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Warwick. Mr. C.J. Wainwright read a paper on ‘A Holiday spent in 
North Cornwall last year,” in which he described the results of a fortnight’s 
collecting on the North Coast, during which he took Plusia orichalcea and 
many good Diptera. The paper was illustrated by photographs and the 
collections made.—CoLBrRaNn J. Wainwniaut, Hon. Sec. 
EntomotocicaL CLus.—A meeting was held at the Holborn Restaurant, 
Dec. 11th, 1891. Mr. G. H. Verrall, F.E.S., in the chair. Dr. Philip 
Brook Mason, F.L.S., was elected an Ordinary Member. Mr. Richard 
South was elected an Honorary Member, and subsequently Secretary, in 
place of the late Mr. F. Grut. Among the exhibits were a fine series of 
Lyceéna arion, by Mr. EK. A. Waterhouse, who observed that the species 
appeared to be common in Cornwall, where he captured the specimens 
exhibited ; also some interesting Diptera, by Rev. EK. N. Bloomfield, Mr. 
Wainwright, and others. After the meeting the members, and some 
thirty-four visitors, adjourned to the supper-room, where they were most 
hospitably entertained: by the Chairman.—Ricuarp Sour, Hon. See. 
REVIEWS. 
Delagoa Bay: its Natives and Natural History. By Ross Monteiro. 
Pp. 274; 20 illustrations, 8vo. London: George Philip & Son, 
32, Fleet Street. 1891. 
Tue authoress introduces her book as a medley of ‘everything in 
general and nothing in particular”; but we find that very many matters of 
considerable interest are treated of; and we are sure that the public in 
general, and entomologists in particular, will be delighted to read this 
charming volume. The chapters devoted to a consideration of the Natural 
History of Delagoa Bay, not only show that the writer is an ardent lover of 
nature, but that she is also an observant student of the habits and trans- 
formations of insects. Referring to the rearing of caterpillars, the writer 
says (p. 194), ‘I must confess | get quite fond of some of my prettiest 
ones, and miss them when they have retired to the pupa stage, especially 
when I have had them under my care for some time. ‘They vary so much, 
too, in their habits, and even their tempers, that they are most interesting 
and amusing.” ‘The larve of many species, of Lepidoptera, some new to 
science, are briefly described, and several butterflies new to the African 
fauna are figured. 
Journal of the Institute of Jamaica. Vol. I., No.1. Kingston, Jamaica. 
November, 1891. 
A Quarterly Journal devoted to Literature, Science and Art; its object 
being to further extend the influence of the Institute of which it is the 
official organ. The present number contains, among other papers, one by 
Mr. T. D. A. Cockerell, Curator ot the Museum, entitled ‘* Notes on the 
Transformations of some Jamaica Lepidoptera.” 
A List of the Macro-Lepidoptera of Balerno, Midlothian. By KE. W. 
Cariser, M.D., B.Sc. 
This is {a reprint from ‘The Annals of Scottish Natural History,’ 
January, 1892. ‘The list is not a long one, as only 109 species are 
enumerated, but this is due to the limited area worked, and that usually 
Saturday afternoons only were available for collecting. 
