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from too close association with that tribe, and it may be best 

 placed as a distinct tribe between the ANEPSINI and NYCTOPO- 



RINI. 



Typhlusechus singularis n. sp. Ferruginous, shining. Head and thorax 

 sparsely, moderately finely punctate ; an interrupted series of coarser 

 punctures along the explanate thoracic margin. Elytra each with five 

 very fine striae; the intervals sparsely obsoletely punctulate; a submar- 

 ginal row of coarse, deep punctures; epipleurse obsoletely punctulate; 

 prosternum strongly rugosely, its side pieces very sparsely punctate; 

 metasternum and base of abdomen moderately, the last segments finely 

 punctate. Length i.S mm. 



Type No. 1391, U. S. N. M. 



Two examples from Lo-> Angeles County, California, collected 

 by Mr. A. Koebele. It is the smallest Tenebrionid of our fauna. 



GUIDE TO THE GENERA AND CLASSIFICATION OF THE NORTH AMER- 

 ICAN ORTHOPTERA found north of Mexico. By Samuel Hubbard Scudder; 

 87 pages. Cambridge: Edward \V. Wheeler, 1897. 



The author states that this work is not published as a finality, but for 

 temporary use of students of Orthoptera in this country who have few 

 means for working up their collections. He contemplates a general work 

 on the classification of our Orthoptera, of which this is merely a prodromus. 



The book contains tables of characters of the families Forficulida;, Blat- 

 tida;, Mantidae, Phasmidse, Acridiidae, Locustidae and Gryllidae. Also 

 tabulated keys to the genera of the families named; sixteen pages of 

 valuable bibliographical notes are added. The volume contains no check- 

 list or descriptions of species, which are so urgently needed, but which, 

 we hope, will shortly appear in a succeeding volume. 



As the author states that the book'is intended mainly for students, we 

 were somewhat disappointed to find a total omission of plates and figures, 

 which we believe to be far more useful than many pages of text and in- 

 tricate classification. As an introduction the work has many valuable 

 features, and we highly recommend it to all entomologists interested in 

 the study of Orthoptera. C. F. S. 



OBITUARY. 



R. ALLAN WIGHT. There died on Dec. 22, 1896, at Paeroa, near 

 Auckland, New Zealand, a man who, although he had never done any 

 systematic work in entomology, had by his indefatigable industry in ob- 

 serving the habits of insects and in writing about them for the agricultural 

 newspapers, done a great deal of good bo'h to the agricultural interests 



