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figures of tho hirva and pupa of Noascia Jluralis, for the early stages of this 

 geuus were previously unknown. He also appears to have satisfactorily dis- 

 tinguished the three species N. floralis, dispar, and rjeniculata. His figures of 

 the front legs of the males in the genus Platychirus are drawn as viewed from 

 beneath, thixs showing tlie peciiliar niavldngs often present on the tarsal joints, 

 and at the same time forming an interesting complement t(^ the figures given in 

 Verrall's " British Flies." To students of the Danish faiuia of Diptera the 

 possession of this work will be a necessity, and all I 'ipterologists will find 

 much information of interest in its pages, while the fact that it is written in 

 English is a compliment to the English speaking race which the author may 

 rest assured is duly appreciated.— J. E. C. 



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Charles Owen Waterhouse died at his residence at Acton, on February 4th, 

 after a lingering illness, aged 73. He was the eldest of the three sons of 

 G. E. Waterhouse— formerly Keeper of Geology at the British Museum at 

 Bloomsbury — and a godson of Charles Darwin and Sir Richard Owen. Born at 

 Bloomsbury on June 19th, 1843, he went at the age of nine to live in that Museum, 

 where his father had an official residence. On July 9th, 1866, at the age of 23, 

 after studying at University College School and King's College, he obtained an 

 appointment as Junior Assistant in the Entomological Department of the 

 Musemn, of which he became a first-class Assistant on April 5th, 1879, and an 

 -Assistant Keeper on April 10th, 1905, remaining in this office till his retirement 

 on June 30th, 1910. He was then awarded a Companionship of the •' Imperial 

 Service Order," the " I. S. O.," for long and mei-itorious services. His father 

 was an eminent Zoologist and Entomologist, and all three sons may be said to 

 have inherited their tastes from him. The youngest brother, E. A. Waterhouse, 

 an expert Coleopterist, died just about a year ago— on February 2nd, 1916. The 

 surviving brother, F. Waterhouse, also a keen Coleopterist, was till his recent 

 retirement. Librarian of the Zoological Society of London. A sister married 

 E. C. Rye, one of the original editors of this Magazine, their son Bertram also 

 being a good collector of insects. Truly an entomological family ! About six 

 pages of the Catalogvie of the Library of the Entomological Society of London 

 are devoted to a list of his papers, most of which were published in the Trans- 

 actions of that Society, "The Annals and Magazine of Natural History," the 

 " Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London," and the " Entomologist's 

 Monthly Magazine" — two short notes by him, probably the first lie had written, 

 having appeared in our first volimie, 1864-6.5. He wrote mainly on Coleoptera, 

 the most important papers, perhaps, being those on LyrAdae and Buprestidae, 

 the latter appearing in the " Biologia Centrali-Aiuericana." His " Aid to the 

 Identification of Insects" consisted of two volumes of coloured plates illus- 

 trating types of Coleoptera, Lepidoptera, Ilemiptera, etc. Waterhouse devoted 

 a great deal of time to the preparation of models and diagrams to explain 

 the moi-phology, classification, and economy of Insects, for exhibition 



