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/,oo.Q;eogi'aphical relations of Tibet. In the former he brings the 

 Mediterranean Province right through the plains of Turkestan to the 

 foothills of the great mountains of Central Asia, and includes only 

 Morocco and Algeria, and Tunis in the African portion of the llegion; 

 the Turkestan Province he confines to the north western portion of 

 the great mountain system. Tibet is a well-defined province itself, 

 with highly characteristic physical and faunistic features. The manu- 

 script of one important paper, with a number of illustration?, was on 

 its way to England, through the post, when the war broke out, and the 

 precious parcel has disappeared in Germany, the unfortunate author is 

 now engaged in re-writing the paper, which includes the results of his 

 adventurous journey from India through the Himalayas and Kashgar 

 into Russian Turkestan. — M.l>. 



ilussian Entomologists are doing well by their country. A 

 prominent young Economic Entomologist, L. L. Kumberg, has fallen 

 on the field of honour. 



Colonel A. N. Kaznakov, the genial and distinguished Director of 

 the Caucasus j\Iuseum, Titlis, commanded a regiment of (Caucasian 

 Cossacks in the autumn, and received three bullet wounds ; fortunately 

 he is recovering, and is now anxious to return to the front. V. M. 

 Isaev, a well known Embryologist, who was an officer m the Reserves, 

 has been called to cne of the Siberian Infantry regiments. 



V. V. Bai'ovsky, the Coleopterist has a staft' appointment, and D. N. 

 Borodin, also a Coleopterist, has a commission in an Ural Cossack 

 Regiment, and has received two decorations for distinguished conduct 

 in the field. 



A. I. Kiritchenko, Lepidopterist, is serving in the Medical Corps. 

 A. V. Martynov, the well-known Trichopterist, author of many 

 important works on that group, is a Reserve Officer in the Artillery. 

 T>. A. Smirnov, Entomologist at the Imperial Demesne at Margab 

 (Transcaspia), is an officer in the Turkestan Army, now serving in 

 the Caucasus. J. P. Razilevsky, a young Coleopterist, has recently 

 returned from the front. — M.P>. 



Dr. Burr writes from Petrograd : " I attended a meeting of the 

 Russian Entomological Society the other day, and had a very warm 

 welcome. A few days previously I attended a very interesting meeting 

 of the Biogeographical Commission of the Imperial Geographical 

 Society, and was elected a member. This makes me a Corresponding- 

 Member of the Geographical Society. Our Hon. F.E.S., A. P. 

 Semenov-Tian-Shansky, is President." 



The Spring Meeting of the South-Eastern Union of Scientiiic 

 Societies will be held on Saturday, April 24th, when a visit will be 

 made to the Zoological Gardens, Regents Park, We will remind our 

 readers that the Insect House in the gardens is a sight not to be 

 missed in the summer, and no doubt at the present time there are 

 plenty of items well worth viewing. Tickets including admission, tea, 

 guide-book, etc., can be obtained by all members of affiliated societies 

 at 2/G each, from the Hon. Excursion Secretary, H. Norman Gray, 

 334, Commercial Road, London, E. 



Mr. W. ]5owater, F.E.S., of Birmingham, is a Lieutenant in the 

 R.A.M.C, and has just gone to the front. During his training in 

 camp he spent some of his spare time at night in writing up some 

 entomological notes, which we shall publish later on. 



