28 REVIEWS AND NOTICES OF BOOKS. 
In the Ent. Mo. May. for December Mr. Harold Bailey records the 
capture of Anitys rubens and Dorcatoma chrysomelina, at Manchester, in 
a rotten oak. It is curious that these twc species often occur together 
Mr. W. H. Bennett has twice taken then. together in Richmond Park, 
as also in the Hastings district. Mr. J. H. Keys records the capture — 
of a pair of the rare and local Carabus intricatus, in 1898, from its old 
locality near Plymouth. Mr. E. A. Newbery considers that Leptidia 
brevipennis should have a place in the British list, having as much 
right to one as such things as Phizopertha pusilla, Lasioderma serricorne, 
&c. In this we quite agree with him. In mentioning the different 
records he omits the one referred to in the ‘‘ Notes on the British 
Longicornes ”’ (vol. x., p. 246). The specimens here recorded occurred 
in plenty, in company with Gracillia minuta, in a basket-work hamper, 
which Mr. Bennett had for packing purposes. Mr. Bennett was only 
able to trace the hamper as far as Ore, where it belonged to a green- 
erocer. 
Entomologists will hear with regret that Mr. J. J. Walker, one of 
the popular secretaries of the Entomological Society, has been ordered 
abroad. His address for the time being is H.M.S. Katoomba, 
New South Wales. Capt. E. W. Brown, too, has gone with his regi- 
ment to Malta. We may be quite certain that entomology will not be 
neglected by either if opportunity should occur. 
FREVIEWS AND NOTICES OF BOOKS. 
TRANSACTIONS OF THE City or lLonpon [ENtTomoLoGicaL AND: 
Narurat History Society, 1898.— [Published by The City of London 
Entomological Society, the London Institution, Finsbury Circus, E.C. 
Price 2s.|.—This is certainly one of the most important volumes yet 
issued by The City of London Entomological Society. Besides the 
many interesting notes in the reports of the ordinary meetings there 
are several papers which are of great importance to entomologists. Of - 
these ‘‘ Some heredity experiments with Coremia ferrugata, Linn.,” by 
Mr. Prout, and “‘ Beetle coloration,” by Mr. H. Heasler, take the first 
place. ‘The latter is of especial importance as suggesting that there 
are coleopterists in this country who understand that there is some 
science, apart from systematic work, to be got out of “ beetles,” whilst 
‘*‘Cicadides,” by Mr. Quail, ‘‘Notes on the Broads,’ by Mr. H. 
Fuller, and ‘‘ Chrysanthemums,” by Mr. Riches, are also interesting. 
The best thing in the volume will possibly, by many, be con- 
sidered to be the first instalment of “‘The Fauna of the London 
District,’’ compiled by Dr. F. J. Buckell, and brought up-to-date by 
Mr. Prout. That Mr. Prout has seen it through press is a sufficient. 
guarantee of its accuracy, and the combined names of the authors a. 
sufficient guarantee of its general excellence. The ‘ Entomologist 
Synonymic List,” is followed and the species to Nonayria yeminipuncta 
have been dealt with. We have no doubt that many records for the 
remaining Noctuids, the Geometrids, Pyralids, &c., will be sent to Mr. 
Prout now that the list is actually in hand and partly printed. London 
lepidopterists should remember that every little helps in the compilation 
of any faunistic work, and that the importance of this and similar lists 
depends on the accumulation of the little scraps that each individual 
can add. 
