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hirtaria that had remained for three winters in pupae, and contxnbuted 

 notes. — Mr. West (Ashtead), a series of Dimithcecia capsincola bred 

 from Silene in his own garden, and a captm-ed headless moth of 

 Xylophasia hepatica.—M.v. Blenkarn, a selection of Abraxas grossu- 

 lariata bred from about two thousand five hundred Gateshead larvae. 

 Two nice asymmetrical forms were perhaps the most striking of a 

 scarcely more than ordinary series. — Mr. Jager, a series of twelve 

 Gallimorpha hem bred on June 22nd of this year, quite a month 

 earlier than he had ever bred the species before. — Mr. W. J. Kaye, a 

 fine aberration of Mimas tilia, with the usual transverse fascia of the 

 fore wings reduced to a very small elongated central spot. — Hy. J. 

 Turner, Hon. Bep. Secretary. 



RECENT LITERATURE. 



St. Albans and its Neighbourhood ; an Account of the Topography, 



Geology, Hydrology, Climate, Flora, Fauna, and Archceology 



of the District, with a Guide to the Hertfordshire County 



Museitm. By Members of the Hertfordshire Natural History 



Society.- Edited by John Hopkinson, F.L.S., F.G.S., F.Z.S., 



&c. Illustrated by Views, a Plan of the City, and a Map of the 



Vicinity. London : Dulau & Co. Hertford : Stephen Austin 



& Sons. 1911. 



As indicated by the title, the scope of this volume of forty-five 



pages is somewhat comprehensive ; in consequence of limited space, 



treatment of the various subjects is necessarily restricted ; much 



valuable information is given nevertheless. 



In the section dealing with Insecta, Mr. A. E. Gibbs reviews the 

 present knowledge of insects of all Orders in the St. Albans area. 

 So far it appears that the Coleoptera have received but little atten- 

 tion, and the same remark holds good as regards Hemiptera, Ortho- 

 ptera, and in part Hymenoptera and Neuroptera. 



Of Odonata, nineteen of the twenty-four species recorded for the 

 county have been found in the St. Albans district, which is also 

 credited with ten species of Trichoptera. 



All but some two hundred and fifty of the eleven hundred and 

 eighty-two species of Lepidoptera recorded for Hertfordshire occur 

 in or around St. Albans. Rather more than half of the total number 

 of species mentioned belong to those families of moths which are 

 neglected, unfortunately, by the majority of lepidopterists. 



In Diptera one hundred and sixteen species " occur within the 

 five-mile radius." 



Obituary. — We have to announce, with sincere regret, that Mr. 

 Albert Harrison, of Delamere, Grove Road, S. Woodford, passed 

 away suddenly on August 28th last. 



=■' ' Transactions of the Hertfordshire Natural History Society and Field 

 Club,' vol. xiv. part 3, June, 1911. 



