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take place at tlie rooms of the Entomo- 
logical Society, 12, Bedford Row, High 
Holborn, on Monday, June 15, at seven 
o’clock. The attendance of all wishing 
to become members of the proposed 
Society or otherwise promote its interests 
is particularly requested, as on the suc- 
cess of this meeting that of the Society 
itself must greatly depend. 
NOTICES OF BOOKS. 
A Manual of British Butterflies and 
Moths. By H. T. Stainton, Editor 
of ‘The Entomologist’s Annual.’ Vol. 
I. (Comprising the Butterflies and 
Stout Bodied Moths). London: John 
Van Voorst, Paternoster Row. Cloth ; 
price 4s. 6d. 
Many persons have an objection to 
taking in serial publications, whilst they 
can only have them in the monthly 
parts. Monthly parts are awkward 
things to refer to and are very apt to 
get lost. 
Such persons will be glad to hear that 
the first volume of the above-named work 
is now concluded, and, as it finishes at 
the end of the Nocture, it comprises the 
Butterflies, Sphinges, Bombyces and 
Nocture, — the groups certainly which are 
most interesting to the incipient entomo- 
logist ; and, as far as it goes, this volume 
is perfectly complete in itself. 
The next family of the Moths which 
will be commenced in the 15th number, 
is the Geometrcc, and a delay of a few 
months has arisen before the appearance 
of that number, because the Author of 
‘ The Manual ’ is anxious to avail him- 
self of the results of the investigations 
of the great French Lepidopterist, 
Guenee, in that group. M. Guenee 
has concluded his manuscript of the 
Genmelrre ; it is now in the printer’s 
hands, and before long the literature of 
that group will be enriched by the ap- 
pearance of two closely printed octavo 
volumes. 
Due notice will be given in our co- 
lumns, both of the appearance of M. 
Guenee’s work, and of the date when 
No. XV. of ‘The Manual’ will appear. 
In the volume before us the Butter- 
flies occupy 65 pages, and are illustrated 
by 24 wood-cuts ; the number of species 
described being 66. 
The Sphinges or Hawk-Moths occupy 
32 pages, are illustrated by 6 wood-cuts, 
and 36 species are described. 
Of the Bombyces 101 species are 
described, 16 are figured, and the letter- 
press extends to 63 pages. 
The Nocluce number 294 species, are , 
compressed into 150 pages, and 35 illus- 
trations are given. 
At the end of the Noctuce follows 
a Synonymic List of all the species in 
the volume, in which the names used by 
Mr. H. Doubleday in his ‘ Synonymic 
List of British Lepidoptera,’ and by the 
late Mr. J. F. Stephens in his British- 
Museum ‘ Catalogue of British Lepi. 
doptera,’ are quoted, whenever they 
happen to be different from the names 
in ‘ The Manual.’ This list extends to 
14 pages, and is made to serve as an 
Index to the volume at the same time. 
The volume concludes with a list of 
those plants which had been mentioned 
in it by their Latin names. 
At the commencement of the volume 
is given a full explanation of all the ab- 
breviations used. The effect of these 
abbreviations has been to give many 
times the amount of information in the 
same space (and conseqnently for the 
same price), than could otherwise have 
been given. 
For instance, the localities and degree 
of plenty of Noctua brunnea, thus ab- 
breviated at page 235. 
“Bi. Brg. ! Brs. ! Bu. ! Ca.! Da.! 
Hu.!! IC.! L. D. ! Lw. ! Ly. ! M.! 
Sc.!! St. Tn.! Wa. Wt. ! Y. ! " would, 
