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— Mr. Colthi'up, two striking vars. of Sinerinthns tilia: (1) ground colour 

 pale fawn on fore wings with indistinct markings, pinkish tint on hind 

 wing ; (2) ground of fore wing dark brown with very intense green 

 markings, the band represented by a small spot only. — Mr. Lucas 

 read the Report of the Field Meeting held at Byfleet on June 1st. — 

 Mr. Clark read a few notes on a " Walk in his Garden," and showed 

 various specimens, including a grasshopper which had not been iden- 

 tified, and was probably new. 



RECENT LITERATURE. 



Fainiliar Butterjiies and Moths. By W. F. Kirby, F.L.S., F.E.S., &c. 



9f X Ih in. Pp. i-xiii and 1-114, with 18 coloured plates. 



London : Cassell & Co. 1901. 

 As an introduction to the larger work, ' European Butterflies and 

 Moths,' by the same author, the present volume should be useful. It 

 deals in a popular style with the subject, and illustrations are given of 

 many of the well-known British species, and of some others that are 

 not inhabitants of these islands. The English name of the species is 

 used in every case, but the Latin names are added in brackets, and 

 these are the same as those employed in the larger work referred to. 

 The plates are, on the whole, very good, and some of the figures are 

 excellent ; the printing and general get-up are all that could be desired, 

 and to young people with a bent for collecting moths and butterflies 

 the book should be very acceptable. 



Proceedini/s of the South London E utomoloi/ical and Xatural History 

 Societij for 1900. Together with the President's Address. Pp. 

 i-xxvi and 1-117. A chart and four plates. Hibernia Chambers, 

 London Bridge, S.E. 



Full reports of the five Field Meetings held during the year are 

 given ; that of the Banstead excursion on June 16th is accompanied 

 by a capital sketch map, prepared by Mr. B. W. Adkin, which should 

 be useful to anyone wishing to further explore this rural locality. 



Among the entomological papers is one " On the Pupation of 

 Co^sns ligniperda," by Mr. Robert Adkin, in which the method of 

 pupation is very fully discussed. Another interesting paper is by 

 Mr. F. Noad Clark, and entitled " On the Ova of Lepidoptera." This 

 is illustrated by an excellent plate, reproduced from some beautiful 

 photographs taken by the author. Dr. Chapman's contribution, " On 

 Some Wing Structures in Lepidoptera," is a valuable and highly in- 

 structive paper ; it is illustrated by two plates of details photographed 

 by Mr. Clark. 



The President (Mr. W. J. Lucas), in his Address, enters largely 

 into matters connected with the Odonata, and among other things he 

 deals with the growth of our knowledge as regards the earlier stages 

 of these very interesting insects. 



Taken as a whole, the volume for 1900 is much ahead of any of 

 this Society's previous publications, although it is less bulky than 

 some of them. 



