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chrysippus and Hypolimnas misippus, received from Dr. Percy Kendall 

 from the Gambia ; also L. dorippus from Eastern Africa, and a female 

 mimic of H. misippus ; L. chrysippus, from Ceylon, and its mimic H. 

 misippus ; L. chrysippus, from Natal, with a white spot on the under 

 wings similar to that of the intermediate female of H. misippus, referred 

 to above ; and, lastly, a female of H. misippus, which appeared to 

 mimic a species of Limnas intermediate in colour between L. dorippus 

 and L. chrysippus, and said it would therefore appear that where these 

 two species of Limnas were found together and hybridised, the 

 mimicking female of the Hypolimnas was found similar in colour to the 

 hybrid. Mr. Fenn, a long series of Hybemia aurantiaria from N. 

 Kent. Mr. Elisha, bred specimens of Deilephila galii bred from pupae 

 forced during March, at a temperature of from sixty to seventy degrees, 

 emerging from fourteen or sixteen days after being placed in this heat, 

 and he had not lost any pupae during this process. Mr. Billups read 

 a paper contributed by the Eev. W. F. Johnson, " A Further List of 

 the Irish Staphylinidae, compiled in 1889." The Secretary read two 

 contributions from Mr. T. D. A. Cockerell, " Hybrids and Mongrels," 

 and "Do the Colours of Living Insects fade?" — H. W. Barker, 

 Hon. Sec. 



REVIEWS. 



Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Antiquarian Field Club. 



Dorcbester : 'Dorset County Chronicle' Office. Vols. ix. and x. 



1888 — 89. Price Seven and Sixpence each. 

 When one turns over the pages of these handsomely produced volumes, 

 one feels regret that among all the varied societies there is none for the 

 collation and indexing of all the proceedings or transactions of the various 

 local and metropolitan scientific clubs or societies. To a private individual 

 it seems almost impossible to find what papers, bearing upon any particular 

 subject, have thus been overlooked. Here is an example, — a society not 

 nearlv sufficiently known, doing excellent work in Entomology and other- 

 wise, publishing papers with coloured and plain plates of the greatest use 

 to the systematic entomologist. In these two volumes we may particularly 

 refer to (in vol. ix.), " Butalis siccella, a moth new to Britain "; (in vol. x.), 

 " New and Rare British Spiders," " A New Species of Epischnia," 

 " Supplement to the Lepidoptera of the Isle of Purbeck," and others. 

 Entomologists will not begrudge the expenditure necessary in obtaining 

 these Proceedings. — J. T. C. 



The Butterfly, its Life-history and Attributes. By John Studland. 

 London : T. Fisher Unwin. 1889. Price One Shilling. 

 Anything which draws attention to Entomology and so begets students 

 in that subject should be welcomed, no matter how elementary be the work. 

 This is evidently the object of the little work under consideration. It is a 

 pity, however, that in choosing blocks for illustration more accuracy of 

 delineation was not observed, for if a beginner has to learn a thing, it is just 

 as well to do so once for all, and not have to relearn his lesson at a later 

 period. It will be a useful little book for those who know nothing of 

 Entomology.— J. T. C f 



