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required to complete the plates of the illustrated edition, is sufficient testimony 

 to the activity of our present workers. The second part of the volume is due to 

 Mr. H. St. J. Donisthorpe, whose commendable industry and unrivalled experi- 

 ence in collecting in all parts of our Islands, has enabled him to compile, from 

 the enormous mass of records of local and rare species in recent years, a list of 

 " Additional Localities and Notes " extending to nearly 120 pages, which cannot 

 fail to be appreciated by all active outdoor workers. To the same writer we owe 

 an exceedingly valuable and interesting chapter on the subject he has made his 

 own, the Myrmecophilous Coleoptera of Great Britain ; this comprises an 

 exhaustive list of our " ant's nest " known species and their hosts, and is illus- 

 trated by two excellent half-tone plates. Perhaps there are a few more 

 misprints and other signs of undue haste in this volvune than in its predecessors, 

 and we notice many curiously erratic variations in the spelling of the place- 

 names in the " List of Localities " ; but on the whole the joint authors are to be 

 congratulated on having accomplished a very usefiil and greatly needed piece 

 of work. 



"The Dictionary of Entomology," by Nigel K. Jardink, F.E.S. 

 Published at 2, Castle Street, Ashford, Kent. London: West, Newman & Co., 

 54, Hatton Garden, E.G. 12mo, pp. viii, 259. 1913. 



This neat and compact little volume is a praiseworthy effort on the part of 

 the author to compile and explain, as far as possible, the very numerous technical 

 and special terms used by the writers in our science from the time of Linne to 

 the present day, and to give their derivations. On this latter point a great deal 

 of labour and research has evidently been spent, the older European languages 

 (including even Gaelic and Icelandic) as well as the classics having been laid 

 under contribution. As regards the terms themselves, the explanations seem to 

 us on the whole adequate and correct, though erring decidedly in some cases on 

 the side of brevity ; but the entomologist, as well as the linguist, will find much 

 that is useftd and interesting in the scientific terms, more than 3,000 in number, 

 which have been brought together by the writer of this little book. 



^ocietir. 



Entomological Society of London : Wednesday, April 2nd, 1913. — 

 Mr. G. T. Bethune-Baker, F.L.S., F.Z.S., President, in the Chair. 



Messi'S. Andre Avinoff, Liteyny, 12, St. Petersburg ; W. Bowatei-, Eussell 

 Road, Moseley, Birmingham ; J. S. Carter, Warren Hill Cottage, Eastbourne ; 

 James Davidson, M.Sc, Imperial College of Science and Technology, South 

 Kensington, S.W. ; Arthur H. Foster, M.R.C.S., L.E.C.P. (Eng.), M.B.O.U., 

 Sussex House, Hitchin ; J. A. de Gaye, King's College, Lagos, South Nigeria ; 

 Oliver Hawkshaw, 3, Hill Street, Mayfair, W., and Millard, Liphook ; and 

 Ernest Edward Piatt, 403, Essen wood Road, Durban, Natal, were elected Fellows 

 of the Society. 



