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    The Great Lakes Entomologist

    Volume 1
    Number 3 -- December 1966 Number 3 -- Article 7
    December 1966

    December 1966

    Insect Behaviour. Symposium no. 3 of the Royal Entomological


    Society of London. Ed. P. T. Haskell. London: The Royal
    Entomological Society, 1966. viii, 113 pp. $6.35. ..
    Anthony Eve

    Follow this and additional works at: https://scholar.valpo.edu/tgle

    Part of the Entomology Commons

    Recommended Citation
    Eve, Anthony 1966. "Insect Behaviour. Symposium no. 3 of the Royal Entomological Society of London.
    Ed. P. T. Haskell. London: The Royal Entomological Society, 1966. viii, 113 pp. $6.35. ..," The Great Lakes
    Entomologist, vol 1 (3)
    Available at: https://scholar.valpo.edu/tgle/vol1/iss3/7

    This Book Review is brought to you for free and open access by the Department of Biology at ValpoScholar. It has
    been accepted for inclusion in The Great Lakes Entomologist by an authorized administrator of ValpoScholar. For
    more information, please contact a ValpoScholar staff member at scholar@valpo.edu.
    Eve: Insect Behaviour

    104 THE MICHIGAN ENTOMOLOGIST Vol. 1, No. 3

    of t h e f o r c e p s , s t i l l m a n u f a c t u r e d by s e v e r a l e n t o m o l o g i c a l s u p p l i e r s .
    We no l o n g e r s e e c o l l e c t o r s i n t o p h a t s , b u t t h e f o r c e p s n e t r e m a i n s t o
    r e m i n d u s of a n e a r l i e r e r a .
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    REVIEWS OF RECENT LITERATURE

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    Society of London. Ed. P . T. H a s k e l l . London: T h e Royal E n t o m o l o g i c a l
    S o c i e t y , 1966. v i i i , 113 pp. $6.35. ..

    T h e s c i e n c e of zoology is expanding a t s u c h a r a t e t h a t i t is difficult


    f o r e v e n t h e r e l a t i v e l y n a r r o w s p e c i a l i s t to k e e p u p with t h e e v e r -
    i n c r e a s i n g l i t e r a t u r e on h i s s u b j e c t , and a l m o s t i m p o s s i b l e to a s s i m i -
    l a t e r e c e n t f i n d i n g s i n t h e e n t i r e f i e l d of z o o l o g i c a l r e s e a r c h . T h e
    i n t e r n a t i o n a l c o n g r e s s e s of zoology and entomology h a v e helped, con-
    s i d e r a b l y by f a c i l i t a t i n g p e r s o n a l c o n t a c t b e t w e e n w o r k e r s of d i f f e r e n t
    n a t i o n a l i t i e s . On a m o r e m o d e s t s c a l e , the s y m p o s i a of t h e R o y a l
    E n t o m o l o g i c a l S o c i e t y of London h a v e p r o v i d e d a u s e f u l m e a n s of
    b r i n g i n g t o g e t h e r e n t o m o l o g i s t s i n a n a t m o s p h e r e c o n d u c i v e to t h e
    f r e e e x c h a n g e of i d e a s a n d i n f o r m a t i o n .
    T h e p r e s e n t v o l u m e is an a c c o u n t of t h e p a p e r s given a t t h e s y m p o s i u m
    h e l d on t h e 2 3 r d - 2 4 t h S e p t e m b e r 1965: G. B i r u k o w (Gattingen), O r i e n -
    t a t i o n b e h a v i o u r i n i n s e c t s and f a c t o r s which i n f l u e n c e i t ; P . S. C o r b e t
    (Ottawa), T h e r o l e of r h y t h m s i n i n s e c t b e h a v i o u r ; P. T. H a s k e l l
    (London), F l i g h t b e h a v i o u r ; V. G. D e t h i e r ( P e n n s y l v a n i a ) , F e e d i n g
    b e h a v i o u r ; A. Manning ( E d i n b u r g h ) , Sexual b e h a v i o u r ; J. D. C a r t h y
    (London), I n s e c t c o m m u n i c a t i o n ; E . 0. Wilson ( C a m b r i d g e , M a s s . ) ,
    B e h a v i o u r of s o c i a l i n s e c t s ; J. S. Kennedy ( C a m b r i d g e , E n g l a n d ) ,
    S o m e o u t s t a n d i n g q u e s t i o n s i n i n s e c t b e h a v i o u r . E a c h p a p e r is followed
    by a n a c c o u n t of t h e d i s c u s s i o n a t t h e s y m p o s i u m . Although t h e p a p e r s
    a r e s h o r t , a v e r a g i n g about t w e l v e p a g e s , m a n y a r e e x t r e m e l y u s e f u l
    s u m m a r i e s of p r e s e n t knowledge of t h e i r t o p i c s , e s p e c i a l l y C o r b e t ' s

