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News from the Magazines. 
The Entomologist’s Recovd for June contains the following : ' Plusia 
moneta Fab. var. esmeralda Oberthur,’ by P. S. Smith (with plate, a 
pale variety) ; ‘ Donegal in August,’ by Canon Foster (Lepidoptera) ; 
Paris and Mouthier (Doubs.) in July-August, 1932,’ by E. B. Ashby 
(Lepidoptera) ; ‘ The Mystery of Little Black ’ ( Chrysoclista atra 
Haworth — Lep., Cosmopterygidae ) , by T. B. Fletcher and H. Stringer ; 
Zygaenae, Grypocera and Rhopalocera of the Cottian Alps compared 
with other races,’ by R. Verity ; ‘ Notes on Collecting,’ etc. ; and 
supplement ‘ British Noctuae,’ by H. J. Turner. 
At the bottom of page 1098 of Index Animalium by C. Davies Sherborn, 
Part XXXIII, which is just issued, is one word — ‘ Finis.’ There is no 
flourish of trumpets, no editorial, and probably that one word has 
appeared with a sigh of relief to every naturalist, and more particularly 
to C. Davies Sherborn, who, by a great stroke of good luck, has been 
spared to finish this monumental work. The first volume of this 
remarkable index contained all the names of genera and species in the 
animal world up to 1800, and now scientists have a record of every 
name which has appeared in an enormous literature during the years 
1801 to 1850. Dr. Sherborn has devoted the greater part of a very busy 
life to this particular publication, and we can safely say that its 
continuation from 1850 is an absolute impossibility unless a whole 
army of Sherborns can be employed to do the work. 
The Entomologist’s Monthly Magazine for July contains ‘ Remarks 
on the Coleoptera of the Red Sea coast region of the Sudan ’ {concluded ) , 
by H. B. Johnston ; ‘ Dyschirius luedersi Wagn. in Britain,’ by K. G. 
Blair (distinguished from aeneus Dej . and recorded from ten localities 
in the South of England, mainly found in salt' marshes) ; ‘ Dendrosoter 
protuberans Nees ( Doryctinae , Bvaconidae) ; ‘ A Species of Hymenopteva 
Parasitica new to Britain,’ by H. Donisthorpe (from Windsor Forest) ; 
‘ Diprion Polytomum Htg. A sawfly not previously recorded from 
Britain,’ by R. B. Benson (two specimens from Hampshire) ; ‘ A new 
Addition to the British List of Corixidae,’ by W. E. China {Sigara castanea 
Thoms, distinguished from S. moesta Fieb. and recorded from ten localities 
in Britain) ; ‘ British Trichoptera, Ephemeroptera and Plecoptera in 
1932,’ by D. E. Kimmins ; ‘ Eutachina baranoffi, a new British Tachinid,’ 
by C. J . Wainwright (taken in the New Forest and allied to larvarum L. ) ; 
and ‘ Insect immigration on the Norfolk Coast,’ by the editors. Dr. M. 
Cameron commences ‘ New Species of Staphylinidae (Col.) from Japan.’ 
The London Naturalist. The Journal of the London Natural History 
Society, 1932. This publication is, as usual, full of interesting articles, 
of which it is impossible to give a full list. Among the most noteworthy 
are the following : ‘ Nature through the Ages,’ being the presidential 
address of Miss C. E. Longfield ; ‘ The Great Crested Grebe in the 
London Area,’ by P. A. D. Hollom, giving notes on 68 pairs in the dis- 
trict ; ‘ Brambles of Kent and Surrey,’ by W. Watson ; ‘ Notes on the 
Dragonflies of Epping Forest,’ by E. B. Pinniger ; ‘ The Fritillary 
{Fritillaria meleagris L.) ' by H. Spooner, with two charming plates. 
(This interesting flower is found in a locality in Berkshire. ) ; ‘ Ornitholo- 
gical Records of the London Area,’ by the Records Committee. (The 
total for the area is now 212 forms, 99 of them nesting.) ; ' British 
Butterflies in 1932,’ by H. J. Burkill. (Though, on the whole, 1932 has 
been a poor year, still one or two species have been taken in plenty. Colias 
croceus Fourc. appeared along the Southern coast, a few specimens of 
Apatura iris L. have been taken in Sussex, while Limenitis Sibylla L. 
continues to spread and is now well established in various places round 
London.) ; ‘ Birds in the London Area, 1932,’ by the Records Com- 
mittee (with arrival of migrants) ; ‘ Plant Gall Records for 1932,’ by 
H. J. Burkill (numerous interesting records) ; and the continuation of 
‘ Botanical Records of the London Area’ ( Umbelliferae to Campanulaceae) . 
The Naturalist 
