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and Formicoxenus are quite likely inhabitants of the county, and the absence of 

 Formica fusca, race cunicularia, is hard to account for. Among the Fossors Tiphia 

 minuta, Calicurgus hyalinatus, Pseudagenia punctum, Cerceris quadricincta, Crabro 

 signatus and Panzeri are all possibilities. In the Diploptera there are only. seven 

 not recorded, of which Odynerus IcBvipes and melanocephala are the only species 

 which can be said to be likely to occur. Among the Anthophila we should expect 

 Prosopis Masoni to turn up, and as Halictus prasinus and xanthopus appear in the 

 list, their corresponding Sphecodes, reticulatus and spinulosus, may hopefully be 

 looked for. Halictus breviceps, Andrena humilin, analis, lucens, and niveata, the 

 little new species recently introduced into our list, may reasonably be expected 

 to exist in the county. In the Apidee the list is extraordinarily full, and Melecta 

 luctuosa seems to be the only species which could reasonably be suggested as a 

 possible addition to reward the ardour of collectors. The list is very free from 

 printer's errors, Didineis unicornis (should be lunicornis) being the only serious one. 

 Mr. Morley may fairly be congratulated on the way he has done his work. — E. S. 



Pkactical Hints on the foemation of a Collection of Coleopteea : 

 by J. J. Walker, R.N., F.L.S., &c. (Extracted from the " Transactions of the 

 South-Eastern Union of Scientific Societies for 1899." Pp. 18 — 35, 8vo). 



We make no apologies for calling prominent attention to this very useful paper, 

 because there are few, if any, better entitled than its author to write on the subject, 

 and also because it is likely to escape the notice of some of those interested, for it 

 is not all who see the " Transactions " of the recently established " South- Eastern 

 Union," but all Coleopterists beginning work should certainly do so, if they cannot 

 procure a separate copy of the paper. The amount of information crammed into 

 these closely printed 18 pages is very great. Advanced workers will read it with 

 interest ; but it is of course mainly intended for the " beginner," and its great 

 feature is its many-sidedness; there is scarcely any point, even of collateral im- 

 portance, that does not receive attention. The same genuine enthusiasm and 

 geniality in style so conspicuous in all others of Mr. Walker's writings is abundantly 

 evident, with here and there humorous allusions. Such an article as this should 

 be published in pamphlet form, and sold at a low price. 



(ibituarn. 



Richard Henry Meade, F.R.C.S., cj"c., died at his residence at Bradford on 

 December 23rd, 1899, in his 86th year. He was the son of tlie Eev. Richard 

 Meade, of Princes Risboro', Buckinghamshire, and was born in 1814. Destined for 

 the medical profession, he was apprenticed at Bedford Infirmary, and afterwards 

 studied at St. Bartholomew's, where he formed a life-long friendship with Sir James 

 Paget, a fellow-student, whom he predeceased by only a few days. He became 

 M.R.C.S. in 1836 and F.R.C.S. in 1845. For a time he appears to have been in 

 practice near London, and also Lecturer on Botany at St. Bartholomew's. But in 

 1840 he succeeded to a surgical practice at Bradford, which became much extended, 

 and he obtained a high reputation in that branch of the profession in Yorkshire : 

 he also held several important public professional appointments, and for twenty 

 years was a J, P. As a man of high character and distinct personality he will be 

 much missed up north. 



