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Loxocera fulvirentrin, Mg., near Forres. -On August 31st I swept a ? of this 

 species among heather and grass. Dr. Sliarp took it over to Newmarket, and on 

 being compared with Mr. Verrall's specimen of L. fulviventris, it was found to agree, 

 except t!iat tliere is hardly a trace of fulvous on the front part of the belly. I may 

 add that the hind femora are tipped with blackish above. — F. Jknkinsov, 10, 

 Brookside, Cambridge : November llth, 1903. 



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Monograph of the Coccid^e of ttif, BuiTisn Isles: by Robert New- 

 stead, A.L.S., P.E.S., &c. Vol. ii, pp. viii and 270, plates F. and xxxv— Ixxv. 

 London : Ray Society, 1903. 



In our issue for January, 1902, we gave a short notice of vol. i of this invalu- 

 able work, and of its talented author. We now congratulate the latter, the Ray 

 Society, and the entomological and horticultural public, on the appearance of vol. ii, 

 completing the Monograph (o date. This second vol. is largely made up from the 

 genera and species of Coccidx that cover themselves with a white wax-like or 

 cottony secretion, from which they have obtained the name — dreaded by horticul- 

 turists — of " mealy bug," though only a few are rightly entitled to that name. 

 With these are, of course, incorporated those beautiful ambulatory species placed in 

 the Orthezihi-rp. The author says that 88 species (and four varieties) of Coccidx 

 have now been found in the British Isles ; of these, 51 si)ecies (and two varieties) 

 occur only under " glass," and have certainly been introduced, but have mostly 

 come to stay. The descriptive matter is very full and clear, and the plates 

 beyond praise ; less colour has been required than in vol. i, and this brings out the 

 author's artistic ability more clearly ; the lithographer has succeeded even better 

 than in the previous vol. Except in the dry details of nomenclature there will not 

 be very much lo add for some time. A reviewer must have his grumble : here is ours. 

 As the plates in vols, i and ii are numbered consecutively, it might have been better 

 had the text been paged consecutively. 



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rhilip Brookes Mason, M.R C.S., F.L.S., F.E.S., who died at 13urton-on- 

 Trent on November fith, 1903, was well known in the Midlands, and especially in 

 Burton-on-Trent, as a physician of no ordinary repute and ability. He commenced 

 his medical education in 1858 by spending a winter and a summer session in 

 Glasgow, where he gained prizes in the classes of anatomy, chemistry, and botany. 

 After a year spent in his father's surgery at Burton-on-Trent he entered at Univer- 

 sity College, London, where he gained seven gold and silver medals, as well as the 

 " Filliter " exhibition in pathological anatomy, the " Longridge " exhibition for 

 general proficiency in medicine and surgery, and the " Atkinson-Morley " exhibition 

 for three years in surgery. He was house surgeon in the hospital to Mr. Erichsen 

 and Sir Henry Thompson. In 186f> he was appointed Demonstrator of Anatomy in 

 University College, and held that appointment for three years. Mr. Mason was 

 born at Burton-on-Trent on January 2nd, 18t2,and he once said he began collecting 



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