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palocera of the Dollman Collection," by N. D. Riley ; '• Some Austra- 

 lian Chrysotm'lidae," by A. M. Lea; " F. Walker's Heteromera," by K. 

 G. Blair, etc. There are seven plates. 



SOCIETIES. 



The South London Entomological Society. 



May 26*/i.— New Member.— Mr. G. T. Lyle.F.E.S., of Wallington, 

 was elected a member. 



Xanthic aberrations. — Mr. Farmer exhibited a partly xanthic 

 Rumicia phlaeas and a similarly coloured Callophrys rubi, both from 

 Riddlesdown. 



South of France insects. — Mr. Enefer, specimens of scorpion and 

 field-cricket sent to him from S. France by Mr. Main, and the red ova 

 of a Trombidium from garden earth. 



Pup^s of S. pruni. — Mr. Neave, pupae of Strymon pruni from N. 

 Huntingdon. 



Ova of C. minimus. — -Mr. Simms, ova of Cupido minimus, and the 

 beetle (Jryptocephalus aureola from Eastbourne. 



Melanic E. atomaria. — Mr. Goodman, suffused forms of Ematurga 

 atomaria from St. Martha's Hill, Guildford. 



H. imperialis. — Mr. Bunnett, the beetle Hedobia imperialis taken 

 at Coulsden. 



Seasonal Notes. — In remarks on the season it was noted that.E. 

 phlaeas was very common, Celastritia argiolus was very scarce, and that 

 Eulype hastata and Hemaris fuciformis were out at Horsley. 



REVIEWS AND NOTICES OF BOOKS. 



The Bulletin of the Hill Museum, a Magazine of Lepidop- 

 terology.— Edited by J. J. Joicey, F.L.S., F.Z.S., F.E.S., &c. and G. 

 Talbot, F.E.S., October, 1921. Part I., 200 pp., 32 plates. Price 

 80s. for 3 parts. The Hill Museum, Witley, Surrey. 



Ifc has always been imperative that those who establish private 

 museums and deal with large masses of new and hitherto unknown 

 material, in order to adequately publish to the world the descriptions 

 and biological details, which are the results of their collecting and 

 study, must have their own journal. The staff of the " Hill Museum," 

 Witley, for a long time have been fully aware of their urgent and 

 growing necessity, and a few clays ago we received by the kindness of 

 Mr. J. J. Joicey, F.L.S., F.Z.S., F.E.S., a copy of his first venture, 

 Part I. of the Bulletin of the Rill Mmeum. 



The Introductory portion naturally contains an account of the 

 inception of the Museum in 1906 and its subsequent growth, showing 

 how it has absorbed the collections of Grose- Smith, Herbert Druce, 

 Suffert, Colonel Swinhoe (Lycaenidae and Hesperiidae), Roland 

 Trimen, Riffarth (Heliconiidae), Lieut. -Col. Nurse, Elwes (in part), 

 Dognin, etc., and in addition obtained new material in great quantity 

 from collectors in N. Peru (A. E. Pratt), I. of Hainan (C. T. Bowring), 

 Dutch New Guinea and Arfak Mountains, New Guinea (A. E. Pratt), 

 E. Central Africa (T. A. Barnes), the islands of Tenimber, Key, 

 Misol, Obi, etc. (W. J. C. Frost), Central Ceram (the Pratts), etc. 

 When one knows that an excellent permanent staff deals with this 

 material and that the leading authorities in special groups are called 



