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species new to the British list, the former being apparently a dung 

 species. Besides moles' nests, Dr. Joy says that ho has taken O. 

 saidn/i in flood refuse. 



Dr. Sharp states that Phaedun conchiini.s, Steph., is specitically 

 distinct from P. annoraciae, whilst he separates the allied tiDin'dnlKs 

 generically under the name Paraphaedon. 



Mr. E. R. Bankes adds Ceniiostonia snsinella, H.-Sch., to the 

 British list from two specimens taken among its foodplant, aspen, at 

 Aviemore, on June 17th and 19th, 1909. The species is double-brooded, 

 the larvtB mining aspen leaves in July and again in September. 



Mr. Edward Saunders notes that Thomson has split the examples 

 hitherto combined under the name Peiiipliredoii morio, Fab., into two 

 species, both of which occur in Britain. These Thomson renames, 

 neither being referred to morio, Fab., nor to ant/iracinits, Smith. The 

 names given by Thomson are riypealis and mriiiatns, but it is clear 

 the matter of names cannot end here. 



Mr. Saunders also adds J>iodontii>; frieaei, Kohl., to the British list, 

 from examples taken at Oxshott and ? Woking, and Dnfoinea halistida, 

 Nyl., from a ? taken on Woking heath. He also describes a new 

 species FfalictKn arnoldi, near //. minntissimus, from specimens taken 

 at Hellingly, near Eastbourne, August 14th, 1908. 



In August, 1868, the Rev. C. J. S. Bethune, M.A., D.C.S., 

 F.R.S.C, published the first number of the Canadian fjUtoniolonist. 

 Since then 41 volumes have been published, of which Dr. Bethune has 

 edited all but B {viz., vols, vi-viii), which were produced under the 

 editorship of Dr. Saunders. In his 72nd year, Dr. Bethune finds his 

 eyesight failing, and his desire that a successor should be appointed 

 has ended in the Executive of the Entomological Society of Ontario 

 appointing him Editor Emeiitus of the journal, whilst Dr. E. M. 

 Walker, Lecturer in Biology at the University of Toronto, has accepted 

 the position of General Editor. It would be impossible to find any- 

 one who has done more for Canadian entomology than the hard- 

 working entomologist who has so well-earned his retirement. 



It is with the greatest possible regret that we have to note the death 

 of Edward Saunders at the age of 61, on February 6th. Twenty-five 

 years ago when we first joined the elect as represented by the Entom. 

 Society of London, one of the most interesting personalities in the 

 Society was Edward Saunders. Ever since, he has been, as far as his 

 unsatisfactory health would allow, an active supporter of the Society, 

 serving ofhcially as Vice-President, Treasurer, and Member of Council, 

 whilst, at the time of his decease, he was a member of the ]>usiness 

 and Publication Committee of the Society. He would more than once 

 have been unanimously elected to the Presidency had he allowed his 

 name to have been brought forward but he always refused on the 

 ground of ill-health. He was first and foremost an excellent 

 hemipterist and hymenopterist. His standard works on these 

 orders are known to all, and need no commendation from us ; they 

 are sound and trustworthy, and no one, perhaps, had a better grip 

 of, or did more to elucidate our knowledge of, the British species than 

 himself, and he was particularly well-informed in the work of the 

 authorities on these orders. His books contain fewer mistakes, 

 perhaps, than those of most authors who have dealt with the less 

 exploited orders. He was also a good coleopterist, and we believe 



