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readers of the 'Entomologist' could tell me what books would be 

 useful, or would give any assistance in naming the insects. — 

 Address : Miss Prescott Deoie, Bockleton Court, Tenbury. 

 [See Entom, xvi. 24.— E. A. F.] 



REVIEWS. 



List of Yorkshire Lepidoptera. By George T. Porritt, F.L.S. 



Leeds. 1883. 



This work is vol. 2 of the Entomological Transactions of the 

 Yorkshire Naturalists' Union; and Mr. Porritt is to be con- 

 gratulated upon the very successful manner in which the lepi- 

 dopterous fauna of Yorkshire has been recorded. The work may 

 be safely taken as a model for future local lists, its arrangement 

 and general production being so excellent. The information as 

 regards localities for each species, although most copious, is 

 evidently carefully chosen, in every instance bearing the initials 

 of the authority for the record. The type used is such that no 

 confusion can occur, and the particulars sought can be seen at a 

 glance. 



It appears from Mr. Porritt's labours that there have been 

 observed 1341 species of Lepidoptera out of a possible 2032 in 

 the county ; but we do not quite agree with the author when he 

 says in his introduction that " I have no hope that many more 

 additions will be made to the number of species of Macro- 

 lepidoptera." So comparatively little has been done in the more 

 mountainous portions of North Yorkshire that it is highly 

 probable there are other prizes in store for the collectors who 

 work those districts. The following table will be found inte- 

 resting, as showing how the groups are divided : — 



This list ought to prove a great incentive to the entomologists 

 of the Union to try to make additions, which must be still 

 possible, especially among the Micio-lepidoptera. 



