260 THE ENTOMOLOGIST ’S RECORD. 
ABERRATIONS oF §. pavonta.—Mr. Wolley Dod, a Saturnia pavonia 
female in which the antenne# were considerably pectinated. 
TERATOLOGICAL EXAMPLE OF Li. noctm.uca.—Mr. Bunnett, the rare 
plant Trifolium resupinatum from Hayes Common, and a glow-worm, 
Lampyris noctiluca with the tibia of the hind leg on the right side 
bifurcate. 
A SUGGESTED SECOND BRooD or A. popuLi.—Several specimens of 
Amorpha populi had been taken by members, and it was suggested that 
they belonged to a second brood. 
JB EVIEWS AND NOTICES OF BOOKS. 
RuyncnopHora on Weevits or Norta-Hastern America.—By W. 
8. Blatchley and C. W. Leng. Published by The Nature Publishing 
Co., 1558 Park Avenue, Indianapolis, Ind.—September, 1916, 682 pp. 
with numerous illustrations. 
This work was begun by our esteemed correspondent, Prof. W. S. 
Blatchley, as a continuation or supplemnt to his “‘ Coleoptera or 
Beetles of Indiana,”’ published in 1910. 
After about one-third of the M.S. had been completed, the junior 
author, Chas. W. Leng, wrote that he had a similar work in progress 
on the Atlantic Coast species of Rhynchophora, and proposed that the 
two works be combined and the geographical scope enlarged so as to 
include the United States and Canada east of the Mississippi River. 
Hence the arrangement of a joint authorship was agreed upon, and the 
works were merged, enlarged, and mostly re-written. 
The only other general work on the weevils of the region covered 
by this book is that entitled ‘‘ The Rhynchophora of America North 
of Mexico,” issued in 1876 by Le Conte and Horn. This work is now 
out of print and difficult to obtain. 
The primary object of the authors has been to furnish to students 
in Entomology a simple manual which would enable them in the most 
direct way possible to arrange, classify and determine the scientific 
names of the weevils in their collections. Keys to families, sub- 
families, tribes, genera and species have been made an important part 
of the work. These keys are based on the more salient or easily 
recognised characters separating the divisions to which they pertain. 
Following the description of each species are notes on its distribution, 
food habits, etc. The classification used is mainly that of Le Conte 
and Horn modified where necessary by the recent studies of Casey, 
Hopkins, Pierce, and certain Huropean authors. No effort has been 
spared to secure accuracy in identification, the senior author having 
visited Cambridge, New York, Philadelphia and Washington for the 
purpose of comparing doubtful specimens with the types and with 
those of the larger public and private collections. 
Some idea of the scope of this volume will be gathered from the 
fact that 1084 species are described and in addition there are seven 
pages of closely printed matter dealing with the bibliography, and also 
an index of the plants mentioned, and an index to Families, Sub- 
families, Tribes, and Genera. 
We have pleasure in offering our congratulations to Prof. W. 8. 
Blatchley at the successful consummation of this important work and 
exyress the hope that he will not rest from his labours until he has 
added yet more to the sum total of scientific knowledge.—H.E.P, 
