Bibliographical Sot ices. GSO 



into scientific nomenclature by the ignorance or jealousy of 

 ' scientists' over the water *' ! 



Tlie account of tlie i)lants is 8upi)lemcnted by a series of 

 " faunistic notes" ; followiii<? these is a chuiitor on the Herbarium, 

 one of tlie richest in pre-Jiinnean collections, and including the 

 herbaria of Morison, Du Bois, and IShcrard, as well as those of 

 Dillenius and Sibthorp. 



The Fielding Herbarium of over 80,000 specimens was acquired 

 in lSo2. Tho Museum, Library, Lecture- and Work-rooms, Pro- 

 fessor's house (where the Professor docs not reside), and I'lxperi- 

 meutal Garden aro described, and there is also an interesting 

 Bibliography. An Appendix is devoted to the College Gardens 

 and others to the " Parks " and " Other Noteworthy Trees." 



Enough has been said to indicate the value of this little book, 

 not only to the student, but to any who are interested in Oxford 

 and its gardens ; and its value is enhanced by tho beautiful photo- 

 graphic plates with which it is profusely illustrated. A. 13. II. 



Catalogue of the Lepidoptera PliaJance in the British Museum. 

 Vol. XL Catalogue of the Noctuidae. By Sir George F. 

 Hampsox, Bart. London : Printed by Order of the Trustees, 

 J 912. Pp. xvii, (jS9; price 20s. Pis. clxxiv.-cxci. ; price 

 17s. 6c/. 



Volume XI. of this monumental work is the eighth devoted to the 

 NoctuidiB, and includes four subfamilies — Eutelianae, Stictopterinse, 

 JSarrothripinae, and Acontianoe. It is somewhat thinner than 

 Vol. X., which appeared in lUlO. Only eight of the fifteen sub- 

 families into which the Author divides the Noctuidae have yet been 

 discussed, and Vol. XL extends to no. 7127. As some of the 

 largest subfamilies have still to come, we doubt if the middle of the 

 Koctuida) has yet been reached. It is already evident that the 

 Catalogue of Moths is likely far to exceed the dimensions of 

 Lr. Eowdler Sharpe's great Catalogue of Birds. 



The moths described in Vol. XL are mainly tropical or sub- 

 tropical, though a few are well-known European and even British 

 species, such as the very variable Sarrothripms revayana, described, 

 with a formidable array of synonyms, on pp. 265, 266. Tho 

 moth itself is very widely distributed, the Museum containing 

 specimens from Britain to Japan, from Scandinavia to Algeria 

 and Madras, and from Canada to California and Arizona. 



In all points of importance Vol. XL differs little from the 

 previous volumes which we have had the pleasure of reviewing 

 from time to time. Besides the coloured plates, several very inter- 

 esting species are represented in the 275 illustrations in the text, 

 one of the most remarkable being Cossedia erateinalis. Walk., from 

 Borneo, figured on p. 481. f. 170. It goes without saying that a 

 large number of new genera and species are characterized in Vol. XL 

 in addition to those previously described. 



