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Practical Him's for the Field Lepidopterist. Part III. By J. W. 

 TuTT, F.E.S. London: Elliott Stock, 62, Paternoster Row, E.G. (January, 1905). 



The third part of tliis excellent series of " Practical Hints " fully sustains the 

 reputation of the two that hare preceded it, and is another testimony, if one were 

 needed, to the industry nnd acumen of its indefatigable compiler. Like the former 

 parts it mainly consists of a series of suggestions and instructions for the outdoor col- 

 lecting of our British Lepidoptera during each month in the year, the superfamilies 

 of the Order being treated under separate headings. These liints are drawn from 

 the experience, not only of the author himself, but from that of nearly all our best 

 field workers, the older collectors not being forgotten. A glance at the eojiious and 

 well-arranged Index to the complete work shows that hardly a species not of uni- 

 versally common occurrence, or so rare as only to be met with by mere chance, has 

 not been referred to ; indeed, we estimate that the " Hints," upwards of 4000 in 

 number, deal with at ic^ast two-thirds of our native species of Lepidoptera. To the 

 beginner in the practical study of the Order in the field, the work is thus a veritable 

 encylopaedia of reliable information ; and while the " old hand " will be already 

 familiar willi much of its contents, ho will not fail to find abundance of new 

 material presented in a very readable and attractive form. The introductory 

 chapters to the part, especially those on " Collectors, Collecting, and Collections," 

 and the " Eggs and Egg-stage of Lepidoptera " (the latter illustrated by three very 

 good plates), are exceedingly interesting and suggestive, and the " liints for de- 

 scribing Larvae " will be found very useful. As we understand that the first part of 

 this work is practically out of print, and the second nearly so, we ver.ture to hope 

 that a re-issue of the complete series — which should be in the hands of every 

 Lepidopterist — may ere long appear in one volume, and, if possible, at a reduced 

 price. 



ihiarn. 



Professor Friedrich Morifz Brauer. — It is with sincere regret that we announce 

 the death, on December 29th last, in his 73rd year, of this distinguislied Viennese 

 Entomologist. 



Previous to applying himself fully to the study of the Order that he made his 

 own, the Diptera, Brauer's attention was chiefly occupied by the Neitroptera, and 

 his first entomoloL'ieal publication, in 1850, was a revision of the genus CJirysopa. 

 This was followed during the next few years by numerous papers on the biology 

 of the Order, which established his reputation as one of the foremost European 

 authorities on the Neuroptera. 



In 1858 his attention was directed to the remarkable life-history of the Dip- 

 terous family, CEstridrf, and the result of his researches in this field was the 

 publication, in 1863, of the most valuable " Monographie der Oestriden." As an 

 outcome of these researches, he instituted the now generally accepted division of 

 the Diptera into the two great sections — mainly based on the form of the pupa — 

 of the Orthorrhapha and the Cyclorrhnpha. Subsequent investigations into the 

 metamorphoses of the entire Order resulted in the publication of his new "System 

 of Diptera" which appeared in 18S8, and it is generally regarded as the best arrange- 

 ment of the Diptera as yet proposed. Latterly his attention was directed to the 

 Tavhinidx, and other parasitic Diptera, on which he published n valuable treatise, 

 in collaboration with FJerr Julius von Bergenstamm. 



