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liberally illustrated with 183 figures, of which many are from Miall and 

 Denny's "Cockroach" (19 per cent.), and still more from the publica- 

 tions of the U.S. Dept. of Agriculture (56 per cent). A good index 

 completes the volume, which is well printed and suitably " got up." 



In fine, I can cordially recommend the book to young entomologists 

 as one admirable in every way. 



Mr. Carpenter has headed each of the chapters with one or two 

 quotations from various authors, from Cowper to Darwin ! It may not 

 therefore be inappropriate to close this critique — or rather, appreciation 

 — by appl}ing to the author himself the well-worn, but ever fresh 

 lines : — 



"Felix, qui potuit rerum cognoscere causas, 

 " Atque metus omnis et inexorabile fatum 



" Subiecit pedibus " 



G. W. Kirkaldy. 



NOTES 



We have received from Mr. H. Lyster Jameson, a paper on the 

 anatomy and histology of Thalassema Nepiuni, which formed his inaugural- 

 dissertation lor the degree of ph d., at the Heidelberg University. We 

 heartily congratulate Dr. Jameson on his memoir, which shows traces 

 of careful research. We hear that he is now on his way to the Conflict 

 Islands, in the Coral Sea, near Papua, where he is to survey a proposed 

 pearl-fisher}'. All Irish naturalists will wish him godspeed. 



Dr. Forsyth-Major, whose fame as a palaeontologist is world-wide 

 has been working through the fossil mammals, .&c, preserved in the 

 Dublin Museum of Science and Art. Some interesting papers may be 

 expected as the result of his researches. 



An important outcome of the recent visit of Dr. Fcrsyth -Major to 

 Dublin has been the formation of a committee to carry out further 

 investigations of the cave deposits of this island. Caves which sheltered 

 the men and wild animals of former days abound in many parts of the 

 country, and only one or two of them have been systematically examined, 

 so interesting results may be expected. The committee consists of 

 Dr. Scharff (Chairman), Dr. Major, R. J. Ussher, Professor Cole, George 

 Coffey, and R. Lloyd Praeger (Secretary). They are to be congratulated 

 on having secured the active co-operation of Dr. Major, the first 

 authority in Europe on the subject. Work will, it is hoped, be com- 

 menced next .spring. 



Our readers who collect worms for the Rev. Hilderic Friend, will 

 please take note that he has removed from Ocker Hill, Tipton, to 

 Chichester, Sussex. 



