ek) THE KNTOMOLOGIST’S RECORD. — 
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He joined the Society in 1886, and until the commencement of his 4s 
lingering illness, some years ago, took an active interest for many years — 
in both the indoor and outdoor meetings. 
The South-Eastern Naturalist, the annual transactions of the South- 
Eastern Union of Scientific Societies, has recently come to hand. It 
contains a full account of the Congress held in June last at Burlington 
House. There is no natural history in the transactions except in a 
very broad way. Probably the most interesting to a naturalist is the 
paper by Prof. H. W. McBride, F.R.S., entitled, “‘ Are Acquired Charac- 
ters Inherited ? ,” a question which he answers in the affirmative. A 
portion of this paper discussed the experiments of Kammerer with the 
_ European salamanders, Salamandra maculosa and S. atra, the results 
of which if reliable (some authorities strongly doubt the evidence) give ~ 
much support to the view. There is a very strong Botanical Section 
in the Union, and a report of their work, etc., during the year occupies | 
some ten pages. Let us hope that in the near future there may also — - 
be a Zoological Section; there are we see by the list of members a good 
number of zoologists in the Union who might advantageously unite as 
the botanists have done, and forma similar section. There is only one 
plate this year. 
The first part of the Trans. \Ent. Soc. London for 1917 was issued. 
in November. It contains the papers read between December, 1916, 
and March, 1917, with the Proceedings of the meetings held from 
January to June. There are fourteen plates, of which six are coloured, 
and numerous diagrams. There are eight papers, of which five are 
systemic, the remainder being ‘“‘ On the Protocerebrum of Micropterya,” 
by P. A. Buxton, B.A., F.H.8., “Some Notes on Butterfly Migrations 
in British Guiana, af by (Oh les Williams, M.A., ¥.E.S., and ‘‘ The con- 
dition of the Seales in the Leaden Males of ‘Ayr iades vio. and in other 
Lycenids,” by E. A. Cockayne, M.D., F.H.S. The Proceedings: con- | 
tain some interesting notes, “‘ Lepidoptera from Salonika,” ‘‘ Notes on 
Pediculus species,” ** Some 8. Indian Hemiptera,”’ “The ovipositors of 
three Siricids, Paururus juvencus, noctilio, and cyaneus, * with a plate, 
“ Morpho adonis and M. eugenia distinct species,’ and many useful short 
items of new information. 
We have just heard that Mr. Harwood (Colchester) passed away at 
the end of December. He was one of those who held a good name as 
being most reliable in all his business transactions with lovers of 
nature. He had some literary attainments and was the author of 
numerous poetical pieces. 
In the Canadian Entomologist for October, Prof. Skinner ealls 
attention to the ‘‘confusion in the knowledge and determination of the 
American species of the genus Aryynnis ” to. which his attention was 
ealled by a letter from M. Oberthur. He points out that this confusion 
has largely arisen from the ‘lack of data,” “loss of types,” “ absence of 
fixed types,” ‘‘plastic or variable forms,” etc., and he suggests first the 
fixing of a single form as a type, and secondly the delimitation of the 
range of variation of each. ‘To do this, large series must be studied, 
and they should have exact locality, date of capture and altitude where 
taken. He illustrates his remarks by reference to the works of various — 
authors, American and Huropean, who have worked at this genus. 
