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Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society

Mr. Harry C. Monk, Nashville, Tenn. has tabulated his observations of the occurrence of V. cardui in that area (Davidson County) and has granted me permission to include them in this report. In the following tabulation of number of days in any one month that V. cardui was observed, a day is counted regardless of the number of individuals seen or the number of localities at which the species was seen. Data through 1970 are included. He has one December record: 8 December 1952; this is the only year for which there is a December record for Mississippi.

APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV

1954

-

-

1

9

4

24

17

2

57

1955

-

-

_

_

_

3

3

_

6

1956

-

-

-

-

2

1

-

_

3

1957

-

-

-

9

11

19

10

1

50

1958

-

-

3

13

10

17

1

1

45

1959

-

-

1

1

-

2

-

-

4

1960

-

~

_

4

11

9

5

_

29

1961

-

-

-

2

1

-

-

-

3

1962

-

-

-

-

3

4

2

3

12

1963

-

-

2

2

7

6

9

1

27

1964

_

-

-

-

2

2

7

1

12

1965

-

-

-

1

6

6

2

_

15

1966

1

2

7

1

8

7

12

2

40

1967

-

-

-

-

-

-

5

-

5

1968

4

6

10

5

25

13

9

_

72

1969

-

-

-

-

-

-

1

-

1

1970

-

-

1

2

4

5

2

1

15
 

5

8

25

49

94

118

85

12

396

Bryant Mather,3 213 Mt. Solus Dr., Clinton, Mississippi.

3 Research Associate, Florida State Collection of Arthropods, Division of Plant Industry, Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services.

BOOK REVIEW

The English Lepidoptera or the Aurelian's Pocket Companion, by Moses Harris. 1775, 66 pp. -f- i-xv, 1 coloured plate. Reprinted 1969 by E. W. Classey Ltd., Hampton, Middlesex. Distributed in North America by Entomological Reprint Specialists, P.O. Box 77971, Dockweiler Station, Los Angeles, Calif. Price $9.60 U.S.

An introductory section of the book is devoted to the collection, rearing and preservation of moths and butterflies. The remainder of the text is arranged in the form of a table which lists for 415 species of British Lepidoptera: common names, food plants, seasonal periods of pupation and emergence, wing expanses, habitats, and diagnostic macular features. The last column in the table of data lists the Linnaean names for each species and numbers them according to the tenth edition of the Systema Naturae. A coloured frontispiece illustrates the numerial system of designating wing veins and cells. The book will be a particular interest to the bibliophile.

D. F. Hard wick, Editor.