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known, but whose life-histories had not been discovered. We trust 

 that previous literature will be referred to as the first new species 

 described (p. 109), is named (J. apicella, n. sp. A. (). apicella, was 

 described in Stainton's Annnal 1858, p. 93, under that name, and tlie 

 species is given in all our British works and listed in Staudinger's Cat. 

 III., ed. ('i), p. 198. Two of Glernens species are re-described with 

 their life-histories added, viz., C. ciburniella and C. cretaticostella. 



To those interested in the Other Orders containing the more 

 minute and more obscure insects, we would recommend the opening 

 article of the Can. F.nt. by Chas. Macnamara, on " Colembola," the 

 Spring-tails. It is illustrated by two plates, one of each of the 

 sub-orders, the Arthropleona(-'Jointed-abdomens")— the Symphypleona 

 (" Together-grown-abdomens "). 



We have received a copy of the Vascnlum, the Illustrated Quarterly 

 dealing primarily with the Natural History of Northumberland and 

 Durham. That this magazine fills a useful place in the study of 

 nature is evidenced, that in spite of the circumstances of the past four 

 years so inauspicious for nature lovers, it has reached its fifth year of 

 issue and is still going strong. Our colleague, Eichard S. Bagnall, 

 contributes a most instructive and suggestive article on the " Dancers 

 of the Torrent," by which name he designates the Net-winged Midges 

 the Blepliaroceridae, illustrating it with several figures. Such articles 

 as this a'trnct a wider circulation than would matter limited to the 

 iprimary objVct of the magazine. Articles dealing with other orders in 

 the fauna, with the flora, and with the archeology are about equally 

 shared, and last but not least in each number are a series of annotated 

 recent reconls in the two counties dealing chiefly with plants, 

 mammals, birds, insects, spiders, etc. 



The E. Scuola Superiore d'Agricoltura in Portici (Italy) continues 

 to -issue annually its voluminous Bollettino, which has now reached its 

 twelfth year of i^sue. The present volume contains among other 

 papers: — (1) AC'ontribution to the knowledge of Agaonini {L'halcididae) 

 of Giava, by G. Grandi. (2) Material for a Revision of the Diplopoda 

 Oni-comorpha, by F. Silve^tri. (H) An intensive study of the Bean- 

 beetle {Acanthosrelides obtectiin), by A. Eazzauti. (4) An account of 

 Oleilucutes raiiff^ana (Tortricides) and its parasites, by Dr. E. Sarra. 

 (5) A Contribution to a Knowledge of the Coccidae of Italy, by G. 

 Leonardi. (6) A study of the intestinal digestive cai^al in insects with 

 a view to understanding the diseases by which it is so frequently 

 at,t;icked, ly Anna Foa, with a tinted plate. (7) A contribution to a 

 Knowledge of the genus Centmbia [Chalcididae), by F. Siivestri. 

 (8) The Chalcid of the Cicada, by F. Silvestri. (9) The genus Thymda 

 (Chalcididae), by F. Silvestri. (10) A long paper on the Termites of 

 West Africa. The present part deals with the various inhabitants of 

 the mounds having symbiotic connection with the Termites, and is a 

 most important contribution to general biology. There are a very ^ 

 large number of diagrammatic illustrations to all the papers. 



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The Entomological Society op London. 



Octdber 2nd, 1918. — Alteration of Bye-law. — The proposed 

 alteration in Byelaw viii. was read for the second time. 



Life-History of Lycaena alcon. — Dr. Chapman exhibited a bred 



