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nature to pea and other crops. This season we slightly 

 skimmed the stnV)ble, and got rid of the wheal-slalks as well 

 as we could. The plant on land so treated has not failed, 

 though near at hand that drilled on the unmoved stubble has 

 failed, in which cases I found the insect in its place of 

 refuge, the first joint of the straw left as stubble. This may 

 be known to others, though new to me. — J. C. Clutterbdck. 



[This little insect depredator was probably Sifones, which 

 is so fond of hiding in the stubble. The whole proceedings 

 are altogether confirmatory of my remarks (Entom. x. 213). 

 E. A. F.] 



National Entomological Exhibition. — This Exhibition 

 was held at the Royal Aquarium, Westminster, March 9th to 

 Q3rd, and was highly successful. It has been found impos- 

 sible to furnish an adequate report this month, but an 

 interesting paper will appear in the May number. — Ed. 



REVIEW. 



Illustrations of Varieties of British Lepidoptera. By 

 S. L. Mosley. Part ±. Huddersfield, 1878. 



Mr. Mosley deserves every credit for the manner in which 

 he has brought out the first part of this curious series. It 

 requires much confidence on the part of an author now-a-days 

 to issue a book consisting principally of plates, all coloured 

 by his own hand. In this first number are six plates, repre- 

 senting the genera Colias, Smerinthus, Callimorpha, Chelonia, 

 Liparis, and Abraxas. The best figures are those of Colias 

 Edusa and Abraxas grossulariata. In colouring his plates 

 Mr. Mosley has been generally successful ; but we would 

 suggest that the letterpress descriptions might with advantage 

 be extended, especially with regard to localities of capture, 

 and any circumstances likely to lead to our ascertaining the 

 causes of these sports of Nature. We suppose there is some 

 difficulty in obtaining subjects for this work, for several have 

 already been recently figured, and others are not so 

 exceptional as we n)ight expect; but this improvement in 

 choice will increase as the work becomes better known. 

 Altogether the author may be congratulated on his effort in 

 the cause of Science. He sets a good example to the many 

 who will look over his book with more than passing 

 interest. 



