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by the whulesale desertion of soldiers and fraternization with enemy) ; 

 V. Oshanin, Hemipterist (died 26. i. 1917) ; T. Porchinsky, Chief of the Ento- 

 mological Bureau of the Ministry of Agriculture (died 8. v. 1916) ; N. M. 

 Romanoff, late Grand Duke, Lepidopterist (died 29.1.1919) ; A. Silantiev^ 

 economic entamologist and zoologist (died 21.iii.l918) ; D. Smirnov, Coleop- 

 terist and economic entomologist (died 17.viii.l920) ; A. Sopotsto, economic 

 entomologist (died l.iv.l919); J. Schreiner, economic entomologist (died 

 vii.1918) ; Prof. N. A. Cholodkovsky, a well-known zoologist and entomologist 

 (died 2.iv.l921); Th. Stcherbakov, economic entomologist (died ix.l920); 

 T. Shevyrev, Chief of the Entomological Laboratory of the Forest Department 

 (died from starvation, 7.vii.l920). From this incomplete list it may be seen 

 that Russian entomology has suft'ered very heavy losses. Nevertheless, and in 

 spite of the most terrible conditions of existence, the Russian Entomological 

 Society and the staff" of the entomological department of Petrograd Museum 

 never ceased their scientitic work. The latter is, Iiowever, seriously hindered 

 by the lack of current literature. In fact, no scientific papers and books pub- 

 lished since 1915 have reached Russian entomologists, and they feel themselves 

 hopelessly behind the progress of science. Even now, when the postal com- 

 munication between this country and Russia is resumed, our Russian colleagues 

 cannot hope to get magazines and books published during 1915-1921, since the 

 rate of exchange of Russian money is so low as to make any purchase of 

 scientific publications entirely out of the question. They ask, therefore, tlieir 

 British colleagues to help them in this difficulty by sending back numbwrs of 

 magazines, books, and separate reprints of papers for the library of the Russian 

 ICntomological Society. Every publication, however small, will be accepted 

 with the sincerest gratitude and read with the greatest interest by those of our 

 colleagues who are starving, not physically only, but mentally as well. All 

 papers and books may be sent direct to Mr. G. Jacobson, Secretary of the 

 Russian Entomological Society, Zoological Museum, Academy of Sciences, 

 Petrograd, Russia; or to Mr. B. Uvarov, British Museum of Natural History, 

 Cromwell Road, London — R Uvarov : June 7th, 1921. 



A new Finnish Entomoloc/icnl periodical. — We have just received Part 1 

 of "Notulae Entomologicae," Helsingfors, 1921. It is edited by the Entomo- 

 logical Society of Helsingfors, and will appear in 4-5 numbers annually, 

 or wholly in 8- 10 sheets. The commencing number contains 32 pp. of letter- 

 press, and includes the following papers amongst others: — Coleoptera by 

 J. Sahlberg (Coleoptera Fennicae nova, I , Hydroporus ^ n. spp.), R. Kleine 

 {Brenthidae in the Helsingfors Museum, a list of 18 spp., with one n. gen., 

 Syjiorychodes, type S. opacus,Qey\ou), and R. Krogerus (Nordischen Simplocaria- 

 Arten, with one n. sp., frigida, Lapland) ; Hemiptera by Dr. E Bergroth 

 {Halyomorpha Mayr and allied genera, with one n. gen. Allebola, type Tropi- 

 corypha dentico/lis Bredd., and one n. sp., HaJyomorpha magnifica, E. Africa) ; 

 Hymenoptera by A. Nordstrom (on Ponipilidae) ; and Lepidoptera by H. Rudolph 

 (on Lasincavipa quercus L., with figures). There are also lengthy obituary 

 notices of John Reinhold Sahlberg (with portrait), K. A. Poppius, and Veil 

 Kurt Abt; general notes; a review of Patton and Cragg's Textbook of Medical 

 Entomology, etc. The annual subscription is 8/-, which can be sent to 

 Mr. H. Rudolph, Alexandersg. 13, Helsingfors, Finland. — Eds. 



