ICl •July, 



sidering the Mallophaga a distinct Order, and he subdividos it into thf sub-Orders 

 Ixchnocera and Amhlycefa, according to the structure of the antennse and labial 

 palpi. The descriptions are full, and the plates excellent. 



XiNETRENTH REPORT OF THE StATE ENTOMOLOGIST ON THE NoXIOUS AND 



Bkneficial Insects of the State of Illinois: Eighth Report of S. A. Foebes, 

 for the years 1893 and 1894. 8vo, pp. 20(5, and 13 plates, with Appendix of 65 pp. 

 Springfleld, 111. 189fj. 



The greater part of Prof. Forbes' Report is occupied by an elaborate account of 

 experiments on the action of fungoid parasites on noxious insects in general, and on 

 the "Chinch Bug" in particular; this is followed by a short chapter on the White 

 Ant {Termes flavipes) and its ravages in Illinois. To English readers the Appendix, 

 by W. G. Johnson, A.M., on the Mediterranean Flour Moth (Ephestia Kahniella) 

 will probably be more interesting. It embodies a circumstantial and chronologioal 

 account of the records of the insect and its ravages since its first discovery in Canada 

 in 1889, and its rapid disper.«ion over the States. Not the least useful feature is the 

 List of 79 references to published accounts dating from Zeller's original description 

 in 1879. 



The Scorpion Flies: by E. P. Felt, D.Sc. ; from the 10th Report of the 

 New York State Entomologist for 1894 (189*'). 8vo, pp. 17, with 2 plates. 



Original observations on the metamorphoses of Panorpa and Bittacus are not 

 numerous, and little has been done since Brauer published his remarkable discoveries 

 in 1873 In both genera Dr. Felt has succeeded in rearing the insects in America, 

 and liis accounts confirm and amplify the earlier records. There are also observa- 

 tions on the perfect insects. The author says he has not been able to satisfy himself 

 as to the predaceous nature of the imago of Panorpa, though it is abundantly evident 

 in Bitlacvx. 



#bituari). 



Kdicard Armitage, R.A., F.E.S., born in London Mny 20th, 1817, died at 

 Tunbridge Wells May 24th, 1896. In none of the numerous notices of this dis- 

 tinguished artist and late Royal Academician, has any allusion been made to his 

 entomological proclivities. We are not aware t hat hi over showed these by publishing 

 anything on the subject; but it was well known to many that he possessed a con- 

 siderable collection of exotic Coleoptera, and morrovcr, he was one of the oldest 

 Fellows of the Entomological Society of London, his election dating forty years ago, 

 and as he was not a " Life Member," but continued his annual subscription to the 

 last, it 18 evident he never lost interest either in the subject or the Society. 



Pe/er Inchbald, F.L.S., F.E.S.— We regret to announce the death at Hornsea, 

 on June 13th, of this well-known Yorkshire naturalist, in his 82nd year. As we 

 shall probably have occasion to give a more extended notice of him in an early 

 number, it must suffice to sny here that, although he published little, a genuine 

 field naturalist has passed away ; one who from his former educational duties did 

 much to instil a love for Natural History into such of quite two generations that 

 came under his care. He did not join the Entomological Society until 1880, but it 

 is probable that two of its oldest Members— Messrs. Punning and Beaumont— were 

 amongst his pupils in a sense other than purely scholastic. 



