38 [February, 



" The Revieiv of Applied Entomology."— The Committee of the Imperial 

 Bureau of Entomology announce that they have decided to issue from Januai-y, 

 1913, a monthly journal to be t ntitled " The Review of Applied Entomology," 

 in which an attempt will be made to give a prompt and concise siunmary of the 

 current literature from all pai-ts of the world which lias a bearing on noxious or 

 useful insects. Each issue of the " Review " will be divided into two parts, viz.. 

 Series A, " Insects injurious to Agriculture and Commerce " ; and Series B, 

 " Insects which disseminate disease." The publishers are Dulau & Co., Ltd., 

 37, Soho Square, London, W. — Eds. 



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Thomas Boyd, whose death at the advanced age of 82 years, took place on 

 February 5th last at his residence at South Norwood, was, with the exception 

 of Lord Avebiuy, happily still witli us, the senior Fellow of the Entomological 

 Society of London, he having been elected as long ago as 1852, as a Life 

 Member. In his earlier years he was well known as a keen and successful 

 Lepidopterist, and he became intimately associated with Mr. Stainton and other 

 leading workers during that strenuous and successful period of our science 

 covered by the " fifties " of the last century. Between 1853 and 1858 Mr. Boyd 

 was so fortunate as to discover and to add to our list no fewer than eleven 

 species of Micro-Lepidoptera, five of these, described by Mr. Stainton and 

 himself, being new to science. A large number of notes from his pen are 

 embodied in the Entomological journals, &c., of that time, mostly in the 

 " Weekly Intelligencer," to which he contributed (vol. ix, p. 149) a notable 

 article in support of the then vehemently opposed evolutionary theories of 

 Charles Darwin. His collections of Lepidoptera, including the types of his 

 new species, passed into the hands of his cousin, the late W. C. Boyd, about 

 thirty years ago. 



The late W. R. Jeffrey. — With reference to the obituary notice of the late 

 Mr. W. R. Jeffrey (Ent. Mo. Mag., December, 1912) his son, Mr. J. F. Jeffrey, 

 writes to say that at one time his father did make a good collection of 

 Lepidoptera, which was recently sold at Stevens' Salerooms. — G, T. P. 



Societies. 



YoRK.suiKE Naturalists' Union, Entomological Section. 



The Annual Meetino of the Entomological Section of tlie Yorkshire 

 Naturalists' Union was held at the Leeds Institute, Leeds, on October 19th last. 

 — Dr. 11. U. Corbett, President of the Section, in the Chair. 



The report on Coleoptera was read l)y Mr. E. G. Bayford, F.E.S., who re- 

 marked upon the ready response the Coleopterists of the County had made to his 

 I'equestfor notes on their experiences of the year's work. Althoiigh there was a 

 consensus of opinion that the exceptionally wet season had resulted in an 

 appreciable scarcity of insects, the result of the year's work was very satisfactory. 



