(1) Catalogue of the Amatidae and Arctiadae (Nolinae and Lithosianae) in the collection of the British Museum (2) A Revision of the Ichneumonid based on the Collection in the British Museum (Natural History), with Descriptions of New Genera and Species Part iv, Tribes Joppides, Banchides, and Alomyides (3) The Syrphidae of the Ethiopian Region based on Material in the collection of the British Museum (Natural History), with descriptions of New Genera and Species (4) British Museum (Natural History): British Antarctic (“Terra Nova”) Expedition, 1910 Natural History Report Zoology, vol i, No 3, Cetacea (5) Catalogue of the Fresh-Water Fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History) (6) The Fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma Mollusca (Fresh-water Gastropoda and Pelecypoda) (7) British Museum (Natural History): British Antarctic (“Terra Nova” Expedition, 1910 Natural History Report Zoology Vol ii, No 4, Mollusca Part i, Gastropoda Prosobranchia, Scaphopoda, and Pelecypoda

Abstract

MODERN researches provide a well-trained army of naturalists with an almost overwhelming supply of material. A vast literature has to be examined to make sure that species apparently new to science have not been already described. Assistance is afforded by elaborate monographs of separate groups, such as Sir George Hampson's monumental catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalae-nae, in thirteen volumes. But there is no finality in these obliging auxiliaries, for, as usual, while Sir George's catalogue was being isued between 1898 and 1913 other workers were industriously making it incomplete, so that already the monographer has had to provide a supplement, beginning with a first volume of nearly 900 pages. Some complication in descriptive work is also unavoidable, when several dependent expeditions make their way to the same goal, as within the last few years has been the case with ships visiting the antarctic region and exploring the marine fauna at stations along the route.

(1) Catalogue of the Amatidae and Arctiadae (Nolinae and Lithosianae) in the collection of the British Museum.

By Sir G. F. Hampson. Plates i-xli. (London: British Museum (Natural History) and Longmans, Green and Co., 1915.) Price 33s. 6d. net.

(2) A Revision of the IchneumonidÅ based on the Collection in the British Museum (Natural History), with Descriptions of New Genera and Species. Part iv., Tribes Joppides, Banchides, and Alomyides.

By C. Morley. Pp. x + 167. (London: British Museum (Natural History) and Longmans, Green and Co., 1915.) Price 6s.

(3) The Syrphidae of the Ethiopian Region based on Material in the collection of the British Museum (Natural History), with descriptions of New Genera and Species.

By Prof. M. Bezzi. Pp. 146. (London: British Museum (Natural History) and Longmans, Green and Co., 1915.) Price 6s.

(4) British Museum (Natural History): British Antarctic (“œTerra Nova”) Expedition, 1910. Natural History Report. Zoology, vol. i, No. 3, Cetacea.

By D. G. Lillie. Pp. 85-124. (London: British Museum (Natural History) and Longmans, Green and Co., 1915.) Price 7s. 6d.

(5) Catalogue of the Fresh-Water Fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History).

Vol. iii. By Dr. G. A. Boulenger. Pp. xii + 526. (London: British Museum (Natural History) and Longmans, Green and Co., 1915.) Price 2l. 5s.

(6) The Fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma. Mollusca (Fresh-water Gastropoda and Pelecypoda).

By H. B. Preston. Pp. xix + 244. (London: Taylor and Francis, 1915.) Price 10s.

(7) British Museum (Natural History): British Antarctic (“œTerra Nova” Expedition, 1910. Natural History Report. Zoology. Vol. ii., No. 4, Mollusca. Part i., Gastropoda Prosobranchia, Scaphopoda, and Pelecypoda.

By E. A. Smith. Pp. 61-112. (London: British Museum (Natural History) and Longmans, Green and Co., 1915.) Price 4s.