Entomologist's Gazette - Vol. 67, No. 3, 2016

Published: 7/29/2016

Article Details for this issue

The life cycle and ecology of Azanus ubaldus (Stoll, 1782) (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae) on Gran Canaria

By: MARTIN GASCOIGNE-PEES

Page: 153–163

Type: Paper

Synopsis:
A detailed account of the pre-imaginal development of Azanus ubaldus (Stoll, 1782) from Gran Canaria, Canary Islands, is provided, including new observations, accompanied with colour photographs of all life stages. The utilisation of Acacia farnesiana and Prosopis juliflora as host-plants on Gran Canaria is confirmed. The association with the shrub Myoporum tenuifolium on Fuerteventura is discussed.

BOOK REVIEW The Lives of Lepidopterists. Edited by Lee A. Dyer & Matthew L. Forister

By: ADRIAN SPALDING

Page: 164-168

Type: Book Review

Some XIX century English records of Nymphalis antiopa (Linnaeus, 1758) (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae)

By: W. JOHN TENNENT & CHARLES F. DEWHURST

Page: 169–173

Type: Paper

Synopsis:
A family house clearance unearthed a 5-drawer entomological cabinet containing three specimens of Nymphalis antiopa (Linnaeus, 1758) bearing labels suggesting capture in England in the XIX century. Labels also indicated that the specimens had passed through J. C. Stevens Auction Rooms in 1930. Their provenance is investigated and all three specimens are illustrated with their labels. The specimens have been donated to the Oxford University Museum of Natural History.

Field Guide to the Bees of Great Britain and Ireland, by Steven Falk; illustrated by Richard Lewington

By: ADRIAN SPALDING

Page: 174-175

Type: Book Review

The Entokil Man. The Life of Harold Maxwell-Lefroy, by Laurence Fleming

By: ADRIAN SPALDING

Page: 175-176

Type: Book Review

Two hundred and twenty-five species of reared western Palaearctic Campopleginae (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae) in the National Museums of Scotland, with descriptions of new species of Campoplex and Diadegma, and records of fifty-five species new to Britain

By: MARK R. SHAW, KLAUS HORSTMANN & ASHLEIGH L. WHIFFIN

Page: 177–222

Type: Paper

Synopsis:
Host and in some cases detailed rearing data are presented for 225 species of western Palaearctic Campopleginae from reared material in the National Museums of Scotland, with comments on phenology of all species and particular attention to their means of overwintering. For many species there were previously no host records. Fifty-four species are recorded from Britiain for the first time, of which two species of Campoplex and one of Diadegma are described as new. Attention is drawn to type material of other campoplegine taxa present in the collection.