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families, Geometrid;e and Ennomidtte, as consecutive groups of the 

 Bombyces, discarding the superfamiiy term. However, as used by Dr. 

 Hulst, this term may be only a convenient heading for the article. 



The author is in some difficulty to separate the " Geometrina " from 

 the other groups of Lepidoptera, and has to fall back on larval characters. 

 He says : " The larva has one or more pairs of the anterior abdominal 

 legs wanting, and they are thus distinguished from the Bombycina in the 

 widest reach of that term." Yet this is not correct, since Brephos, 

 included in the "Geometrina," has all the abdominal feet present, while 

 Nola, excluded, entirely lacks the anterior pair. 



In the classification Meyrick is followed, as Dr. Hulst considers his 

 " in many respects by far the best yet proposed." Hiibner's Verzeichniss 

 receives recognition, but not the Tentamen. However, the Tentamen 

 narhes are included in parentheses, so that any one differing in his 

 opinion of the value of these names may easily apply them. 



On the whole. Dr. Hulst's paper indicates a distinct advance in our 

 knowledge of the Geometridse. Harrison G. Dvar. 



Insect Life. — A short account of the classification and habits of insects; 

 by F. V. Theobald, M. A., F. E. S. London: Methuen & Co. 

 Pp. 235. (2s. 6d.) 



Under the title of the " University Extension Series," the publishers 

 are issuing a number of books on historical, literary, and scientific 

 subjects, which are intended to be both popular and scholarly. We 

 have not seen any of the other works of the series, and cannot, therefore, 

 comment upon them, but the book before us seems hardly to come up 

 to the expectations one would naturally form of a manual intended for 

 use in preparation for " University Extension " lectures. The descrip- 

 tive portion is meagre, and will afford a student a very vague idea of the 

 insects belonging to the different orders. It is satisfactory, however, to 

 find in an English publication some attention paid to economic 

 entomology and the application of the insecticides which are in common 

 use here. The book is neatly printed (though we have noticed several 

 misprints in the spelling of names) and is illustrated with over fifty wood 

 cuts. ^ C. J. S. B. 



Mr. Walter W. Froggatt has been appointed Entomologist to the 

 Department of Agriculture, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, in 

 place of the late Mr. A, S. Ollifif, F. E. S, 



