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THE ENTOMOLOGIST S RECORD. 



recent years by Dr. Moltrechfc and Mr. A. E. Wileman, and containing 

 descriptions of 23 species which are new to science. He states that 

 nearly all the species are essentially Indo-Australian in their character, 

 and that the connection of the Pormosan with the distinctively Palfe- 

 arctic fauna is so slight as to be almost negligible. 



The Smithsonian Institute, Washington, has just issued a Mono- 

 l/rafih of the Jitiiipin;/ Plant-lice or Pq/llidae of the New World, by David 

 L. Crawford, comprised in 182 pages, with 30 plates containing some 

 500 diagrams of wings, heads, genitalia, thoraces, etc. In the intro- 

 ductory matter considerable explanation of the morphology of head, 

 thorax, appendages and abdomen is given, as well as remarks on the 

 relation of the Psyllulae to other Homoptera, their peculiar locomotion, 

 and on the immature stages. 



The Canadian authorities have now decided to found a National 

 Collection of Insects, and with a view to this object Dr. C. Gordon 

 Hewitt has been appointed Honorary Curator of Entomology in the 

 Canadian Museum, Ottawa, and several collections have already been 

 acquired as a nucleus. They will be stored in cabinets like those in the 

 United States National Museum, and will be housed in a lire-proof 

 building. Especially is it desired that rare and local species may be 

 donated, and that types of Canadian species shall be deposited in the 

 collection. 



Dr. J. H. Wood, M.D. 



It is with deep regret we announce the death of a well-known and 

 highly esteemed entomologist, riz., Dr. John H. Wood, of Tarrington. 



For several months past his strength had been failing, as the result 

 of an attack of influenza in February last, and despite all the tender 

 care of his family at Ledbury, he passed peacefully away at his old 

 home there. 



He was in his 74th year, and son of the late Dr. M. A. Wood, of 

 Ledbury. There were four brothers of whom Dr. Wood was the eldest. 

 The second brother is Dr. Miles A. Wood, F.R.C.S., of Ledbury, the 

 third Major-General Sir Elliott Wood, who was Chief Royal Engineer 

 with Earl Roberts all through the Boer War, and the fourth Colonel C. 

 K. Wood, whowas Chief Royal Engineerwith General Buller from begin- 

 ning to end of the war, including the relief of Ladysmith. It was some- 

 times said that " two of them were to cure and two to kill." Dr. Wood 

 received his medical education at King's College, London, and in 1864 

 took the degree of M.B. at the London University, and soon afterwards 

 went to reside at Tarrington, where for nearly fifty years he practised 

 his profession with great success. He enjoyed the full confidence of 

 his patients, and his tender, kindly and cheerful manner made him 

 greatly beloved by all who knew him. His generous treatment of 

 the poor is affectionately remembered by his old patients. He was 

 an earnest Churchman of evangelical leaning, and a most genial 

 and charming companion, for whatever subject was started he was 

 generally able to throw light upon it from his great store of 

 knowledge. In politics he was a staunch Conservative. He was 



