total now reaches 



503, including Pyralidre and Crambidaa. 



Report of the Entomological Department of the New Jersey Agricultural 

 College Experiment Station. By John B. Smith, Sc.D. Pp! 373-467. 

 Illustrated. Trenton, N.J. : The John L. Murphy Publishing Co. 1898. 



Cornell University Agricultural Experiment Station, Entom. Div., 

 Bull. 157. The Grape-Vine Tea-Beetle. By M. V. Hingerland. Pp. 

 213. Illustrated. Ithaca, N.Y. 1898. 



