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var. decoraria (subroseata) from N. Staffs, also a fine radiate aberration 
of Rumicia phlaeas from Ainsdale. 
Mr. Prince had a very fine lot of Agriades coridon comprising ab. 
semisyngrapha, ab. striata, and other forms. 
November 17th, 1919.—New Memper.—Mr. H. M. Hallett, F.E.S., 
of 64, Westbourne Road, Penarth, Glam., was elected a member of 
the Society. 
Near Kastern Lerrpoptera.—Mr. A. W. Hughes brought an 
exhibit of Lepidoptera from Palestine and Egypt, and described the 
difficulty of collecting under service conditions and also of getting the 
insects safely home. 
ABERRATIONS oF A. THETIS AND SERIES OF Exotic SPHINGIDAE 
sHown.—Mr. H. B. Prince exhibited a large number of Agriades thetis 
(bellargus), which included abs. striata, arcua, and other forms; also a 
collection of Sphingidae bred by the Rev. A. Miles Moss in Colombia, 
S. America. ; 
JIREVIEWS AND NOTICES OF BOOKS. 
Proceepines oF THE SoutH Lonpon EntomotoeicaL anp NaturaL 
History Society, 1918-19. 124+ xv. pp., 2 plates and Text figure. 
The Volume presented for Review is a very substantial one, 
marking, one presumes, the end of War-stress, the increased supply of 
(excellent) paper, and above all, the return of our men and Members 
of Societies to their pre-war occupations. 
The pagination of the present issue 124+ xv. pages, compared with 
85-+xy. in the last, is indeed rather startling when one puts the 
volumes side by side. 
The Society’s Membership has been again well sustained, totalling 
157 against 158 of last year’s return, in spite of the loss of 5 by death 
and 2 by resignation. This maintenance of numbers betokens a 
healthy life and abundant vigour. 
The Report of the Council chronicles the renewed activities. Hight 
formal Papers read, two special Lectures and five Field Meetings 
provide ample material for interest and observation. 
There is a difference between a Critic and a Reviewer. The Critic 
is Supposed to, indeed generally does, find fault [wisely has it been 
written that a Critic is one who is bereft of the power to construct], 
the Reviewer, to commend and praise. This Reviewer is therefore 
anxious to be understood when he begins his remarks by picking a 
little hole in Mr. H. J. Turner’s Paper upon Ematurga atomaria, L., 
which it need scarcely be said is in itself a most interesting, instructive, 
and lastingly useful contribution to Entomological Knowledge. Mr. 
Turner has allowed a little confusion to escape his notice and forgot 
that his Paper would come under the notice of “one who knows.” 
The trouble is concerning the inclusion of a form var. glarearia as a 
variety of H. atumaria. It would appear from his words that he was 
completely certain himself that the suggestion was incorrect, but does 
not quite make his position clear. The writer has not had opportunity 
to examine the material at the British Museum, or elsewhere, so 
cannot say how “or why”’ the mistake arose. Probably there is some 
considerable resemblance between the species, but as a matter of 
