Science-gossip . e order. Thepreliminary chapters of the book will consist of(1) The Origin of Lepidoptera, (2) The Lepi-dopterous Egg and its Evolution, (3) Partheno-genesis, (4) The Embryology of a LepidopterousInsect, (5) The External Structure of a Lepi-dopteron, (6) The Internal Structure of a Lepi-dopterous Insect, (7) The Variation of the Marginsof Lepidoptera, (8) Defensive Structures and Pro-tective Coloration of the Larvae, (9) Classificationof Lepidoptera. These chapters occupy about112 pages of the work. The second part of thiswork will consist of a monograph of the Sphingo-Micropt
Science-gossip . e order. Thepreliminary chapters of the book will consist of(1) The Origin of Lepidoptera, (2) The Lepi-dopterous Egg and its Evolution, (3) Partheno-genesis, (4) The Embryology of a LepidopterousInsect, (5) The External Structure of a Lepi-dopteron, (6) The Internal Structure of a Lepi-dopterous Insect, (7) The Variation of the Marginsof Lepidoptera, (8) Defensive Structures and Pro-tective Coloration of the Larvae, (9) Classificationof Lepidoptera. These chapters occupy about112 pages of the work. The second part of thiswork will consist of a monograph of the Sphingo-Micropterygid Stirps, of the Nepticulid moths,the Eucleides, the Authercerides and the Lasio-ampides. This part is well forward, in fact nearlycompleted. Mr. Tutt has received importantassistance from several of the leading Britishlepidopterists who study the order from the pointof view of an exact science. Intending subscribers,should apply direct to Mr. Tutt, Rayleigh Villa,Westcombe Hill, London, NOTICES BY JOHN T. CARRINGTON. The Flora of Perthshire. By Francis BuchananW. White, , , Edited byJ-ames W. H. Trail, , , 420 , with portrait and map. (Edinburgh : WilliamBlackwood and Sons, 1898.) In editing the unfinished manuscripts and fillingthe gaps left incomplete in the material gatheredby the late Dr. Buchanan White, Dr. Trail hasbeen judicious. That he has toiled as a labourof love for his departed friend is evident when-one examines page after page of the flora beforeus. Dr. Trail has well done his portion of thebook, and the members of the Perthshire Societyof Natural Science, who are really responsible forthe work, were fortunate in securing the aid of soeminent a botanist. Before proceeding to the floraproper, Dr. Trail commences with a valuableexplanatory introduction, and a memoir of , to which is added an address by him onthe origin of the flora of Perthshire, also a list ofhis published articles, upwards
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