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and Delamere Forests. A hearty vote of thanks having been accorded 

 the lecturer, the following exhibits were described and shown : — British 

 Donacia, by Messrs. J. F. Button and J. E. le B. Tomlin ; Emmetica 

 cervinata (Wilts), by Mr. 0. Harrison ; Lithosidse, by Mr. F. N. Pierce ; 

 hyraenopterous captures during 1902, by Mr. F. Birch ; TrUiono(ienvis 

 (jlohHliim from Hoylake, and Ixodidae from leg of a tortoise, by Mr. W. H. 

 Jennings ; MeUrrus parado.i-us, and recent coleopterous captures at 

 Liverpool, by Mr. Guy A. Dunlop ; some magnificent exotic Lepido- 

 ptera, and photographic slides of British lepidopterous larvffi shown 

 upon the screen, by Mr. J. Jervis Kichardson ; and Coleoptera from 

 the Sibutu and Sulu Islands, by Mr. E. J. Burgess Sopp. — E. J. 

 BuEGESs Sopp, Ho7i. Sec. 



EECENT LITERATURE. 



J. W. TuTT. — British Lepidoptera. Vol. iii. 558 pages. London : 

 Swan Sonnenschein & Co., Paternoster Square, E.G. 



It is pleasant to be able to review such an eminently satisfactory 

 book as is the third volume of ' British Lepidoptera.' Its predecessors 

 were very welcome, but to a large number of entomologists the mass 

 of material relating to the " Micros " was probably unread, and thus 

 a large portion of vols. i. and ii. appealed only to a limited number. 

 This third volume, therefore, should find more support, as the species 

 treated of are all very well known to the great majority of collectors. 

 The minuti^ inevitably involved in such an undertaking are again 

 manifest, and with what effect they have been utilized it is for each 

 individual to judge for himself. It is strongly to be hoped that the 

 necessary increased support will be forthcoming, and that many more 

 numbers are in store for us. 



The super-family Lachneides is continued, and the first species 

 treated is Pachygastria tnfolii, which occupies exactly thirty pages. 

 Following this comes the species that has doubtless caused more 

 research and taken up more time than any hitherto already done, viz., 

 Lasiocaiupa qxiercus. Preceding the description and all that follows 

 concerning the life-history of the type and its numerous forms and 

 varieties, is a summary of the experimental work in the hybridizing of 

 the different local races. Although nominally we have no chapter to 

 commence vol. iii., this summary of hybridization is a very good sub- 

 stitute, and has as much general interest as any such that has appeared 

 in the previous volumes. By the time the " Times of Appearance," 

 " Habits," " Localities," &c., have all been worked through, eighty 

 pages have been covered over this species alone, and it is doubtful if 

 anything of any moment concerning this insect can have escaped 

 Mr. Tutt's attention. 



Passing on to Macrothylacia rubi, and Coawotriche potatDiia, perhaps 

 one of the most interesting collection of facts is to be found in the 

 length and diversified character of the habits of the larvae of these two 

 species. To the former as much as five and a half pages are alone 

 given to this part of the scheme. Gastropacha ilicifolia comes, in its 



