80 THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 



The Lcpidoptera of the, British Idands. By Charles G. Barrett, F.E.S. 



Vol. VIII. 8vo. Pp. 1-431. London: Lovell Reeve & Co. 



1902. 

 The present volume concludes the Acidaliidae and discusses nearly 

 the whole of the genera in the Lareutidae. Eupithecia, Eiibolia, Meso- 

 type, and Tamv/ra still remain to be dealt with, and these will probably 

 occupy half of the next volume. 



That the Acidalids sadly need generic revision will be generally 

 admitted, but our author has not attempted much in this direction. 

 The adoption of Ania, Steph., for " Acid alia" emanjinata, L., seems 

 to be valid, but the employment of Bradyepetes for amataria, and of 

 Timandra for striyilata, Hb., emntaria, Hb., and imitaria, Hb., is 

 perhaps open to objection. Amataria {amata), L., is by most authors 

 considered the type of Timandra, Dup. (1829) = Bradyepetes, Steph. 

 (1831). The three species here referred to Timandra are included by 

 Meyrick in Leptomeris, Hb., which Hampson merges in the Boarmid 

 genus Deilinia, Hb. ; while, to complicate things still further, Prout 

 uses Erastria for amataria. 



As in previous volumes, the remarks on habits, life-history, varia- 

 tion, and distribution are very complete, and these are matters with 

 which the majority of those who are interested in the Lepidoptera of 

 our own country are more immediately concerned, than with the 

 ultraism of the newer entomology. 



A Catalogue of the Lepidoptera of Northumberland, Durham, and New- 

 castle-upon-Tyne. By John Robson, F.E.S. Pt. II. 8vo. Pp. 

 196-318. With Introduction, pp. i-xvi, and Title-pages to 

 Pts. I. & II. London : Williams & Norgate. Newcastle-upon- 

 Tyne : F. W. Dodsworth, December, 1902. 



The second Part of this excellent Catalogue, which treats of the 

 " Geometrina," is in every way equal in merit to Part L, to which we 

 had the pleasure of directing attention in 1899 (Entom. xxxii. 232). 

 As we then observed, this is not simply a list of the species found in 

 the area dealt with, but each entry is accompanied by useful notes ; 

 and in cases where doubt existed concerning the occurrence of species 

 within the limits of the area, the author has very carefully investigated 

 the matter, and retained or expunged such species according to the 

 nature of the evidence obtained. 



In the first part of the Catalogue the arrangement adopted by 

 Barrett in ' Lepidoptera of the British Islands ' was followed, but in 

 the instalment before us the arrangement is that of Stainton's • Manual.' 

 This is certainly unfortunate, but should not lead to confusion. 



We trust that the author may very shortly be able to publish the 

 " Micro " portion of his work. 



