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Conversazione of the Entomological Society of London, notice of which 

 we regret to say came just too late for us to notify in our last number. 



It may not be generally known that King Ferdinand of Bulgaria, 

 who was present to pay the last sad homage of dutiful respect to the 

 memory of His Majesty, is an entomologist of great ability, although 

 with little leisure of late years to prosecute the work. He has a con- 

 siderable collection — to which was added a large part of the Milliere 

 collection at the death of that renowned lepidopterist. 



Mr. E. R. Bankes adds a new Tortricid to the British list. This 

 is Knarinonia {Eriopsela) ericetana, H.-Sch. (not to be confused with 

 Epihlema ericetana), which was first captured by Canon Cruttwell 

 at Aviemore in June, 1907, and again by the Canon and himself at 

 the same place, in the latter half of June, 1908. It is closely allied to 

 K. qiiadrana, and the imagines are to be beaten out of aspen (and more 

 rarely birch) by day, the natural time of flight being from 4.45 p.m. 

 onwards. 



Mr. F. C. Woodforde describes a new form of Kphyra pendidaria, 

 bred from N. Staffordshire-reared parents, with the central portion of 

 the forewings ochreous, as ab. snhnrlDyata. 



The most important volume that has been offered to the orthop- 

 terists of Europe for a considerable time, is Dr. Burr's Si/nopniH of tlie 

 Orthoptcra of Woitern Europe. It is a systematic work with short 

 detailed descriptions of every species occurring in Europe this side of 

 the Carpathians, with notes on habits and habitats, and giving the 

 distribution of each species so far as known, often in considerable 

 detail. The Tables of Genera and Species are most useful, short, 

 simple, and easily followed ; indeed, the book reminds us as much 

 of Stainton's Manual as anything we know. The book contains 

 further revised classificatory lists of the Dermaptera and BLATTmEA, 

 with an excellent Index. It is strongly bound in cloth, consists of 

 160 pages, and is not too large to be placed in the travelling bag as 

 part of the impedimenta of the collector on the war path. The book 

 will no doubt prove as useful to the orthopterists of France, Belgium, 

 Holland, Scandinavia, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Italy, Spain, 

 and Portugal, as to those of Britain, and even if the orthopterists of 

 Russia and the Balkan States, do not find all their species mentioned, 

 the bulk of those that are essentially European and not Asiatic in their 

 origin, will be found here. At the price of 3s., the book ought to sell 

 freely, and, as we understand there is only a comparatively small 

 edition, entomologists who have only a passing interest in the orders, 

 would do well to get a copy, whilst libraries should obtain their copies 

 without delay. We say this advisedly, knowing how diflticult it is after 

 a time to obtain books of which only a very limited number is put on 

 the market. The volume is published by the well-known entomo- 

 logical booksellers, Oliver Janson and Son. It is, we understand, 

 the author's sincere hope that lepidopterists and coleopterists on 

 collecting trips in Europe, will add this to their bag, so that they may 

 identify any captures that come their way, and thus add to our know- 

 ledge of the distribution of these interesting insects. 



We are afraid we did less than justice recently to the energy of 

 those responsible for running the Rugby School Natural History 

 Society, which has just issued its Eepnrt for 1909. Considerable 

 praise is due to Mr. R. B. Henderson, President, Editor and guiding 



