4668 THE ZooLocist—OcToBER, 1875. 
Large Surmullet off Penzance.— Please record the occurrence in my 
nets this morning of a surmullet which measured over all one foot three 
inches; from eye to fork eleven inches and three-quarters; its greatest 
girth just at the origin of the pectoral was eight inches and three-quarters ; 
and it weighed two pounds four and a half ounces. It is the largest sur- 
mullet I ever saw.—Thomas Cornish ; Penzance, September 11, 1875. 
Physalia pelagica on the Coast of Devon.— Several specimens of that 
curious and interesting marine animal, Physalia pelagica, or “ Portuguese 
man-of-war,” have been taken near Plymouth within the past month. They 
were very active and lively, and one lived for some days in a large bucket 
of salt water.—John Gatcombe; September 6, 1875. 
Deiopeia pulchella at Eastbourne.—On Saturday, the 18th of September, 
while capturing Colias Hyale and C. Edusa, I was fortunate enough to 
take two specimens of Deiopeia pulchella. ‘They were flying leisurely in a 
clover-field, taking short flights from one flower to another. One of them 
appears to be a variety, the fore wings being nearly destitute of the crimson 
spots, and is a much larger specimen than the other.—IV. E. Parsons ; 
35, Langney Road, Eastbourne, September 20, 1875. 
[Other captures of D. pulchella are recorded in the ‘ Entomologist’ for 
October.—E. Newman.]} 
Hooks Aeceived. 
Statistique Scientifique d’Eure et Loire—Lépidopteres. Par M. Achille 
Guenée. Chartres: Petret-Garnier, Place des Halles, 16&17. 1875. 
AxruouGH this volume is issued in 1875 the preface bears date 1866, and 
the title-page 1867. This range of eight years will afford not only most 
agreeable occupation but intense satisfaction to those who adopt, or rather — 
affect to adopt, the laws of nomenclature enjoined by the British Association 
for the Advancement of Science. I assume the author's object in giving the 
earlier dates is to carry back the priority law as far as possible; the book- 
seller's object in giving the later date is to make the work appear as recent 
as possible. However, one beneficial result will certainly accrue; it will 
unmistakably show the futility of this priority law, and that the sooner it is 
abrogated the better for Science. The work is a list—descriptive as far as 
the larve are concerned—of the Macro-Lepidoptera of Chateaudun and its 
vicinity. It will be found extremely useful as showing the nature of localities 
as well as the actual habitats where each species has been found. It also 
sets forth M. Guenée’s views of classification and nomenclature prior to 
1866, and in these respects is also interesting —Epwarp Newman. 
