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Noctuidas, including the beautiful " Sallows," the peculiar 

 "Sharks," " Y-moths," and the "Crimsons." Then come 

 the Hypenince, the Geometrintz, and in conclusion the 

 " Burnets," " Clearwings," and " Swifts." We have accurate 

 notes, written in a pleasing style, with beautifully coloured 

 figures of all of these species. 



In the Book of Ferns we have descriptions and haunts 

 of all our Ferns, Horsetails, and Club-Mosses, accompanied 

 by beautifully coloured figures of the fronds of these graceful 

 plants, and reproductions of the author's photographs repre- 

 senting the species in their natural surroundings. 



A second and revised edition of Part I of Tutt's " Practical 

 Hints for the Field Lepidopterist " has seen the light. Several 

 chapters have been added, making this edition even still more 

 useful than was the first. 



" British Oak Galls," by Mr. E. T. Connold, is a concise 

 handbook, giving information on the various species of 

 British oak galls and the insects which form them. There 

 are directions for collecting and preserving specimens. The 

 book is much enhanced by the reproduction of photographs 

 of the different species. 



A new edition, the tenth, of " The London Catalogue of 

 British Plants," by Mr. F. J. Hanbury, was issued early in 

 the 3/ear. The merits of this catalogue are well known to 

 botanists, and it should certainly be found in the library of 

 the working entomologist. 



We have one Mollusc new to science. On October 3rd, 

 1908, Mr. John Taylor published, on the cover of Part XV 

 of his Monograph, a description of the anatomy of a species 

 of Vitrina under the name of V. liibcrnica. It appears to be 

 a smaller snail than the common V. pdlucida. Mull. It was 

 discovered by Mr. Grierson in the county of Louth. 



Mr. W. L. Distant has been kind enough to inform me 

 that a Woodlouse, new to Britain, Armadillidium album, has 

 been recorded from Barnstaple by Mr. R. S. Bagnall. 



Aphaniptera. — The Hon. N. Charles Rothschild describes 

 (" E. M. M.," xliv, p. 231) a new and remarkable flea belong- 

 ing to a new genus. A series of this insect was bred by 

 Dr. Norman H. Joy (after whom it is named) from the nest 

 of a Puffin (Fratercula arctica) taken in the Scilly Islands. It 

 is called Oruithopsylla Icetititz. In " The Entomologist " 

 (vol. xli, 281) Mr. Rothschild describes yet another flea new 

 to science, taken in several localities in England. This is 

 named Nycteridopsylla longiceps, and appears to be peculiar 

 to bats. 



