136 THE entomologist's RECORD. 



revayana, with a plate of 21 figures. In working out the forms the- 

 following is a list of those which are newly described ab. atrata, ab, 

 cladodes, ab. sayittata, ab. obsoleta, ab. notata, ab. nigripunctata, ab. 

 rufesceyis, ab. brnnnescens, ab. variegata, ab. adnsta, ab. canescens, ab. 

 lichenodes, ab. fasciata, ab. depicta, ab. albimaoilata, ab. plnmbea, ab. 

 melanosticta, ab. nigricans, and ab. rosea, all of which are figured. 



In the S/ii. Mo. Maf/. for May F. C. Woodforde describes a new 

 aberration of Cosymbia [b^phyra) pendnlaria as eih. orb iculoides. Ground 

 colour dark grey, first and second line indicated by rather larger dots, 

 the second bordered by a narrow whitish band, faint on inner side. 

 Ocelli are very conspicuous. A narrow reddish band crosses the centre 

 of the wing. The cilia are whitish. F. W. Edwards describes a new 

 Dipteron, Leptosyna setipennis from Letchworth, belonging to the 

 Heteropezinae. . 



The Ent. ISIews for May contains further descriptions of new species 

 of the genus Coleophora, by Annette F. Brunn. 0. polenionidla, larvas 

 on pigweed leaves [Amaranthus hybridiis), Cincinnati, Ohio, etc.; C, 

 ericoides, la,vyse mining seeds, etc., of wild white aster {Aster ericoides)^ 

 Cincinnati, Ohio, etc.; C. ainaranthella, larvae in seeds of pigweed, 

 same localities, and C. granifera, larvae on leaves oi'Aster shortii, same 

 localities. W. Marchand contributes a most useful practical article on 

 "Collecting the Larvae of Tabanns and Chrysops (Dip.)," Avith notes on 

 the life-histories with a view to the study and breeding of the species. 



The Can. Ent. for May contains " Fragments in the Life-histories 

 of Manitoba Insects," by N. Criddle, an interesting account of real 

 field-work in all orders in the .Dominion, which it would be well to 

 continue. The remaining articles deal mainly wuth insects of various 

 orders of economic importance, a new Coccid on the Cocoanut Palm, 

 new Braconidse, Coccid notes, spiders from Canada and the northern 

 States, etc. 



In the Ent. Mo. Mag. for June J. W. Allen announces Epuraea 

 distincta as a new beetle to Britain, beaten out of fungus growing on a 

 tree in Glamorgan, possibly, it is suggested, introduced in driftwood.- 

 The Rev. F. D. Morice confirms the inclusion of the Teuthredella flavi- 

 cornis in the British List by identification of specimens sent to him 

 from Lichfield. 



" Observations on the Life-history of Lycaena alcon " is the title of 

 a reprint from Et. Lep. coiiip." containing the details of the final com- 

 pletion of the solution to the mystery concerning the life-history of 

 this Lycaenid, unveiled by the patient assiduity of our much valued 

 colleague Dr. T. A. Chapman, F.R.S. Larvfe sent by Harold Powell, 

 on September 9th, 1917, in their third instar, were introduced into a. 

 nest of the ant Myrmica scabrinodis, and diligently watched day by day, 

 almost hour by hour, and their idiosyncrasies noted until the final 

 reward came on August 2nd, 1918, with the triumphant record, " a^ 

 Lycaena alcon arrived this morning." There are seven plates of detail 

 figures, and we believe that in the original there is a coloured plate of 

 the larva. The doctor must be congratulated on his success in adding- 

 another to his already long list of discoveries of the complicated 

 symbiotic relations existing between various specific forms in different 

 families and orders. 



