88 THE entomologist's record. 



gratitude of students. Sparatta semifidra, Bonn., is removed to 

 Chactospania. The hitherto unknown male of Chdiwcho>i piinctidatif^, 

 Burr, is described. ('. mndpRtm, Stal., is reduced to a subspecies of 

 C. simidany, Stal. Sphiniiolahis ? perplr.ra, Kirb., is placed in 

 AnciKtmiiaatcr, with the remark that it stands very close to A. di'vianx, 

 Dohrn, with which it may be identical. Xcnlohophora nra, Borm., is 

 corrected to OpUtliocnswia Imra. Chdidiira is enriched by Forticida 

 cara, Scudd. We are glad to see that Sj)hinj/()Iahis is dropped in 

 favour of Aptcri/t/ida, Westw. ApU'npjida (ji-acldida , Gerst., is separated 

 from A. arar/iiflis, Yers., on the strength of the form of the pygidium. 

 In Forjicida eight species are given which cannot be ranged in the 

 system from being insufficiently described, or only known in the female. 

 The doubtful species are C/idisuchcs sobriiix, Borm. (type in bad condi- 

 tion), Condi/lopalaiiia aijilh, shown by Krauss to be almost certainly 

 an Embiid larva, Forjicida capemis, Thunb., and F. doitincrci, Serv., 

 F. elviKjata, Fabr., F. fasciata, Thunb., insufficiently described, and 

 Typhlolahia larva, which is very probably as Kirby suggests, a Japj/.r, 

 Two and a half pages are occupied by Krauss on Hciiiiincnis, which is 

 described in detail, with a few brief notes on its development and 

 habits. An alphabetical index folloAvs, giving all synonyms, with the 

 genera, and the work is closed by a Xoiucndator ip'ncnnii ct Huhiicncntni, 

 giving the references to the original erections of the genera, and the 

 derivations of some. 



Thus at last entomologists have a complete and authoritative 

 work upon the Forrieididac, and we hope that its appearance will give 

 an impetus to the study of this neglected order. It is the work of a 

 man who has specialised the group, almost to the exclusion of all 

 other insects, and is the result of twenty years' study. There is a 

 pathetic interest in the appearance of the book, when the author has 

 ceased to work, and has parted even with his collections and his notes. 

 So long ago as 1888, he wrote to Brunner von Wattenwyl, referring to 

 his " Monograph," which he had already in view, little thinking that 

 when it should eventually appear, seventeen years would have passed, 

 and he would be himself unable to continue his beloved studies. 

 Still, he must look Avith pride upon the work of his life, which marks 

 a greater epoch in the history of our knowledge of his favourite group 

 even than did H. Dohrn's Vrrsiich of nearly forty years ago. However 

 much our knowledge may progress upon this basis, de Borman's 

 monograph must remain for very many years the sole and standard 

 account of the Fnrjiculvlar, and we are sure that all orthopterists will 

 heartily congratulate with all sympathy the author and his collaborator. 

 -M. B. 



Abundance of Lepidoptera at Gresy-sur-Aix in August, 1900. 



By J. W. TUTT, F.E.S. 



After having spent some time in the mountains of S.-E. France, I 

 stayed for a few days (Aug. 18th-24th, 1900) at Aix-les-Bains, and worked 

 most of the available time on the hills lying between Gresy and Lake 

 Bourget. I was unfortunate, however, for after a summer of unusual heat 

 and dryness, a south wind lasted all the time I was at Aix, and as this is 

 the wet wind of the district, thunder and lightning were the order of 

 the day. Not one day was wholly free from wet, and the torrential 



