70 THE ICNTOlMOf.OOlST's RECORD. 



19. — lltniniiia nihonirld is hest talu'ii iit I'cst in the early mornint,', 

 but it comes to siij^ar late at ni,Lrht. 



20. — Lai'va^ of Tctlifa siil/tiisn arr to he I'nund " in pockets at the 

 edges of the leaves of pophir, made in an almost identically similar 

 manner to those formed by the youni;' larva' of 'rHiana citraiin" 

 (B. A. r>o\ver). Please compare with (tiitc, [>. 20. 



REVIEWS AND NOTICES OF BOOKS. 



ThK (trass and (iUAlN -loiNT-WORM FLIES AND TDKIK ALLIES, by 



L. 0. Howard. [Published at the (lovernment Printing OfHce, 

 Washington] . — In his " Lettei- of Transmittal," Professor Howard 

 says that this is the " second number of the technical series of bulletins, 

 intended especially for working entomologists, and to be distributed also 

 to learned societies, and to periodicals and libraries." It is to be hoped 

 that the Entomological Societies of the British Islands will endeavour 

 to get a copy, for this pamphlet deals most fully with the phytophagic 

 EuRYTOMiN.i-;, mainly from the classificatory standpoint, although 

 many interesting notes as to habits, etc., are appended. The dimor- 

 phism and alternation of generations of Isosmna tritici and /. (jiandc 

 were established some ten years ago by Professor Riley, but many new 

 observations and facts have accunmlated since that time, and it is these 

 that Professor Howard has so skilfully brought together. Figures of 

 many new and old species are given. 



JOHN A. COOPKPi. Died April 19th, 1S9G, aged 17 years. 



It is with the greatest regret that we have to infoi'in our readers of 

 the imex])ected and almost sudden death of Mr. •). A. Cooper, at the 

 age of 47. As late as (rood Friday last he was in his usual health, 

 but a day or two after he took cold, and intluen/a set in during 

 Piaster week. Pneumonia supei'Ncned towards the end of the 

 following week ; \\v grew rapidly worse, and the illness terminatcnl 

 fatally on Sunday the 19th. The funeral took place on April 2;-}rd, 

 at llford Cemetery, when several of his entomological friends were 

 present. He lost his wife some four years ago, and leaves two sons 

 and a daughter ht'tween the ages of 17 and 21. 



( )f his entomological work there is little to be said. He was not a 

 scientific man in the true sense of the word, but a lover of nature, 

 passionately fond of out-door life, an ardent collector of birds as well 

 as insects, an accurate observer and pleasant companion. Of recent 

 years he has been more deeply interested in the collection, and study of 

 the variation, of hirds" eggs than lepidoptera. althougli he usually 

 found time to get a few h'.ntstrut r<inisf}ila, and other specially 

 local species every year. His collection of L(>pidoptera is not a large 

 one, but the specimens are in excellent condition, and faultlessly set. 

 He was. until recently, a member of both the City of London and 

 South London Entomological Societies, although of late years he has 

 not attended the meetings of either with any degree of regularity. He 

 was a liberal su])porter of the private funds by which the South London 

 Entomological Society is enabled to print its I'roceedings. 



