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fessional or otherwise, come to be actuated as a class by any spirit 

 other than that of the' true amateur." After a very detailed discussion 

 of the technique of preparation he concludes by urging that " One of 

 the finest aspects of our science is the opportunity for cooperation 

 which it affords." The editor in his monthly note condemns the 

 " most foolish form of egomania " to make it a condition of the gift of 

 a collection that it be kept intact, making it " a source of trouble " 

 and " practically neglected." 



The Bull. Soc. ent. Behjiqus contains a long account of the " Habits 

 of the Sand-wasp Ammophila," by M. Descy, and the Annales Soc. ent. 

 Belgique "Notes on the Ptychoptoridfe (Dipt.)," by M. A. Tonnoir, 

 dealing particularly with the secondary sexual organs of the males of 

 certain species. 



The Rev. Mens. Namur. for October adds a whole batch of names 

 to our lisfs of aberrations of Lepidoptera. Argynnis selene ab. interli- 

 gata, in which the two black spots in the median portion of the inner 

 margin of the forewing are united by a black bar ; A. lathonia ab. 

 interligata, with a similar aberration ; Brenthis ino ab. chlorographa, in 

 which the spaces between 1 and 2 in the median area of the forewings 

 are of a whitish-yellow ; Gonepterg.v rhamiii ab. varlegata, in which all 

 four wings have on the upperside more or less regular orange spots ;: 

 G. rhamyii ab. rhanmoides, a very small specimen, one-third smaller ; 

 captured ; Euchloe cardaniines ab. proosti, 5 in which the disc of the 

 forewings above have somewhat orange-yellow markings, and the 

 apical black blotch contains, in addition to the three or four white 

 spots, four white dots, two of which are tinged with orange-yellow. 

 The disc of the hindwings is wholly tinged with the orange-yellow ; 

 and Apatitra iris ab. viridana, in which the upperside of the wings has 

 a wide marginal border of a brilliant greenish tinge. The last is 

 described by M. Ch. Cabeau, the rest by M. Derenne ; we hope that no 

 synonyms have been created. In the same number is an article on the 

 form of Pierid aberration in which a black point appears on the disc of 

 the hindwings — Pieris napi ab. posteroniaciilata, P. rapae ab. nigro- 

 punctata, and P. hramcae ab. posteroinaculata. 



In the Ent. for October H. Uowland-Brown discusses the history^ 

 variation, and distribution of Zygaena achilleae. Messrs. Newstead and 

 S. G. Smith describe several new aberrations of British Lepidoptera, 

 , Boarniia bimidnlaria ab. venosa in which the ground colour is almost 

 pure white on the forewings, the hindwings being sooty-brown ; Biston 

 strataria ab. ochrearia, in which the ground colour of all the wings is 

 yellowish-buff; Crocallis elingnaria ab. signatipennis, in which the 

 ground colour is decidedly dark buff and the transverse band narrowed 

 to a point on the inner margin ; and Nyssia zonaria ab. ockvacea, in 

 which the ground colour is a pale yellowish -buff. 



Mr. Franz Derenne has sent us a copy of his Liste des Papillons de 

 la Begion Namuroise. It will carry us a decade and a half further in 

 the records of forms found in the Namur area than did the work of 

 M. Lambiilion, to whom the present brochure is dedicated. 



How very kind the Xatitralist of November is ! It actually wishes 

 to settle all our business for us. It suggests that even the editors 

 of various magazines should be pooled. " We dont think." 



The Can. Ent. for October contains an account of a Collecting 

 Tour in Antigua by Mr, and Mrs. Stoner. 



