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North Kent, where it was much subject to the attacks of ichneumons ; 

 a series of Hepialus huviuli var. hethlandica and a few Pachnobia 

 hyperborea from Slietland ; some Anarta melanopa from Eannoch ; a 

 second brood bred, Abraxas cjrossulariata October 8th, the first to 

 emerge from over one hundred pupae ; a hving Thera finnata, second 

 brood ; and a Hving second brood specimen of Emnorpha elpenor.— 

 Mr. R. Adkin, recently deposited ova of Tortrix pronubana. — Mr. 

 J. P. Barrett made a comparison of the lepidopterous fauna of North 

 Kent thirty years ago and that of to-day, illustrating his remarks by 

 series of Aporia cratcegi, Nonagria sparganii, Acidalia ochrata, Agro- 

 tera nevwralis, Tapinstola bondii, Erevwbia ochroleuca, &c. — Mr. 

 South, on behalf of Mr. Waller, a female Trichiura cratagi with one 

 antenna male. He also showed an Epinephelejurtina (ianthina) from 

 Box Hill with symmetrical, pallid, internervular spaces ; and a short 

 series of Rliodophcea suavella reared from larvae collected from sloe at 

 Eastbourne. — Mr. Main, a living "stick" insect bred from the ovum 

 shown in the spring. — Mr. Sich, bred Gilhneria 2)allidactyla from 

 Byfleet. — H. J. Turner, Hon. Hep. Sec. 



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071 the Mouth-parts of some Blattida. By J. Mangan, B.A. ' Pro- 

 ceedings of the Royal Irish Academy,' vol. xxvii. Sect. B,- 

 No. 1. 1908. 



No one interested in the cockroaches in general, and the British 

 species in particular, can well be without this most useful paper, 

 which is illustrated by three excellent plates. It is published separ- 

 ately by Hodge, Figgis and Co., Dublin. — W. J. L. 



S'ubfam. Decticina of Fam. LocustidcB of the Orthoptera. Fascicle 72 

 of the ' Genera Insectorum,' published under the direction of 

 P. Wytsman, Brussels. 1908. 



This part, with two fine plates, is from the pen of the well-known 

 American orthopterist, A. N. Caudell. In the long list of species 

 enumerated occur five British species, some of which are, however, 

 rather difficult to find under their new names :: — Tettigonia (Decticus) 

 verrucivora, Pholidoptera griseoaptera ( = Thamnotrizon cinereus), 

 Metrioptera albopunctata (= Platycleis grisea), M. (P.) brachyptera, 

 and M. (P.) roeselii. — W. J. L. 



Subfam. Nyctiborince of Fam. Blattida of the Orthoptera. Fascicle 74 

 of the 'Genera Insectorum.' 1908. 



This small part (with one beautiful coloured plate), written by 

 Mr. R. Shelford, M.A., deals with a subfamily of cockroaches which 

 contains no genuinely British species, though one, Nyctibora brunnea 

 {=N. holosericea), has occurred here once or twice casually. — W. J. L. 



