118 THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 



graphs of the enlarged image of microscopic Natural History 

 objects. 



March lOth, 1887. The President in the chair. Messrs. 

 D. J. Rice and H. H. Druce were elected members. Mr. Gold- 

 thwaite exhibited long series of male and female specimens of 

 Nyssia hispidarla, Fb., bred by him this year. Mr. J. W. Slater, 

 a variety of Arctia caia, L., having the red colour replaced by a 

 yellowish or buff colour, and he stated that it had been bred by 

 Mr. Mutch, of Hornsey, who had fed a number of larvae on lime, 

 and others on the usual food-plants of the species, with the 

 result that those fed on lime were yellow varieties, the others 

 being normal. A discussion then ensued as to the effect of 

 strange foods in rearing varieties. Mr. R. Adkin exhibited 

 Zanclognatha tarsipennalis, Tr., and remarked that nearly twelve 

 months had elapsed between the escape of the larvtie from the eggs 

 and the entrance into the pupa stage. Mr. Billups, Tapinoma 

 melanocephalum. For., taken in the Palm House, Kew Gardens, on 

 a species of palm {Hoicea grlsebachia) from Tropical Australia, 

 and he stated that it was the first recorded capture in Europe of 

 this ant, and brought the number of exotic ants found in Kew 

 Gardens by Messrs. Smith, Saunders, and himself up to seven 

 species. Mr. E. Step contributed a paper on " Mosses," which 

 was illustrated by diagrams and the exhibition of microscopical 

 specimens. — H. W. Barker, Hon. Sec. 



REVIEWS. 



The LarvoB of the British Butterflies and Moths. By the late 

 William Buckler. Vol. II. (The Sphinges or Hawk 

 Moths, and part of the Bombyces.) Ray Society, 1886. 



This volume contains 18 plates, and figures are given of the 

 larvae of our Sphinges, except those oiNaclia ancilla, Choerocampa 

 nerli, Sciopteron tahaniformis {Trochllium vespiforme), and Sesia 

 andreniformis 'allantlforme) ; and also the larvae of the first 27 of 

 our Bombyces. 



The varied forms of the species figured, the grotesque shapes 

 of some, and the richly -coloured appearance of others, have given 



