218 THE ENTOMOLOGIST S RECORD. 



lished in two half-yearly parts, one as soon as possible after June, the 

 other after the annual meeting at the end of January. From the 

 Presidential Address we learn (p. K8) that the Proeei-din'is have cost the 

 paying members Ks. lOd. each, and this volume is offered to the 

 public" at Hs. The volume consists of 132+ xvi pp. 8vo., of which 83 are 

 occupied by special papers, the remainder with an Abstract of the Pro- 

 ceedings. Tlie whole of the material is original, and should be in the 

 handsof every working entomologist in the country. The original 

 papers are as follows : (1) '' Tlie Lasiocampids," by J. W. Tutt, F.E.S., 

 a critical review of the group, from various standpoints, with special 

 reference to the British species. (2) '• The British species of Lepidop- 

 tera occurring in Japan," by R. South, F.E.8., a general paper on the 

 subject. (3) '' Notes on Colfecting British Hemiptera," by E. Saunders, 

 F.L.S., F.E.S., one of the best general papers on the subject that we 

 have ever seen ; this might have been expected, from the authorship of 

 the paper. (4) " Notes on some South European Lepidoptera, with 

 remarks on Thais and Euchloe," by A. H. Jones, F.E.S., a first-class 

 paper, and one that no visitor to the Riviera, or collector of European 

 butterflies can possibly afford to be without. (5) " The scientific 

 aspects of Entomology,"" by J. W. Tutt, F.E.S., a critical review of 

 various phases from which the subject can be studied, with many details 

 as to classification, external structure, wing-formation, scale and pig- 

 ment-formation, metamorphosis, &c. (6) ''Lazy days by the sea 

 (chiefly concerning Lepidoptera)," by R. Adkin, F.E.S., an excellent 

 paper, teeming with observations on the habits of certain Lepidoptera at 

 Eastbourne. '"(7) The Address of the retiring President, J. W. Tutt, 

 F.E.S., " The Study of Natural History— The Variation of Lepidop- 

 tera— The Ori-in of Species," &c., are among the subjects treated in a 

 leni^thy essay of 26 pages. The compilers of the Index deserve our 

 hea'i-ty' thanks. It is much more complete than that given to us by any 

 of our contemporary entomological magazines, and those who have 

 the future work of ' compiling lists illustrating the geographical dis- 

 tribution of species will have cause to be grateful. We have already 

 appealed to the goodwill of our subscribers to support the City of London 

 Entomological Society, not altogether without success, as the Council 

 is now in a position to go on with its valuable work, and some new 

 members have been enrolled. We would ask that the same generous 

 treatment be meted to the South London Entomological Society, m 

 so far as becoming members and purchasing the Pmcccdiwis are con- 

 cerned. By becoming meml:)ers entomologists will be helping a worthy 

 object in which they are supposed to be interested ; by purchasing the 

 Prormliwis they will be getting more than value for their money. 

 Mr. H. J. Turner, 13. Drakefell Road, Hatcham, S.E., would be glnd 

 to iiear from naturalists, not yet members. ,^ , ^, 



\tthemeetintjof theEutoiiiological Society ol London, .Iune2(tli, .Mr. 

 J J WalkerexhibitedonbehalfofMr.(T.F.:\[athew,R.N.,anumber()f iii- 

 terestin-^ Lepidoptera, chiefly from the Mediterranean region, and includ- 

 ing amongst others the following :— Examples of Thais pnli/jriia, Schifl. 

 var oclnaoa, Stand., having an unusually deep and rich colour, bredi 

 frcni larva^ found at Platjea, Crcece ; male and female of T/ustur lallm, 

 Hb from Alexandria, taken en 23rd January, 1898, the male remark- 

 able in being largely marked with orange on the upper side of the 

 front win^sninusuailv large specimensof Poli/i.wwntvs hoU.n.'Birg.Jrom 



