Referee's report by Vincent Brian Wigglesworth, on a paper 'The influence of maternal physiology on the incidence of diapause' by F J Simmonds Sectional committee: Zoology Recommended for publication in Proceedings. The paper is interesting and important but it is 'written in too long winded a style', with too much space devoted to previous studies. [Published in Philosophical Transactions B, 1948]. Date received not given. Letter (dated 8 November 1946) states that he has returned the paper. 1946