218 THE entomologist's RECORD. 



an energetic amateur collector, now deceased, and guaranteed to be of 

 the original British stock ! The carriage of the young larvae by the 

 wind would explain the extension of its sphere of activities, but scarcely 

 its disappearance from its old localities. 



The paper on " The Genus Pararge," by the President, will be of 

 great value to those who interest themselves in the larger study of 

 whole groups, or big genera. Again one feels a little dazed by the 

 enormous amount of time and concentration necessary for the produc- 

 tion of such a mass of references. The moral of the note seems to be 

 that there has been (and will still of necessity be) a great deal too much 

 energy expended upon giving varietal names, based upon small diffe- 

 rences, confessedly a great temptation to those who specialise in one 

 particular line. A further note by the President, introducing an exhibi- 

 tion of and discussion upon P. aegeria, and yet another on the same 

 species by Mr. E. A. Gibbs, make the volume quite an epitome of 

 information on this species. 



The successful rearing of Geotriqdes, unpleasant though the task 

 must have been at times, is another triumph for Mr. Main. In these 

 investigations the essential matter is usually " how to do it." That 

 discovered, success depends upon patience and care. Mr. Main shows 

 that he grasped the " how " when he evolved his breeding cage. 



Mr. Turner's wonderful discovery of a quantity of Stainton's 

 Tineid material is worthy of a place amongst the Romances of Ento- 

 mology. It is a curious speculation as to how and when these valuable 

 specimens found their way to Nunhead, and how it came to pass that 

 they were so nearly lost to science. 



The mention and exhibition of a new Geonietrid previously un- 

 known, by Mr. L. W. Newman, cannot be passed over unnoticed. 

 This insect thus suddenly thrust upon us, was discovered by the Eev. 

 J. W. Metcalf, of Ottery St. Mary, and is named by him Cidaria 

 otregiata (after the ancient name of his town), in the Entonwloght for 

 April, 1917. It should be noted that the genitalia do differ, though it be 

 but slightlj^, from those of its near relative C. mfinnata. The difference 

 is quite sufficient to satisfy one, who like the writer, believes thoroughly 

 in the evidence of these organs, as to the specific distinctness of the new 

 insect. 



Mr. Moore's note upon Agriades coridon ab. roystonensis, Pickett, 

 will we think commend itself to all collectors. In a word- — with all 

 due respect to our old friend M'ho introduced the name — roystonensis 

 " is nothing more than a set of cripples." In the same connection we 

 would suggest that " gynandrous " is scarcely a proper term to apply to 

 the completely female specimens of this species, although they possess not 

 only the male coloration of the wings, but even some of the androconia. 

 These are after all but secondary sexual characters. " Gynandrous " 

 is already used — if we are not mistaken — as an abbreviation of 

 " gynandromorphous." Whether the abbreviation be justifiable or not, 

 "gynandrous" would certainly imply the existence in one individual 

 of, at least parts, of the primary organs of both sexes. 



Greatly will the " Sixth from Adam " — we fancy he used to call 

 himself the " seventh " — be missed in the entomological world. In- 

 vestigating, discovering, popularising, our science for over 40 years, 

 Fred Enoch leaves indeed a large gap in our ranks which it will be 

 hard to fill. He was so " solid." The writer possesses a few of his 