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    l u c i d p a p e r on r h y t h m s . S o m e d i s c u s s l i t t l e - e x p l o r e d c o n c e p t s ; Wil-
    s o n ' s p a p e r provoked a l i v e l y d i s c u s s i o n of t h e s o c i a l life of i n s e c t s .
    The final paper p e r f o r m s the difficult t a s k of f u r n i s h i n g a b a l a n c e d ,
    y e t individual, s u m m a r y of t h e s y m p o s i u m . In i t , Kennedy s u c c e s s f u l l y
    d e s t r o y s t h e t e r m klinokinesis. May i t r e s t i n p e a c e !

    Anthony Eve.

    BOTANICAL LATIN: HISTORY, GRAMMAR, SYNTAX, TERMINOLOGY


    AND VOCABULARY. William T. S t e a r n . London and Edinburgh: T h o m a s
    Nelson and S o n s , Ltd., 1966. x i v , 566pp.($14.75)

    As W. T. S t e a r n r e m i n d s u s i n t h e p r e f a c e to t h i s a t t r a c t i v e and
    w e l c o m e w o r k , "the r e a l m of l i t e r a t u r e which a knowledge of b o t a n i c a l
    L a t i n o p e n s t o b o t a n i s t s is a s t r a n g e b a r b a r o u s p l a c e f o r c l a s s i c i s t s ;
    i n v i t e d i n t o it a s a n i n t e r p r e t e r , a good c l a s s i c a l s c h o l a r m a y well
    f e e l l i k e Alice m e e t i n g Humpty Dumpty t h r o u g h t h e looking-glass."
    T h e s a m e p e r p l e x i t y i s e x p e r i e n c e d by t h e e n t o m o l o g i s t ; t h o s e of u s
    e d u c a t e d i n t h e L a t i n of C i c e r o and Pliny a r e i l l equipped t o n a m e new
    species o r even to translate Latin descriptions, a s biological Latin
    developed long a g o i n t o a s t y l i z e d f o r m not e a s i l y c o n q u e r e d without a
    s p e c i f i c aid.
    S t e a r n ' s s e l f - s t y l e d "do-it-yourself L a t i n kit" s o l v e s t h e p r o b l e m
    with s u r p r i s i n g e a s e . Although p r i m a r i l y w r i t t e n f o r t h e b o t a n i s t , i t
    i s well worth a p e r u s a l by t h e e n t o m o l o g i s t who f a c e s h i s t o r i c a l
    l i t e r a t u r e with a p p r e h e n s i o n o r s i m p l y w i s h e s a meaningful n a m e to
    b e s t o w upon h i s l a t e s t d i s c o v e r y . S t e a r n f u r n i s h e s c o n c i s e r e v i e w s of
    Latin g r a m m a r and s y n t a x , a s well a s a c o p i o u s vocabulary. T h e
    G r e e k e l e m e n t in n a m e f o r m a t i o n i s not f o r g o t t e n , and d i r e c t i o n s a r e
    given f o r t h e solution of s u c h p r o b l e m s a s L a t i n i z a t i o n of n a t i v e n a m e s ,
    a n a g r a m s and e p i t h e t s c o m m e m o r a t i n g p e r s o n s . T h e r e is a n e x c e l l e n t
    index of s t a n d a r d a b b r e v i a t i o n s u s e d in L a t i n d e s c r i p t i o n s . D e s p i t e
    d i f f e r e n c e s between t h e zoological and b o t a n i c a l c o d e s of n o m e n c l a t u r e ,
    a l l b i o l o g i s t s -will find W. T. S t e a r n ' s Botanical Latin t o b e an in-
    valuable r e f e r e n c e work.

    R.S. W.

    B R I E F NOTICES

    LIGHT: PHYSICAL AND BIOLOGICAL ACTION. Howard H. S e l i g e r and


    W i l l i a m D. M c E l r o y . New Y o r k and London: A c a d e m i c P r e s s , 1965.
    x i i , 417pp. $12.00.

    Although t h e a u t h o r s i n c l u d e no s p e c i f i c t r e a t m e n t of t h e a t t r a c t i o n
    of i n s e c t s by l i g h t , t h e r e is m u c h in t h i s work t o i n t e r e s t t h e e n t o m o l -
    ogist. C h a p t e r s a r e included on t h e m e a s u r e m e n t and c h a r a c t e r i z a t i o n

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