114 THE ENTOMOLOGIST’ S RECORD. 
type, Plesiotype, Neotype, Heautotype, Plastotype, Monotype, Chiro- 
type, Apotype, Hypotype, Autotype, Ideotype, Androtype, Gynetype, 
Topotype, Orthotype, Haplotype, Logotype and Pseudotype. 
«‘ The invention of new names for kinds of types has followed the 
discovery that the word ‘ type’ in the past had no very exact meaning, 
and now the pendulum has swung to an absurd degree and has gotten 
perilously near to perpetual motion. The sensible thing to do would 
be for someone to grasp the pendulum and swing it back to the word 
type and give the word its exact present meaning. 
«The International Entomological Congress has accepted the 
principle of the single type. The Entomological Society of America 
has thus far not accepted the single type idea. 
“Tt is foolish to expect anyone of ordinary mind to remember the 
meanings of such an aggregation of verbiage as the above list shows. 
We would advocate the use of very few of these terms, probably three 
are quite sufficient for ordinary mortals,—type, paratype, and lecto- 
type. Very learned individuals may wish to go the whole gamut and 
unfortunately there is no law to prevent people from being foolish. 
Lectotypes should be established with the greatest care. HHven the 
persons who use all the varieties appear to be a bit hazy as to what 
they all mean.” 
In the Naturalist for May, Mr. W. Falconer contributes an article 
on the Plant Galls of the Huddersfield district. Lieut. Stainforth 
gives an account of the Woodlice of the Hull district. Dr. J. W. 
Heslop Harrison, D.Sc., continues his discussion of the subfamily 
Bistoninae. 
« Accidents will happen,” and errors will sometimes unconsciously 
slip in and equally unconsciously evade correction.* ‘‘ Hours of idle- 
ness’ spent in the country during the past few months have given 
opportunity for a course of more varied reading than for some years 
past. An admirable series of small treatises The People’s Books, have 
served not only to refresh studies of long ago, but have served to bring 
many subjects of our human knowledge up to date. In vol. 65 of the 
series, Pond Life, occurs the following: ‘‘The May-fly has many 
admirers. To the fisherman it is the only Diptera worth thinking 
about,” and again in the next section, ‘‘ Perhaps one of the most 
curious and interesting Diptera that spend part of their life in the 
water are Caddis-flies.” (The italics are ours.) ‘Tis a pity that 
“« Chironomous”’ is so spelled some nine times in a few pages, and we 
have never seen the word “fussbush’”’ used except in a page of Comic 
Cuts. ’Tis also a pity that an uncorrected index has crept into so 
useful an educational book. The volume is a capital summary of the 
, 
subject dealt with, giving sufficient detail in many life-histories to 
arouse and retain the interest of ‘‘large numbers of people, who un- 
fortunately miss a great many of the good things of this world. 
They live their lives without knowing anything of the wonders that 
surround them.’ Among other volumes that are especially worth 
reading are: Foundations of Science, Embryology, Biology, Botany, 
Bacteriology, Evolution, and Heredity. An outstanding feature of all. 
these little books is the excellent bibliographies. 
* A wretched error crept into the last number, p. 100, line 42, where ‘‘ Rhynco- 
phora’’ is used for ‘‘ Rynchota.’’ I have no excuse, not even one ofignorance. It 
is certainly a lapse, but too bad to call a ‘‘lapsus calami.’’—H.J.T. 
