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THE ZOOLOGIST. 



Mr. E. B. Poulton pointed out that he had described the forked hairs of 

 Smerinthus in the Entomological Society's 'Transactions' for 1885, and 

 that such hairs were even better developed in the genus Hemaris originally 

 described, as he believed, by Curtis. Mr. Poulton also said that he had 

 noticed similar forked hairs covering the newly hatched larva? of Geometra 

 papilionaria. 



Mr. Poulton exhibited, and made remarks on, a number of cocoons 

 of Halias prasinana, in order to show the changes of colour produced 

 in them by their surroundings; he also exhibited the coloured back- 

 grounds employed by him in his recent experiments on the colours of 

 larvae and pupae, and illustrated his remarks by numerous drawings on the 

 black-board. 



Dr. Chapman read a paper — which was illustrated by the oxy- 

 bydrogen lantern — entitled " On some neglected Points in the Structure of 

 the Pupa of Heterocerous Lepidoptera and their Probable Value in Classi- 

 fication." A discussion ensued, in which Mr. Elwes, Mr. Poulton, Mr. 

 Champion, and Mr. Merrifield took part. 



Dr. F. A. Dixey communicated a paper entitled " On the Phylogenetic 

 Significance of the Variations produced by Differences of Temperature on 

 Vanessa atalanta" The President, Mr. Merrifield, Mr. Poulton, Dr. 

 Chapman, and Mr. Tutt took part in the discussion which ensued. — 

 H. Goss, Hon. Sec. 



NOTICES OF NEW BOOKS. 



Sporting Sketches in South America. By Admiral Kennedy. 

 With map and illustrations. Post 8vo, pp. 1 — 269. 

 London: E. H. Porter. 1892. 



The name of Captain (now Admiral) Kennedy, E.N., has for 

 some years been familiar to readers of 'The Field' and 'Land 

 and Water,' as that of a pleasant and well-informed writer on 

 sport in South America, that is to say, of such portions of that 

 great continent as proved to be accessible to the enterprising 

 commander of H.M.S. ' Euby ' while in discharge of his duties. 



Capt. St. John, it will be remembered, similarly employed 

 his leisure time when in command of a gunboat in Japanese 

 waters, and, in a delightful book, ' The Wild Coasts of Nipon,' 

 gave a most interesting account of his explorations. The world 

 would be happier and wiser if the example of these two naval 



