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exhibits sets of photographs of the life histories of Hiheniia Icuropliae- 

 aria, Di/tisnis inariiiiiolis, Cassida eqiicstris, Thiiarcha tenebricoaOy 

 Lanipfjris noct.iliica, Pterustichiis inadidii-'i, Eryx ater, Aroniia niosc/iata, 

 Mef/achile ccntiDicidan's, Veapa (leniiauica, Piwpla institiatar, (J/injsnpa 

 flara, and Aarion pticlla, all of which deserve notice. Mr. C. W. 

 Colthrup has a small exhibit of his favourite study of the resting^ 

 attitudes of moths. Mr. A. W. Dennis also has a set of photographs 

 of the Wood ant, Formica riifa. Mr. Hamm, of Oxford, has several 

 autochrome slides of the resting attitudes of butterflies. There are 

 many other sections of the exhibition well deserving of mention, which 

 we ask our readers to see for themselves. The rooms will remain open 

 until October 2nd. ; -^ 



In the Knt. Ueconl, vol. xii.,_ p. -&=6 (1900), Dr. Burr gave an 

 interesting account, with portrait, of the great Orthopterist Dr. Brun- 

 ner von Wattcnwyl. We have just heard of the news of his death, 

 which took place at Vienna on August 24th, 1914. He was born in 

 1823, and was a member of one of the oldest Swiss families. 



The Entomological Society of France at it? bi-monthly meetings 

 announces news from members who are with the army. From the 

 Ihdlctin of the April-May meetings we see that Dr. M. Bedel has been 

 mentioned in despatches, M. Balestre is now convalescent, after being 

 severely wounded at Saint Mihiel, MM. Georges de Bary and Xavier 

 Roques have died of their wounds, M. Albert Lacrocq, wounded at 

 Eparges, has recovered, M. Gaston Roche has been killed, and M. R. 

 Decary, seriously wounded at the Marne, is now convalescent. 



In the April numbers of the Ihdletin de la Societe F/ntoDudof/ii/tte de 

 la France, M. Chi'etien has a series of very interesting notes on 

 ( 'alloplni/.i rubi, lleailes vir;iaureae, Loiccia alcijihron var. (jordiiis, 

 ['lebeiiis ar(/ijro(/)Wiiio)i, Latiorina orbitidiis, P(ih/o)iniiati(s eras, P. escheri, 

 and Cnpidd sebriis ; the Abbe -J. de Joannis discourses on the Law of 

 Priority ; and there are several systematic articles with illustrations on 

 new and little known Coleoptei'a. 



In the ]\nt. Mo. Matj. for -lune Mr. E. Ernest Green describes two 

 ('occids as new to science. I'sendococcits spluupn was discovered by Mr. 

 Donisthdrpe in a nest of Formica picea in Matley Bog, New Forest, 

 amongst njduKjiuim, and P. (jahani was found on liibex naiuniinea in 

 London. In the same number Mr. R. S. Bagnall further describes a 

 Neuropteron new to Britain, Coniventzia cr>/pti>nei(ris, which he an- 

 nounced in the new periodical, the Vascidnm, a short time ago. 



In the Canadian Kntniiioloiiist for .June, the monthly article on 

 Popular and Economic Entomology deals in a most interesting and 

 living way with " Some Manitoban "Water-Beetles." There are also 

 descriptions of several new genera and species of Tineina from the 

 neighbourhood of Cincinnati. 



In the XatKralist for -June is found a long Report of the Cumber- 

 land Nature Reserve, the Entomology of which is described by an old 

 correspondent of ours, Mr. F. H. Day. He lists 15 species of Butterflies, 

 122 species of Moths, and 257 speciesof Beetles. The area now preserved 

 is Kingmoor Common, which was formerly a locality much frequented 

 by collectors. 



The first part of the 'J'ransactions of the Fntomohujical Sucietij of 

 London for 1915 was issued in June. It contams twenty plates, four 

 of which are coloured, with 170 and xlviii. pages. Dr. Dixey con- 



