113 THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 
February 4th, 1914.—Mr. B. H. Crabtree showed three ichneu- 
mons bred from the larve of Agrotis ashworthit.—Mr. W. Mansbridge, 
a series of Peronea hastiana, selected from a large number bred from 
Ainsdale, on the Lancashire coast; these included vars. divisana, 
mayrana, coronana, albistriana, and unnamed melanic varieties.—Mr. 
H. Horsfall, two living larvee taken in the open on February Ist: 
Phragmatobia fuliginosa and a small noctuid larva.—Mr. J. EH. Cope, 
photographs of two Delamere localities and a few of the Coleoptera 
taken there: Amara communis, Calathus melanocephalus, Byrrhus 
pilula, Chrysomela staphylea, Corymbites eneus, Barynotus schén- 
herri, Apion violaceum, and A. ulicis, Phyllobius calcaratus and 
P. oblongus from one locality; from birches in the other: Athous 
henorrhoidalis, Dolopius marginatus, Clytus arvetus, Deporans betule, 
Otiorrhynchus picipes, Strophosomus coryli and Phyllobius argentatus. 
—The rest of the evening was occupied by a microscope exhibition. 
Several members brought microscopes and slides, and Mr. Buckley 
opened with a discussion on the methods of wet and dry mounting.— 
Mr. J. B. Garnett showed some remarkable Hymenoptera and Diptera. 
—A. W. Boyp, M.A., Hon. Sec. 
RECENT LITERATURE. 
Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology. Series T.M., vol. vii., 
Nos. 38 and 4, November 7th, 1913, and December 30th, 1913. 
Liverpool. 
No. 38 contains nothing specially relating to Entomology. In 
No. 4, however, will be found:—(i) A paper on “Isle of Wight 
Disease,” in connection with insects other than Hive-bees, by H. B. 
Fantham and Annie Porter ; (ii) ‘‘ Certain Mosquitos of the genera 
Banksinella, Theobald, and Teniorhynchus, Arribalzaga,” by H. F. 
Carter (well illustrated) ; (iii) ‘‘ New Culicide from the Sudan,” by 
F. V. Theobald; and (iv) “ Parasite of Strateomyia chameleon and 
S. potamida (Diptera), with remarks on the biology of the hosts,” by 
H. B. Fantham and Annie Porter. 
Weide 
The Forty-third Annual Report of the Entomological Society of 
Ontario for 1912. Toronto. 1913. 
THouGH containing no paper of striking importance, the 144 
pages of this Report (with a number of illustrations) are replete 
with useful and interesting information touching various sides of 
entomology. 
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