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them to persist in naming the species in question Danais arcMppus, 

 notwithstanding the fact that that old generic name was given to a 

 group of quite another family of butterflies, and that the Limnain 

 division of the Euploeinse has long been divided into some 25 genera, 

 of which the American genus Anosia forms one. 



Upon the whole the book may be recommended to all who cultivate 

 a taste for philosophical Natural History. The book is most appropri- 

 ately dedicated " To the foremost-student of the life-histories of 

 American butterflies, William Henry Edwards, of West Virginia." 



J. J. W. 



Our Household Insects: an Account of the Insect-Pests found in Dwelling- 

 houses. By Edwaed a. Butlee, B.A., B.Sc. (Lond.). Pp. 344. 

 London : Longmans, Green & Co. 1893. 



A COLLECTION of articlcs previously published in 'Knowledge.' The 

 book is divided into seventeen chapters, each of which is well written, 

 and bears evidence of much careful investigation into the habits of the 

 objects dealt with. A large amount of information from various trust- 

 worthy sources is also incorporated. It would be difficult to mention 

 any insect occurring in dwelling-houses that is not referred to, and all 

 that is useful to know concerning it fully expounded. Many well- 

 executed wood-cuts and seven photographic plates give additional 

 value to the book, which we can heartily commend to the notice not 

 only of the general reader but also of the entomological student. 



OBITUAEY. 



James Batty, of 65, Fawcett Street, Sheffield, died on October 

 14th, aged 62 years. He was an excellent type of the working-man 

 Lepidopterist, and the last surviving practical worker of the old 

 Sheffield Entomologists' Club, which comprised many excellent 

 naturalists thirty or forty years ago. Batty had an excellent know- 

 ledge of larvae, and was the discoverer of the larva of Tapinostola elymi 

 and CeloRna haworthii. He was a regular correspondent with the late 

 Mr. Wm. Buckler and the late Eev. Joseph Hellins, and used to keep 

 them well supplied with material for description. He was also a good 

 Micro-Lepidopterist, and has left a fairly typical collection of Tortrices 

 behind him. Apart from these he kept no collection, having sold his 

 some years ago, I believe to Mr. J. B. Hodgkinson. He then gave up 

 his hobby till a few years ago, when he recommenced to exchange for 

 species he either had not seen before or was not familiarly acquainted 

 with. Two years ago he started his small collection of Tortrices. He 

 will be much missed by the writer, as they have been hundreds of 

 excursions together. A. E. H. 



WEST, NEWMAN AND CO., PRINTERS, HATTON GARDEN, LONDON, B.C. 



